Key things
- Elijah Wood to play Scarecrow in Batman: Arkham Shadow
- The game takes place after Arkham Origins with a young Bruce Wayne and iconic villains.
- This is Wood's first major motion capture work for gaming, bringing the Scarecrow to life in VR.
Latest upcoming Batman game, Batman: Arkham Shadow, Following the recent reveal, we'll see Elijah Wood take on the role of the villainous Dr. Jonathan Crane, better known as the Scarecrow. The casting announcement came just a few days before Batman: Arkham Shadow is set to release on October 22 exclusively for the Meta Quest 3 and 3S platforms.
The fan-favorite superhero universe is making a big comeback Batman: Arkham Shadow, which puts players in the role of a caped crusader in virtual reality and puts the fate of Gotham right in their hands. The game takes place shortly after the prequel title Batman: Arkham Origins and sees a younger Bruce Wayne return to take on iconic villains such as the Rat King and of course the Scarecrow.
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Now like Batman: Arkham Shadow is set to release on Meta Quest 3 and 3S on October 22, fan YouTube channel Batman Arkham Videos revealed in a Q&A video that Elijah Wood will be taking over the role of Scarecrow in the game. While many of the game's voice actors, such as Roger Craig Smith as Batman and Troy Baker as Harvey Dent, have been known for some time, the casting of Scarecrow surprised many due to his iconic status in Hollywood.
Eiljah Wood makes his DC debut as Arkham Shadow's Scarecrow
Wood is perhaps best known for his role as Frodo Baggins in the film lord of the rings trilogy, along with many other major Hollywood roles, though he has a decent run as a video game voice actor as well. Most notably, he portrayed the titular protagonist in The Legend of Spyro trilogy that began in 2006, and even reprized his role as Frodo in several lord of the rings video games in the mid-2000s.
Either way, though, Scarecrow will seemingly be a much bigger role for Wood, as he mentioned in his short segment of the video that it was his first time doing motion capture for a major game project. The video even included a short clip of the actor donning full motion capture gear as he seemingly taunted Batman in one of the iconic scenes that play when the player is defeated. Batman: Arkham series.
While the “Arkhamverse”, as the fans called it, had a long hiatus after its release Batman: Arkham Knight she made a controversial comeback in 2015 Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League earlier this year. However, now fans have a chance to surprise again as Temný rytír, as Batman: Arkham Shadow brings back the fan-favorite universe and puts players in the shoes of Bruce Wayne in first-person virtual reality.