ICv2.com has a press-release regarding Transformers Animated, the new Transformers cartoon show due for release later this year in the US (2008 for the UK).New 'Transformers' Series in the Fall
On the Cartoon Network
May 10, 2007
A new Transformers animated series, known as Transformers: Animated, will debut on the Cartoon Network this fall, just a couple of months after the appearance of the blockbuster live action Transformers movie debuts over the July 4th weekend (see "Best in Shows 2007, Part 2"). The 26-episode Transformers: Animated will be the first North American designed Transformers series since Transformers: Beast Machines, the CGI series that was produced by
Beast Machines co-writer Marty Isenberg is functioning as the editor/chief writer for the new Transformers: Animated series -- something that hardcore Transformers fans will not be too happy about (Isenberg's Beast Machines co-writer Robert Skir once had to cancel a convention appearance due to death threats from irate fans). Matt Youngberg (Teen Titans, The Batman) will be the new series' supervising director while Derrick Wyatt (Teen Titans, Legion of Superheroes) is providing the character designs and Cartoon Network VP Sam Register will produce.
Little is known
about the new series except for the fact that it will take place in a
future era during which humans and robots both inhabit the Earth. Optimus
Prime (supposedly now a fire truck) and Megatron will be featured in
the new series, which reportedly features a brand new look for the
long-lived Transformers characters.
It's interesting that they state Optimus Prime is now a fire truck, as this is the first bit of character information (for the Transformers) annouced. David Kaye is rumoured to be playing Prime, so it will be intesting to hear what he has to say at BotCon.
TFWorld, who were first to spot the story, have also found and mirroed a teaser image.
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