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Old 08-08-2009, 06:56 AM   #1
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New Voice of Mickey

Does anyone know who will officially take over as the voice of Mickey Mouse? Maybe it's out there already, but wasn't sure.
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Old 08-08-2009, 07:04 AM   #2
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Re: New Voice of Mickey

Far as I know, nothing has been announced. I believe they had already begun the search before Mr. Allwine's untimely passing.
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Old 08-08-2009, 07:19 AM   #3
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Re: New Voice of Mickey

I don't know anything about Mickey's new voice, but I have to wish whoever it is the best of luck. I'm sure he'll never read this, but those will be difficult gloves to fill!
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Re: New Voice of Mickey

Yeah, they haven't officially announced anyone yet, although I'm sure it's being discussed.

On the one hand, I'm scared to find out who it will be - will they be 'good enough' for me? Can they be? - but on the other, I hate the idea of leaving Mickey to sit around for months with no VA.

But Disney has always been low-key about the casting of its classic characters - I hope their choice now is as thoughtful as they've been in the past.
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Re: New Voice of Mickey

Somewhere I heard a rumor they were working with Mr. Allwine to find a successor for the voice of Mickey Mouse.
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Re: New Voice of Mickey

Have you ever heard Walt's original voice of Mickey? He was hilarious. He was the official voice until the 1940's.
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Re: New Voice of Mickey

I might be wrong, but i wouldn't be surprized if Disney had at least a couple "back up voices" for their major characters (Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy), so their probable "official" voice is more than likely already narrowed down considerably, for any of those characters.
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Re: New Voice of Mickey

Since they'd presumably be getting someone to take over mickey on a long term basis(read: as long as they can possibly do it), Disney has every reason in the world to be practical about this and not rush into a decision. They have enough stock audio of Wayne to fulfill any short-term needs right now.
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Re: New Voice of Mickey

What is disney gonna need new material from Mr. Mouse for anytime soon anyway?
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Old 08-09-2009, 11:11 PM   #10
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What is disney gonna need new material from Mr. Mouse for anytime soon anyway?
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse was put on hiatus due to Mr. Allwine's death.
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Time for reruns.
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Mickey's voice is used within the theme parks from time to time. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse has already been mentioned. Square-Enix has given King Mickey more visibility and has more Kingdom Hearts projects in the works.
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Re: New Voice of Mickey

And I'm sure WOC will feature the mouse at some point...
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New shows within the parks feature Mickey's voice.
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New shows within the parks feature Mickey's voice.
This.

And it happens a lot more often than you'd realize, because in addition to DLR and WDW, Mickey turns up speaking English at Tokyo and Paris fairly often, too - even occasionally at HKDL.

So yeah, Disney needs a new Mickey - but they've been pretty protective of these characters, and whoever they choose will almost certainly be expected to carry the role for the long haul - so the thing takes time.

And personally, as much as I want a new voice, I'm glad they weren't just sitting there ready to whip out a new name. It would have felt really disrespectful.
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