Turok gets Hollywood talent

By Robert Purchese Published 2 October, 2007

Voice actors named.

Disney has named the Hollywood stars picked to lend their vocals to characters in the upcoming Turok game.

Among the better known of the line-up are Timothy Olyphant, currently playing the role of Agent 47 in the Hitman film, and Wahlberg sibling Donnie, who played the angry father who was also a policeman in Saw II.

There's also the fabulously named Powers Boothe from Deadwood, 24, and Sin City, as well as William Fichtner most recently in Prison Break as FBI chap Alexander Mahone.

"The actors who lent their voices to Turok are a testament to both the magnitude of the project and the interest of top-notch talent," said Josh Holmes, big cheese at developer Propaganda Games.

"The characters in the story are paramount to the experience and we have assembled an outstanding cast to assure high quality performances across the board."

Turok is a first-person shooter based around Joseph Turok and his elite special forces gang, who've been sent to a different planet to track down bad guy Roland Kane. However, the spaceship transporting the fancy fighters is soon shot down, leaving the group stranded in the dinosaur-populated world.

The full version is due out on 360 and PS3 next February.

A cast list can be found below.

Goodies:

  • Joseph Turok - Gegory Norman Cruz
  • Cowboy - Timothy Olyphant
  • Slade - Ron Perlman
  • Shepard - Donnie Wahlberg
  • Logan - William Fichtner
  • Cole - Mark Rolston
  • Jericho - Chris Judge
  • Gonzales - Lomboardo Boyar
  • Reese - Gideon Emery
  • Parker - Josh Gomez
  • Foster - John Curry
  • Carter - Jason Harris
  • Henderson - Steve Van Wormer

Baddies:

  • Roland Kane - Powers Boothe
  • Grimes - Sean Donnellan
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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (30) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • JavaJawaUK #1 4 years ago

    I was expecting Terence Stamp to be cast as a dinosaur leader frankly . . .

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #2 4 years ago

    Grey as a mouse,
    Big as a house,
    Nose like a snake,
    I make the earth shake,
    As I tramp through the grass;
    Trees crack as I pass.
    With horns in my mouth
    I walk in the South,
    Flapping big ears.
    Beyond count of years
    I stump round and round,
    Never lie on the ground,
    Not even to die.
    Olyphaunt am I,
    Biggest of all,
    Huge, old, and tall.
    If ever you'd met me
    You wouldn't forget me.
    If you never do,
    You won't think I'm true;
    But old Olyphaunt am I,
    And I never lie, beeyatch.

  • pjmaybe #3 4 years ago

    No John DiMaggio? Must be on holiday then...

    Peej

  • M83J01P97 #4 4 years ago

    Disney?

    What capacity are they involved in this games development? I can't see them being behind an ultra violent dinosaur shoot-em-up...

  • Cyclone #5 4 years ago

    I'm surprised that Ron Perlman wasn't mentioned more in the above article. He's very recognisable for his movie work, not to mention his video game voiceovers.

  • bengray66 #6 4 years ago

    it seems Ron Perlman is in everything these days! Probably better that he does voice overs because he does have a face for radio.

  • sport #7 4 years ago

    where's Lou Diamond Phillips?!?!?! stoopid game ppl lol wtf!

  • Machetazo #8 4 years ago

    "Disney?

    What capacity are they involved in this games development? I can't see them being behind an ultra violent dinosaur shoot-em-up... "

    The publisher of Turok, Touchstone, are a part of the Disney group. Its that sort of initial reaction, M83J01P97, that the move was aimed to avoid the discrediting of the game on sight. The developer, Propaganda Games, was set the task of helping to broaden the appeal of the companys games, by reaching out to new audiences.

    Anyway, the part of Turok I'm most keen to find out about is the BGM. That will help give me the best impression of the type of game on offer.

  • Triggerhappytel #9 4 years ago

    I knew Ron Perlman would be in there somewhere :D

  • Bertie Verified Senior Staff Writer, Eurogamer.net #10 4 years ago

    Powers Boothe is my new hero.

  • guernican #11 4 years ago

    Sheesh, how can you not mention Ron Perlman? Timothy Olyphaunt, famous solely for being cast as a bald man without a personality in a film that's not out yet, is described as the biggest star on the list?

    As opposed to Ron, who - even if we ignore the fact that he's Hellboy - has an acting career that stretches back to getting burned at the stake in the Name of the Rose in 1986.

    OK, I'm getting too het up about this, aren't I?

  • Bertie Verified Senior Staff Writer, Eurogamer.net #12 4 years ago

    You've gone and said it all now, anyway. It has nothing to do with the fact I had no idea who he was.

  • bodypopper #13 4 years ago

    Good line up there but please, please, please include the cerebral bore Mr Developer sir.

  • J.C #14 4 years ago

    The game looks and sounds like GOW with dinosaurs. now that could be a good thing, and then again not. am i alone in thinking this game should have been similar to the original turok, or its sequel seeds of evil? i just pray this game is a massive improvement on the last game, because that was the biggest pile of dino shit EVER!!!
    Edited by 1 at 02/10/07 @ 17:38

  • Headache #15 4 years ago

    Sounds like Jurassic Park in Space to me.

    Couldn't be happier!

  • JavaJawaUK #16 4 years ago

    "Sheesh, how can you not mention Ron Perlman? Timothy Olyphaunt, famous solely for being cast as a bald man without a personality in a film that's not out yet, is described as the biggest star on the list?

    As opposed to Ron, who - even if we ignore the fact that he's Hellboy - has an acting career that stretches back to getting burned at the stake in the Name of the Rose in 1986.

    OK, I'm getting too het up about this, aren't I?"

    Coincidentally, he's also Lord Terrence Hood in Halo 2 & 3. He's a good and prolific actor.

  • soundtrack #17 4 years ago

    ...AND he looks like one of the goofball comedy duo of baddies in the Cities of Gold cartoon!

  • Rirekon #18 4 years ago

    When was the last Turok game that was actually worth playing?

  • polar #19 4 years ago

    Timothy Olyphant is one of the main characters in Deadwood and played the bad guy in Die Hard 4.

  • cyber_nicco #20 4 years ago

    I'm sad to see that all the native American pseudo-mystical stuff seems to be gone. In the original Turok, that was the whole vibe of the game - made it interesting to me.

  • Carrybagma #21 4 years ago

    Sounds crap.

  • MyPointIs #22 4 years ago

    What? They didnīt hire anyone named Turok!?!?

    What a shame.

  • Verwandlung #23 4 years ago

    James Gandolfi plays the Tyrannosaurus.

  • andromeda #24 4 years ago

    oh dear

    what a dangerous investment :o

  • Lagto_Soa #25 4 years ago

    Why no mention of Powers Boothe's most famous moment - taking on the Van Dammage in Sudden Death?

    And there must be about 12 Ron Perlmans for him to cover this much ground.

  • Huntcjna #26 4 years ago

    How can ROn Perlman not get an article mention. The man was Hellboy for gods sake!

  • Roamer #27 4 years ago

    Fps? Meh (!)

  • afray #28 4 years ago

    What, Ron Pearlman's in it and you don't mention it? Ron "No Makeup for Hellboy" Pearlman? The man's a cult legend!

  • skalmanxl #29 4 years ago

    "Sheesh, how can you not mention Ron Perlman? Timothy Olyphaunt, famous solely for being cast as a bald man without a personality in a film that's not out yet, is described as the biggest star on the list?"

    And being the bad guy in Die Hard 4, or even more so, played Seth Bullock in the amazing Deadwood, one of the best TV shows ever. Where Powers Boothe also played Cy Tolliver.

  • guernican #30 4 years ago

    "Timothy Olyphant is one of the main characters in Deadwood and played the bad guy in Die Hard 4."

    Deadwood you can have. The other half of your comment... I rest my case. Look at Good Ol' Ron's IMDB page. Now there's an actor who knows graft. Never turn a script down.
    Edited by 1 at 09/10/07 @ 11:00