I wish I was any good at strategy games. What a cast.

Sam Smith

Wow, a surprised at the casting, this looks great I'm looking forward to it.

Cunder

OK, wasn't sold before, definitely gonna get this now!

This is like... A holy trinity of typecasts!

art_zombie

Oh, man. I wasn't sure before, but I am fucking buying this game now.

TheLoudCowboy

The last thing I expected to see today when checking in on Kotaku was a big honkin' picture of the guy from The Closer, Sulu, and the star of The Worst Witch. Color me surprised!

aperturius

Tim Curry was in Muppet Treasure Island, so I'm in... now, off to Zanzibar, to meet the Zanzibarbarians!

wild homes loves you but chooses darkness!

I nobody else noticing (and f*cking loving) Johnathan Pryce as "The British Guy" in that trailer?

(click the Kari Wuhrer link above and watch)

stranger

Sulu, J. Jonah Jameson, and Dr. Frank-N-Furter? Too much win!

BossVersion1

@thebetamax: @Hauler:

Agreed, When I see him all I can think of is gay Nazi sex, and that's not pleasant.

Or is it?

No, no it's not.

Dragon_Warrior

Oops. Thought George Takei was Kitano for a while. Anyways, a pretty nice list of actors, all of which are gonna ham it up for RA3. Nice.

jackydoe

Kari is busy doing softcore porn.

CCCombobreaker

Easily some of the best video game casting I've ever seen. I'm surprised to see that a Vern Schillinger, white supremacist, was elected President though.

Hauler

Oh man I was gonna buy Tiberium Wars (yeah I wait for it to get cheap, so sue me), but those three?

Dag.

edb87

All I see is Law and Order.

PsycheE

As long as he isn't playing Vern Schillinger, I'm all for Simmons being Prez...

thebetamax

This makes me really wish I liked this type of game. All three of those actors? GOLD.

litrock

I vote for Tim Curry. It was a tough call between him and J.K. Simmons though.

DigitalHero

Not bad, considering. It's kinda weird seeing Takei like that though.

trunks651

Seriously, J K Simmons sells this game to me. I love that guy.

LostToys

@Emiat: haha :D

deathbunny

How do you do, I
See you've met my
faithful handyman

He's just a little brought down because
when you knocked
he thought you were a harvester full of tiberium

Don't get strung out! By the way I LOOK...

deathbunny

Tim Curry?

May I just say..

It's just a jump to the left
And then a step to the right
With your hands on your hips
You bring your knees in tight
But it's the pelvic thrust that really drives you insane,
Let's do the Time Warp again!

Emiat

Oh man I freaking Lawl'd.

And Im not even sure why.

Terrorsaur.

After seeing this, all I have to say is Kari who?

thenino85

@Xagest: You apparently have never played a Red Alert game, have you.
It's supposed to be campy and ridiculous. It's FUN.

Crippl3

I thought I saw Jonathan Pryce in the trailer...

Torokun

@marcus1060: Oops, he was the Dr...
Still! Big promotion!

marcus1060

They have said for the longest time there would be no Kari Wuhrer. She is "outside the target demographic" or something along those lines. Get on the ball Kotaku. :P

Kicken

There's no possible way to take this game seriously now...

Xagest

Woah! Tim Curry goes from propaganda officer aboard a nuclear submarine to leader of the Soviet Union!

marcus1060

**original

Rurik

Oh an Asian guy in a Samurai top.. how origional.

Rurik

I can see the American campaign now...

"Juno, I need those pictures of Spider-Man now! Now where's my coffee! PARKEEERRRRRR!"

Aex

Tim Curry sells it...dude's crazy.

BenKenobi88

This looks like its going to be one of those games, that while not high art, is just plain fun. Cant wait :)

NitrousO

I've never been into any of the C&C games, but this one is looking really fun. I may pick this up just for the fun little videos.

Quilt

I'm not really good at RTS, but Warcraft 2, Starcraft and Red Alert 2 are insanely fun. And while Tiberium Wars is o...k... This Red Alert 3 is looking at least 3 times better :D especially with this cast, pure golden win

zyberteq

Really good casting for this one. Beats the hell out of Tiberium Wars. All they got was Six, Sawyer, and the lady doc from House. They didn't have The Darkness.

Though they DID have what I will continue to assume was a very drunk Billy D. Williams. So I guess they're even.

Mal-Content

Tim Curry = WIN

iameleveneight

i want Kelly Hu to be my leader damnit! =P

neo177117

Tim Curry, love that man! :D

Macko

Oh my god! Now I have no other option but to play with Soviets while listening Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack over and over. -_- There is high risk that my girlfriend might leave if I'm not fast with the game.

ara

@thenino85:
The 'old' Tanya.

Hooray for Curry and Stormare

Hassun

@Rurik: Dude, it's Red Alert, it's supposed to be the most stereotypical game on the planet.

And that's part of why it's so epically hilarious.

Nirolak

OK Can we please stop talking about Kari Wuhrer now.

Why has she not been cast? Because SHE HAS NO TITS LEFT. Go and find out for yourselves. She had her implants removed because of complications, that involved having most of what was left removed as well, leaving her with a chest like 2 fried eggs yolks.

There is NO WAY she could have been cast in a follow up to her appearance in RA2 because she would frankly look ridiculous alongside herself from that game. Or any other woman in the cutscenes. And some of the men.

It's sad. It's true. By all means she can go and appear in some other thing where she didn't used to have giant tits in the prequel while playing a feisty, big titted character in a cheesy, campy exaggerated proportions production of a videogame, in which tits tend to sell.

Cultivar

Wow! I'll buy it if it doesn't have limited install DRM!

Oh wait... :(

durrem

@marcus1060: He will receive the Order of Lenin for this.

Blue Oyster Cultist

I am surprised I actually know all 3 lol..

kingme

Sulu gives me orders!

i wanted to go and say "Sulu warp speed!"

mastergamer1231

@Nirolak:
Yeah that's kinda true, plus there is Mr. Sulu.

Fenian

Tim Curry?!

I am placing my preorder now and have (retroactively) always been a major fan of the Red Alert series!

JAcK0R

Im amazed at how hard EA is trying to make up for the fact that they ain't Westwood. What makes C&C so special asides from the gameplay is the awesomely campy cutscenes!

First we get Tiberium Wars with Lt. Rasczak, Lando, Boomer, Sawyer, Six, Cameron, and of course JOE FRIGGIN KUCAN

and now we get The VeeDub Guy, JJ Jameson, Sulu, The Butler, and Governor Swann along with Jenny McCarthy, Gemma Atkinson and the Blonde from Casino Royale?

goddamn!

TiberianViper

@Emiat: ah, such a cult classic.

+ Watch video

y2julio

That's a gold cast right there, I mean you talk about characters and there's three ones that I'm sure can epitomize their roles in a way only Frank Miller could pigeon-hole a personality.

Absent Blue

Tim Curry = day one

elevenoverzero

this october is WAY too packs for games... Although I am a CnC fan for life (yes, even with EA at the helm), this has gone from not far up the list to first place. Epic cast that has topped CnC3. Absolutely wicked, and cannot wait to play it now.

Also, YES, the games acting is SUPPOSED to be campy and way overacted, its the way the series always is, its done on purpose...

Scazza

The guy that played Schillinger in OZ is an incredible actor. He really makes you hate him in that show.

RonJeremy4Pres

frakkin' BADASS! great choices for the leaders!

cihx

Landslide of stereotypes. But i guess that's what they are aiming at.

hoezee

@Aex:

Hahaha!! Good work.

concrete_d

@y2julio: so shocked that this many comments and no one yet said how they're "shivering with antici....."

Mal-Content

@Mal-Content: ...pation? :)

Damn, now i've gotta go watch the movie before i go to bed!

DarthMetalHope

I'm honestly no good at the C&C series, but i know for a FACT i'll be borrowing this from work for a few days for the sole purpose of seeing Tim Curry (who, like everyone has been saying, is full of SOOO much win). I'll force myself to get good at that game if i must

DarthMetalHope

It's J. Jonah Jameson.

ChiChi_BBQ

@Crippl3 & Nirolak: Red Alert 1 wasn't campy... apart from Stalin's dancing. It got campy when EA got their hands on it and put Kirov airships in and made the Eiffel Tower a tesla coil.

And now this one has a PVC fetish party from 1985 in it doing guard duty for the soviets. Unbefuckinlievable.

So long as the game protects you from too much early rushing and brings back adjustable tech levels, I might get it.

Chadders

Red Alert became camp because Westwood wanted it too, the Westwood team was still at EA when RA2 was made.

Red Alert being hammed up & camp is better than trying to treat it serious as the whole premise is completely ludicrous.

Jellocakes

lol Schillinger from OZ as Pres. This made my day.

DasKonstruct

I'm still getting some weird vibe from this better than usual cast. I am still calling cover-up for now until I see a demo out.

PsychoticLad

Takei the new James Hong: [us.imdb.com]

alzheimers

@DarthMetalHope: gold star, sir. gold star.

Mal-Content