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Post by Gunman_sr5 on Oct 5, 2006 0:28:08 GMT -5
Characters being auditioned right now are: Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee, Ultra Magnus, Prowl, Starscream and some human characters.
News found at the allspark.
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Post by Gunman_sr5 on Oct 5, 2006 23:12:35 GMT -5
Tony Bacala of Transformer World 2005 has learned a bit more info on the upcoming Transformers series "Transformers Heroes". As we know, the auditions are taking place in Los Angeles now. The company handling the casting is none other than Susan Blu's Blupka Productions. Susan Blu voiced Arcee in the original G1 movie and cartoon, and also was behind the voice direction for Beast Wars. Also of note, the Optimus Prime character is younger than the rest of the cast, and is described as a Fire Truck. The agents are looking for a voice similar to a "Young Tom Hanks" for Prime. Megatron is being casted with a voice similar to Jeremy Irons aka "Scar" from the Lion King.
Since this seems to be a US produced show, with voice acting in LA rather than Canada taking place, let's hope some fan favorite VAs return. If Prime is indeed a Fire Truck, RID Prime VA Neil Kaplan would be the obvious choice, he is as close to Peter Cullen as you can get without a clone. Wally Wingert from RID continues to work in the industry heavily, and would be a great addition, possibly as Bumblebee. And let's not forget that now this is in LA, industry legend Frank Welker (G1 Megatron, Soundwave, etc) would be able to join the cast as, well any of them probably. Hopefully with Susan Blu, an American voice cast, and G1 names galore (see below), we will have the first well done show since Beast Wars.
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Post by CkRtech on Oct 5, 2006 23:27:49 GMT -5
I won't hold my breath, but it sounds like it has great potential. We'll have to see how the writing goes.
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Post by Destro on Oct 6, 2006 0:27:42 GMT -5
Having a series w/ ultra magnus again is cool..I was hoping we'd get a prime that wasn't a truck of some kind, though. Overall I'm very hopeful about this project. More important than the show are the toys (to me at least), so that's what I wanna know about. It would be nice to have a tf toon I can really get into though; that has happened since rid, though I do need to give cybertron more of a chance. Wow, I'm such a ramber.
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