Beyond: Two Souls

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Link: Willem Dafoe to co-star in Quantic Dream's Beyond?

An exceptional showing at E3 this year has many clamoring for more information regarding Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream and their next title, Beyond. While the trailer gave gamers a glimpse at Ellen Page starring in the lead role of Jodie Holmes, a source familiar with the project tells GamesIndustry International that more stars are on the way, particularly Boondock Saints' Willem Dafoe.

His new role has yet to be revealed, but our source has confirmed that news will be forthcoming.

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Heavy Rain worked really well with the Move controller.

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http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/03/01/willem-dafoe-ellen-page-star-in-beyond-two-souls-october-8th/

Willem Dafoe, Ellen Page Star in BEYOND: Two Souls October 8th

Last year at E3 we announced the much anticipated title from Heavy Rain creators Quantic Dream and the mind of visionary director David Cage. BEYOND: Two Souls is a psychological action thriller starring Oscar nominee Ellen Page (Inception, Juno) in the lead role of Jodie Holmes and featuring Quantic Dream’s unique brand of gameplay.

BEYOND tells the story of Jodie, a young woman who’s known since birth that she is different from everyone else. She possesses supernatural powers through her psychic link to an invisible entity she calls Aiden, and this gift has changed her life forever. Playing through 15 years of Jodie’s life promises to deliver one of the most thrilling and powerfully emotional experiences on PS3.

Today, we’re pleased to announce that Ellen will be joined by another Oscar nominee in Willem Dafoe (Platoon, Spider-Man) who will star as Nathan Dawkins, a government scientist who works with Jodie to analyse her powers. At a later stage we’ll have lots more to reveal on the interplay between Nathan and Jodie in the game (no spoilers today!), but suffice to say they form a compelling bond and together deliver some of the most unique and powerful scenes yet seen in gaming.

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http://www.computerandvideogames.com/393961/dafoe-joins-beyond-david-cage-on-the-pressure-of-directing-hollywood-talent/

David Cage on the 'pressure' of directing Hollywood talent

"Willem has a very unique ability to convey different emotions," he said. "He has an incredible presence, he can be nice and protective, or darker and worrying, making believable characters with a complex personality.

"He is an actor who proved in his career his capacity to create these kind of characters. He is also someone eager for new experiences, very experienced in films but also in theatre plays, which was something I thought was interesting for performance capture where the way you deal with space and your body is very important."

"When you have Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe on your Motion Capture set, you want to make sure that you have not missed anything, that you won't lose a day because you were not ready... and that you will be able to direct them.

"Willem and Ellen have worked with some of the best directors in the world, and you just hope that you won't be ridiculous pretending directing actors who worked with Scorsese or Nolan before you...

"It is also extra pressure for me because these people trusted me, they gave their best on set, they trusted the fact that I would do something great, and I definitely want the game to be something they can be proud of."

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Release date of this game doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

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Looks like a movie poster. Ha.

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The Script For Beyond: Two Souls Is Very Long

Quantic Dream sent a mock script of its upcoming game Beyond: Two Souls to Game Informer. The first page has some text on it, but the rest of the script is totally blank, a warning sign, perhaps, to let you know that Beyond: Two Souls will have a lot of words.

As you can see above, "The average film script is 100 pages. At 2,000 pages, this is not your average film script." Also worth noting, Beyond: Two Souls is not a film. It's a video game.

Doing some unscientific calculations, if we consider that this script has 2,000 pages (I am choosing to believe the text on this page. I did not personally count the pages), and that it was sent as a promotional item to at least 50 people or outlets that cover gaming to some capacity, we can estimate that there are about 100,000 pieces of blank paper proudly proclaiming that Beyond's script is longer than the scripts of most films. According to an online estimate, a fully grown pine tree produces about 80,000 sheets of paper. That's a whole lotta tree to prove that Mean Girls' script is not as long as Beyond: Two Souls.

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I haven't heard anything about this otherwise and I just noticed this on CAG. Also confirmed by this site:

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/beyond-two-souls-release-date-confirmed-by-sony/0116495

Release date is 10/08.