Selma Blair On For Hellboy Game
I'll be the first to admit--I have a total gay crush on Selma Blair. There's something about her dark beauty (those eyes!) that really gets to me. She could be in a movie about the creation of fertilizer and I would still think she's completely hot, classy, and brilliant. And she hasn't quite made a career out of being little miss perfect. Selma has been no Gwyneth. From the first time I noticed her in Cruel Intentions to her amazing roles as the confused creative writing student in Todd Solondz's Storytelling and the grotesquely large-breasted Caprice in John Waters' A Dirty Shame, she's done the "feminine wiles gone awry" thing to a tee. And I love it.
She was equally good, although woefully underused and poorly written, in Guillermo Del Toro's Hellboy as Liz Sherman. A great female character with awesome powers of pyrokinesis, Liz is one of my favorite characters from the awe-inspiring Hellboy comic by Mike Mignola. In great news, it looks like Ms. Blair will be taking up her role again for not only the Hellboy sequel that's in current production, but for the upcoming Hellboy video game, Hellboy: Science of Evil due out this fall on PS3, PSP, and Xbox 360. She will be joining the already confirmed Ron Perlman and Doug Jones for their respective roles of Hellboy and Abe Sapian.
I'm all aflutter. Full press release from Konami at the jump.
[via Kotaku]
KONAMI REVEALS FULL VOICE CAST FOR HELLBOY THE SCIENCE OF EVIL
Hollywood Standouts Selma Blair and Doug Jones Join Ron Perlman in Video Game Adaptation of Hit Entertainment Property
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) - July 10, 2007 - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today revealed the full voice cast for Hellboy™ The Science of Evil (working title), its upcoming video game adaptation of the smash hit entertainment property for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system. In addition to Ron Perlman, who portrayed Hellboy in the 2004 feature film, Selma Blair and Doug Jones will reprise their roles from the motion picture as Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien to lend their voices to the game.
As Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien, respectively, Selma Blair and Doug Jones created enduring identities for their characters in the popular 2004 Hellboy feature film as they battled alongside Ron Perlman's imposing portrayal of the crimson-skinned warrior. Featured prominently in some of the most successful films of the last 10 years, Blair is well known for her roles in Legally Blonde and Cruel Intentions, while Jones recently lended his talents to the Academy Award-winning Pan's Labyrinth and Adaptation.
"With voice acting from Ron Perlman, Selma Blair and Doug Jones, and creative guidance from director Guillermo del Toro and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, Hellboy The Science of Evil is shaping up to be one of the most faithful video game adaptations of an entertainment property of all-time," said Brian Christian, Vice President of Product Development at Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. "Drawing from the mythology of both the comic books and the motion picture, we are able to tell an original story featuring all the characters, settings and visceral gameplay that fans could ever ask for in a Hellboy game."
Hellboy The Science of Evil lets players take control of Hellboy's incredible supernatural powers as they battle to overcome a terrible Nazi scheme. Wielding the massive Right Hand of Doom, players will be able to wreak havoc on both the enemies that stand in the way as well as the game's detailed levels, using the rubble they leave in their wake as weapons for even more bone crushing power. With the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 versions of the game, players will be able to team up with a friend to battle through the game cooperatively via online play as a number of characters from the Hellboy universe, each with their own unique fighting style.
Developed by Krome Studios, Hellboy The Science of Evil is planned for release on the Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 system and PSP system this fall. For more information on the game, please visit: www.konami.com.
About Konami
Konami is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties. Konami's titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid®, Silent Hill®, Dance Dance Revolution® and Castlevania®, among other top sellers. The latest information about Konami can be found on the Web at www.konami.com. Konami Corporation is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary offices, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany. Konami Corporation is traded in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KNM. Details of the products published by Konami can be found at www.konami.com.
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Video Games on 10 July 2007
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I'm happy to hear I'm not the only one with a huge gay crush on Selma Blair. I totally want her to be my girlfriend.
Everybody loves Selma!! She's a goddess, next to Sarah Michelle Gellar of course. I loved Cruel Intentions!!!!!
Don't forget her role as ambassador Molari's bald mistress on Babylon 5.