Shawn Fonteno, voice and mo-cap actor for Grand Theft Auto 5 and GTA Online's Franklin Clinton, is famous for pulling the GTA community's leg. Known for stirring the pot with hints and allusions to new content, this time he's posted something much more tangible - a work-in-progress character model of an updated Franklin.
Posted to Instagram on his verified profile, Fonteno shared a screenshot of an incomplete 3D character model showing a shirtless and decapitated - that's just how the models work, don't worry - Franklin with an updated and slightly changed look. The new model's differences are subtle and few, and probably wouldn't have been noticed if seen in a context with less fanfare.
The post was shared with the caption "almost finished", further confirming that this is a work-in-progress model, rather than a finished model that was simply loaded up in a viewer or other dev tool. Naturally - despite Fonteno's past shenanigans - this post kicked up a veritable storm of speculation. The timing couldn't have been more perfect.
Not only did Rockstar Games just recently,
finally
, officially confirm that