IESB.net took advantage of the General Motors Oscar Party to score some video interviews with Transformers Director Michael Bay, Producer Tom DeSanto, and star Tyrese Gibson.
The main piece of information of note is that Bay indicated that the announcement for the voice of Megatron and the casting in general. Bay said it "is getting down to the wire...some of [the cast] will be unknowns because we tweak them out alot." By tweak I think adding, warping, whatever to make the voices more otherworldly. The sound effects are being done by the same folks that did Peter Jackson's King Kong.
Adding fuel to the speculation is an insider for the site indicated that Welker was cast in the movie, but not as Megatron, something that 71 year old Welker didn't confirm or deny on his official website, "As of this moment, to my knowledge, they have not cast Megatron and I am still very much in the running."
Tom DeSanto was asked if rumor regarding if Tom Kenny was voicing Starscream in the movie. Tom will be Starscream for the upcoming animated series "Transformers: Heroes", but Tom DeSanto didn't confirm or deny the rumor. DeSanto was very pleased with fan reaction to the footage shown at Toyfair. Future reveal plans include possibly Wondercon and ShoWest. In regards to Welker and Megatron "plans are inching forward....think fans will be happy." Slightly out of context but basically the idea is still wide open for Welker to reprise his role. In unrelated TF news, DeSanto also said working on a City of Heroes movie and adapting the Splitting Infinity book. The cartoon will be its own universe, set in the future that isn't related to the movie.
Tyrese didn't add any new info, just warned to summer movie competition to steer clear as "Transformers will take over the summer" and that there is no forward movement on the Luke Cage movie.
Click name below for video of each interview:
Michael Bay - Director
Tom DeSanto - Producer
Tyrese Gibson - Master Sgt. Epps
Looks like IMDB is reporting the affirmative.
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IMDB isn't a reliable source of info with films in production. I could get on the site and type in that I'm portraying Megatron. Nothing is yet confirmed.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping for Welker, but fans should be warned: the actors will be doing different voices for these characters. Don't expect the same voices they did for a cartoon over twenty years ago.
Going along with what I posted above:
ReplyDeleteWelker is asked about the IMDB entry on his website. As of yesterday, 2/20, Welker himself reports that he hasn't heard anything about it.
I heard that Leland Orser is in the running to voice the very limited Bumblebee dialogue.
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