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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Agent 47 voice actor pleads the 5th on Hitman 5]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/22/agent-47-voice-actor-pleads-the-5th-on-hitman-5/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/22/agent-47-voice-actor-pleads-the-5th-on-hitman-5/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/22/agent-47-voice-actor-pleads-the-5th-on-hitman-5/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/22/agent-47-voice-actor-pleads-the-5th-on-hitman-5/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/10/david-bateson-voice-530w.jpg" alt="" /></a></div>
In an interview with <a href="http://thegamingliberty.com/index.php/2010/10/21/agent-47-speaks-an-interview-with-david-bateson/">The Liberty Gaming.com</a>, David Bateson, the ice cold voice of Agent 47 in the <em>Hitman</em> games, was reluctant to say much about the <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/hitman-5">mysterious next sequel</a> in the series. "As recently as this year, I even had someone call me up from IO Interactive to ask me to remove the fact that I was set to record the next installment in the franchise," Bateson told the site, "which I had written up as upcoming news on my website. I respect that of course, a comment like that can create all sorts of headaches to people with development deadlines to meet."<br />
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"<span><span style="font-size: small;">I have to plead the 5th Amendment on this one," Bateson</span></span> said, before admitting that the new project has undergone "delays" -- despite the process being "a well oiled machine on recording day." That's not to say he just waltzed into the gig.<br />
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"It seems that with <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/27/square-enix-buyout-of-eidos-approved/">company buy outs</a> and <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/30/io-interactive-hit-with-layoffs/">global power shifts</a> in the world of computer gaming and the <em>Hitman</em> franchise, there is now an LA-based caster on board, who is responsible for voice casting, and I had to audition along with the rest of the planet for the right to play Agent 47," Bateson recounted. "However, I have been informed by IO Interactive that I still have the part. I won't even bother to describe how gutted I would have been if they went for a sound-a-like."<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/22/agent-47-voice-actor-pleads-the-5th-on-hitman-5/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Agent 47 voice actor pleads the 5th on Hitman 5</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/22/agent-47-voice-actor-pleads-the-5th-on-hitman-5/">Agent 47 voice actor pleads the 5th on Hitman 5</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/22/agent-47-voice-actor-pleads-the-5th-on-hitman-5/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19686060/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/22/agent-47-voice-actor-pleads-the-5th-on-hitman-5/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>agent-47</category><category>david-bateson</category><category>hitman-2-movie</category><category>hitman-5</category><category>hitman-movie</category><category>io-interactive</category><category>microsoft</category><category>pc</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>voice-actor</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Ransom-Wiley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>