Tony Todd, the actor who will play Venom in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 looks to have begun motion capture work for Insomniac’s Spider-Man 2 game.
Todd tweeted on Monday: “Early riser. #Mocap time” leading many to speculate that it’s for the upcoming superhero sequel.
In response to this tweet, several fans replied with Venom themed images, including several which Todd retweeted and liked, seemingly implying that his motion capture could be for the upcoming game.
While it’s not confirmed that the motion capture session is for the game, in most depictions of Venom in theSpider-Manfranchise, Eddie Brock, Venom’s human persona, plays a large part in the narrative.
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However, it appears that in this universe, Harry Osbourne will become Venom, following a tease at the end of the first game. It’s unlikely that Todd will voice of motion capture the human version of Harry, who is portrayed in the first game, silently, by a young actor around Peter Parker’s age.
We reportedlast yearthat the motion capture actor behind Miles Morales hastily posted, and then deleted an image of him in a motion capture suit, leading many to speculate that it was for the new game.
Tony Todd wasconfirmed as the voice of Venomwhen Spider-Man 2 was announced last year.
Early riser.#Mocaptime.
“We’re so happy to announce that Tony Todd (of Candyman fame) will be voicing the symbiote-fuelled Venom inMarvel’s Spider-Man 2,”Insomniachead of franchise strategy Ryan Schneider in aPlayStation Blogpost at the time of the announcement.
“We’re also delighted to welcome back Yuri Lowenthal and Nadji Jeter, who will reprise their roles as Peter and Miles respectively. We’ve been fortunate to work with so many incredibly talented actors in our Spider-Man games, and Tony has been such a wonderful addition to the cast.”
Todd has some experience doing voicework for video games, dating back to his role as the narrator inSony‘sJapan StudioPlayStationtitle The Legend of Dragoon.
He also played Vortigaunt in Half-Life 2: Episode Two andHalf-Life: Alyx, as well as Admiral Tommy Briggs in Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
