"Cartoon Network Studios and Hasbro are co-producing a new animated Transformers
series, which will premiere in January and is hoped to build on the
momentum created by the highly anticipated live-action feature film
opening July 3, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
There have been three other Transformers series on Cartoon Network and eight series altogether since 1984. But this is the first one Hasbro is co-producing with Cartoon rather than its Japanese toy and production partner, Takara.
Cartoon and Hasbro executives told the trade paper that the new series, Transformers Animated, will be significantly different from the others, adding humor, never-before-seen characters and a new premise in which the Autobots fight evil humans in superhero fashion much more frequently than they battle the Decepticons, the traditional Transformers enemy since the franchise launched as a toy line in 1984.
The animated series won't pick up on any of the themes from the Paramount/DreamWorks film, which is directed by Michael Bay.
In the new Cartoon series, the robots will have a lot more human qualities, allowing kids to identify with the characters much more than in previous series.
The plan is to produce 26 half-hour episodes, as well as a 90-minute special that will serve as the series premiere. Matt Youngberg (Teen Titans, The Batman) is the supervising director of the series, Sam Register (Teen Titans) will serve as executive producer."
That's the story currently being reported on Sci-Fi Wire
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