In 2009, he voiced the part of "The Zarn", an Altrusian, in the television-based movie "Land of the Lost". Nimoy also provided voiceovers for the "Star Trek Online" massive multiplayer online game, released in February 2010, as well as "Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep" as Master Xehanort, the series' leading villain. Tetsuya Nomura, the director of "Birth by Sleep", said he chose Nimoy for the role specifically because of his role as Spock. Nimoy would later reprise this role for ' in 2012. After his death in 2015, Nimoy was replaced by Rutger Hauer for the role of Xehanort in "Kingdom Hearts III"; after Hauer's death in 2019, Nimoy's "Star Trek" co-star Christopher Lloyd took over the role for "Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind" and '.