Valve approved of del Toro adding GLaDOS’ voice to Pacific Rim
1/6/13 1:40pm
If you happen to be a fan of giant monster movies, there’s no doubt you’ve heard of Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, a modern take on the genre in which giant mechs (and those who pilot them) wage war against giant oceanic demons, in order to protect what’s left of humanity after the apocalypse.
To say fans were excited after seeing the first trailer would be an understatement, The effects look fantastic and one of the robots (dubbed Jaegers in the film) punches an aquatic Cthulhu in the face (what more could you want?). Gamers became particularly excited when they noticed the Jaegers AI sounded an awful lot like Ellen McLain’s portrayal of GLaDOS from Valve’s Portal series, which wasn’t a coincidence, as it was later confirmed that it was indeed McLain reprising her role as GLaDOS…. well in a sense.
During a recent interview with the Toronto Sun, del Toro admitted to being a big fan of Valve’s work in the gaming landscape (Portal and Half-Life in particular) and he knew GLaDOS’ voice would be perfect for the AI he had envisioned for the Jaegers. So he contacted Valve directly for permission to use GLaDOS’ voice in the film and the studio happily agreed.
However, it should be noted that while the Jaeger AI will sound similar to GLaDOS, it won’t share her characteristics (love of cake and..genocide), nor her exact voice, as a different filter was used to record the voice over for the final film but the AI will still have a unique voice that's distinctly GLaDOS.
In the same interview he was asked about his canceled video game project inSANE. Del Toro says the game is still being worked on despite previous publisher THQ canning it and that a new “major” publisher is interested in picking it up.
“We are in talks with a very, very big company. I can’t say who, but it’s one of the big ones. They really responded to the game, they responded to what we were trying."
I’m all kinds of excited for Pacific Rim and GLaDOS’ cameo (of sorts) is just nice bonus added to an already exciting package. As far inSANE goes, I’m certainly glad that might get made and I’m interested in it and all, but I’m going to hold back my excitement until I see some actual gameplay or cinematic footage, or anything really.
Sources: Toronto Sun and Destructoid
» Tagged In: #GLaDOS, #Guillermo del Toro, #insane, #Pacific Rim, #Portal, #Ryan Conway, #valve
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g1 DISCUSSIONS
Moon Spirit
Wait, the monster was of Lovecraftian descent? Oh well, don't matter to me. I was too distracted by the appearance of giant mechs and the voice of GLaDOS.
Korahn
Didn't knwo what to think when I first saw the trailer (never even heard of the movie before that). Then heard the voice. Wife turns to me, "Isn't that GlaDOS?" I hope Ellen isn't going to be typecasted as "computer voice" in everything she does.
LukeNukems
When I saw the trailer I thought this was a live action Neon Genesis movie. Still looks cool.
Tyler Knudsvig
If the Lovecraftian horrors didn't have enough things to worry about, now they're up against an evil AI who sometimes does Opera.
Kaibaman41
To quote Bill and Tedd....MOST EXCELLENT!
They Call Me The Fizz
Now here's two creative forces I wouldn't mind seeing collaborate more often...
caboose_-1
Mark this down as yet another reason why Valve is awesome. How many other big game companies do you think would allow a movie to use a distinct voice from one of their IPs? EA? BWAHAHAHAHA!
Icipall
Excellent! *quitar play*