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Mega Man Legends Revival Gets Its Strongest Clue in Years

An ACTRA Toronto production listing points to a new Mega Man Legends project, although its “new media” label leaves the format open.

Mega Man Volnutt in blue armour with the Mega Man Legends logo against an orange background
Official Mega Man Legends artwork. Image: Capcom.

A production called Mega Man Legends has appeared on ACTRA Toronto’s public What’s Shooting list, with a work window from 14 September to 1 December 2026 and casting handled in-house. For Capcom’s long-dormant, rather oddball Mega Man offshoot, this is the strongest public sign in years that a genuine revival project is in the works.

The entry was spotted on Reddit. ACTRA Toronto represents professional performers, and its list records productions. The category is “new media”. ACTRA’s own definition includes video games, but also web productions, apps and other digital work. The title could therefore point to a game, an animated or online project, or another production using the Mega Man Legends name. The listing alone cannot tell us which.

Toronto is a fitting place for the series to resurface. The original game’s English credits include Ontario performers Corey Sevier as Mega Man Volnutt, Tracy Ryan as Roll Caskett and George Masswohl as Barrell Caskett. Masswohl later recalled auditioning and recording for the game. The sequel’s English credits name Susan Roman as Volnutt, extending the Canadian casting connection. Capcom voice director Susan Hart has also described recruiting Toronto-area talent for the company’s English-language games. That history gives the new ACTRA entry a more interesting connection than geography alone.

Mega Man Legends took the blue bomber away from side-scrolling stages and into a colourful 3D adventure built around exploration, ruins and a cast of recurring characters. Its sequel arrived in 2000, but the series’ most painful chapter came later. Capcom announced Mega Man Legends 3 for Nintendo 3DS, opened a fan-facing Developer Room and planned a downloadable Prototype Version. In July 2011, Capcom cancelled both the full game and the prototype, saying the project had not met its internal criteria. Neither reached players.

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