Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime
Thursday, May 20th, 2010 11:41AM CDT
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Hot on the heels of our report that Peter Cullen would voice Optimus Prime in the upcoming "Transformers: Prime" cartoon on Hasbro's "The Hub" network, we get a statement from Roberto Orci that Frank Welker would be joining the cast, via this thread at the Don Murphy Message Board:
We do not have information yet on what role or roles Welker will fill. Stay tuned to Seibertron.com for more news on Transformers: Prime as we discover it.
Roberto Orci wrote:Really excited to see what you guys think about it. Seeing Cullen and Welker together in the recording studio was mind blowing.
We do not have information yet on what role or roles Welker will fill. Stay tuned to Seibertron.com for more news on Transformers: Prime as we discover it.
Credit(s): Roberto Orci
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Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076571)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on May 20th, 2010 @ 11:48am CDT
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on May 20th, 2010 @ 11:48am CDT
I just peed.
This is good news so far. Even if he's just doing Soundwave's voice. Hopefully though (if it's true) he's the choice they made for Megatron. So far the only bit of the old Megatron voice I've gotten recently was from the PS2 and GBA Transformer games for the 2007 movie.
This is good news so far. Even if he's just doing Soundwave's voice. Hopefully though (if it's true) he's the choice they made for Megatron. So far the only bit of the old Megatron voice I've gotten recently was from the PS2 and GBA Transformer games for the 2007 movie.
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076579)
Posted by Rick on May 20th, 2010 @ 12:01pm CDT
Posted by Rick on May 20th, 2010 @ 12:01pm CDT
I would love to see Welker return as Megatron. In fact, bring back the entire G1 voice cast! Even those who have passed on can be brought back. We have the technology. This would be a nice treat for those of us in our 30s who have kept the brand alive since 84.
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076580)
Posted by Dead Metal on May 20th, 2010 @ 12:03pm CDT
Posted by Dead Metal on May 20th, 2010 @ 12:03pm CDT
OK that's it, I no longer care how this show turns out. This could be teletubbies with TF characters for all I care, the fact that it has Welker and Cullen in it makes it epic.
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076583)
Posted by Requiem Prime on May 20th, 2010 @ 12:10pm CDT
Posted by Requiem Prime on May 20th, 2010 @ 12:10pm CDT
Oh please...
Oh please...
Let there still be goodness in this tired old world.
Oh please...
Let there still be goodness in this tired old world.
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076584)
Posted by DaiShanPrime on May 20th, 2010 @ 12:11pm CDT
Posted by DaiShanPrime on May 20th, 2010 @ 12:11pm CDT
Fangasm again. What channel is this supposes be on HUB? Has the channel gone live yet? Yes I'm a noob. Please give me the 411 on this. Thanks
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076596)
Posted by capellamusic on May 20th, 2010 @ 12:36pm CDT
Posted by capellamusic on May 20th, 2010 @ 12:36pm CDT
More great news!! I hope he will do his usual characters including Megatron and Soundwave. It would be cool to also have Corey Burton, Greg Berger, Michael Bell and many others, including from other Transformers shows, like David Kaye, Scott McNeil, etc. All excelent choices 
.
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Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076598)
Posted by Name_Violation on May 20th, 2010 @ 12:41pm CDT
For serious
to quote Wayne and garth
"WE'RE NOT WORTHY" *bows* "WE'RE NOT WORTHY" *bows* "WE'RE NOT WORTHY" *bows*
Posted by Name_Violation on May 20th, 2010 @ 12:41pm CDT
Dead Metal wrote:OK that's it, I no longer care how this show turns out. This could be teletubbies with TF characters for all I care, the fact that it has Welker and Cullen in it makes it epic.
For serious
to quote Wayne and garth
"WE'RE NOT WORTHY" *bows* "WE'RE NOT WORTHY" *bows* "WE'RE NOT WORTHY" *bows*
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076606)
Posted by Megatron Wolf on May 20th, 2010 @ 12:50pm CDT
Posted by Megatron Wolf on May 20th, 2010 @ 12:50pm CDT
Awesome, i hope he reprises some (if not all) of his G1 voices. That would be kick ass. I hope the next cast addition we hear about is Bell. If they get all 3 for this show i dont care if it turns out to be the worst TF ever, im gonna watch. Oh and i hope Scott Mcneil gets on to.
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076640)
Posted by Mindmaster on May 20th, 2010 @ 2:10pm CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on May 20th, 2010 @ 2:10pm CDT
Please be Megatron, please be MEgatron... 
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076658)
Posted by Heavy B on May 20th, 2010 @ 2:46pm CDT
Posted by Heavy B on May 20th, 2010 @ 2:46pm CDT
transformers prime has just graduated from epic win to EPIC F*KING WIN
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076660)
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on May 20th, 2010 @ 2:49pm CDT
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on May 20th, 2010 @ 2:49pm CDT
... I have to go change my pants now.
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076662)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on May 20th, 2010 @ 2:54pm CDT
I'm sorry, but it made me laugh a bit seeing your quote first and then reading what you posted. XD
"I am a warrior, let the battle be joined..... I have to go change my pants now."
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on May 20th, 2010 @ 2:54pm CDT
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:... I have to go change my pants now.
I'm sorry, but it made me laugh a bit seeing your quote first and then reading what you posted. XD
"I am a warrior, let the battle be joined..... I have to go change my pants now."
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076671)
Posted by Burn on May 20th, 2010 @ 3:07pm CDT
Posted by Burn on May 20th, 2010 @ 3:07pm CDT
hmmm ... voice actors ... not enough to save a show if it's written terribly. And I still have no faith in those two hacks who pretend to be writers.
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076677)
Posted by Pyrostrata on May 20th, 2010 @ 3:19pm CDT
Posted by Pyrostrata on May 20th, 2010 @ 3:19pm CDT
Oh.....My.....GOD!
This news just made my day! Cullen and Welker on a Transformers project together again....Pure 100% EPIC win!
This news just made my day! Cullen and Welker on a Transformers project together again....Pure 100% EPIC win!
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076699)
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on May 20th, 2010 @ 3:44pm CDT
Always happy to brighten someone's day!
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on May 20th, 2010 @ 3:44pm CDT
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:... I have to go change my pants now.
I'm sorry, but it made me laugh a bit seeing your quote first and then reading what you posted. XD
"I am a warrior, let the battle be joined..... I have to go change my pants now."
Always happy to brighten someone's day!
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076713)
Posted by Heavy B on May 20th, 2010 @ 4:02pm CDT
what did they do to be hacks?
Posted by Heavy B on May 20th, 2010 @ 4:02pm CDT
Burn wrote:hmmm ... voice actors ... not enough to save a show if it's written terribly. And I still have no faith in those two hacks who pretend to be writers.
what did they do to be hacks?
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076719)
Posted by Burn on May 20th, 2010 @ 4:10pm CDT
They haven't done anything to ever impress me. All the stuff they've worked on has been material already established (Star Trek, Transformers) or practically a rip off of something else (Fringe-X-Files)
And they really only have Fringe going for them in my eyes. Didn't like Star Trek and their writing on TF is questionable as well.
Posted by Burn on May 20th, 2010 @ 4:10pm CDT
Dr. Heavy B wrote:Burn wrote:hmmm ... voice actors ... not enough to save a show if it's written terribly. And I still have no faith in those two hacks who pretend to be writers.
what did they do to be hacks?
They haven't done anything to ever impress me. All the stuff they've worked on has been material already established (Star Trek, Transformers) or practically a rip off of something else (Fringe-X-Files)
And they really only have Fringe going for them in my eyes. Didn't like Star Trek and their writing on TF is questionable as well.
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076764)
Posted by Heavy B on May 20th, 2010 @ 5:41pm CDT
then by that logic, NO ONE can write for this series, because transformers is already established. and they'll be ripping off past cannon. because, lets face it, there are only so many ways you can write "came to earth in serch of energy"
Posted by Heavy B on May 20th, 2010 @ 5:41pm CDT
Burn wrote:Dr. Heavy B wrote:Burn wrote:hmmm ... voice actors ... not enough to save a show if it's written terribly. And I still have no faith in those two hacks who pretend to be writers.
what did they do to be hacks?
They haven't done anything to ever impress me. All the stuff they've worked on has been material already established (Star Trek, Transformers) or practically a rip off of something else (Fringe-X-Files)
then by that logic, NO ONE can write for this series, because transformers is already established. and they'll be ripping off past cannon. because, lets face it, there are only so many ways you can write "came to earth in serch of energy"
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076768)
Posted by Burn on May 20th, 2010 @ 5:46pm CDT
Posted by Burn on May 20th, 2010 @ 5:46pm CDT
Which is exactly why I don't have much faith in this show.
There could be something different done, and there are probably writers out there who could do it, just not these two.
There could be something different done, and there are probably writers out there who could do it, just not these two.
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076791)
Posted by Elita One on May 20th, 2010 @ 6:36pm CDT
Having Kaye and McNeil in there too would be a big fangasm from me. Great news about Welker maybe being in this
.
Posted by Elita One on May 20th, 2010 @ 6:36pm CDT
capellamusic wrote:More great news!! I hope he will do his usual characters including Megatron and Soundwave. It would be cool to also have Corey Burton, Greg Berger, Michael Bell and many others, including from other Transformers shows, like David Kaye, Scott McNeil, etc. All excelent choices
Having Kaye and McNeil in there too would be a big fangasm from me. Great news about Welker maybe being in this
.
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076827)
Posted by Skyfire77 on May 20th, 2010 @ 7:27pm CDT
The Hub is supposed to go live on 10/10/10, and will replace Discovery Kids.
It's Frank Welker, he's (hopefully) voicing half the cast!
Posted by Skyfire77 on May 20th, 2010 @ 7:27pm CDT
DaiShanPrime wrote:Fangasm again. What channel is this supposes be on HUB? Has the channel gone live yet? Yes I'm a noob. Please give me the 411 on this. Thanks
The Hub is supposed to go live on 10/10/10, and will replace Discovery Kids.
Razorclaw0000 wrote:We do not have information yet on what role or roles Welker will fill.
It's Frank Welker, he's (hopefully) voicing half the cast!
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076840)
Posted by Galvatron X on May 20th, 2010 @ 7:43pm CDT
Agreed! Hearing about Peter Cullen was cool, but hearing about this is something else completely! I am sooooo amped for this show now!
Posted by Galvatron X on May 20th, 2010 @ 7:43pm CDT
Dead Metal wrote:OK that's it, I no longer care how this show turns out. This could be teletubbies with TF characters for all I care, the fact that it has Welker and Cullen in it makes it epic.
Agreed! Hearing about Peter Cullen was cool, but hearing about this is something else completely! I am sooooo amped for this show now!
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076845)
Posted by MYoung23 on May 20th, 2010 @ 7:56pm CDT
Posted by MYoung23 on May 20th, 2010 @ 7:56pm CDT
The next job is to re-animate Chris Latta and Scatman Crothers.
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076849)
Posted by Galvatron X on May 20th, 2010 @ 8:14pm CDT
Man, I really do miss Chris Latta.
He just about made the G1 and G.I.Joe cartoons cool all by himself! Best voice actor of all time, IMO...
Posted by Galvatron X on May 20th, 2010 @ 8:14pm CDT
MYoung23 wrote:The next job is to re-animate Chris Latta and Scatman Crothers.
Man, I really do miss Chris Latta.
He just about made the G1 and G.I.Joe cartoons cool all by himself! Best voice actor of all time, IMO...
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076869)
Posted by Amelie on May 20th, 2010 @ 9:10pm CDT
Posted by Amelie on May 20th, 2010 @ 9:10pm CDT
Who has been announced as the series editor and who are the writers? That's the most important part, for me.
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076890)
Posted by Night Raid on May 20th, 2010 @ 9:56pm CDT
Posted by Night Raid on May 20th, 2010 @ 9:56pm CDT
*little girl scream*
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076943)
Posted by Dead Metal on May 21st, 2010 @ 2:41am CDT
The guys who wrote both TF movies will be writing this series, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.
Posted by Dead Metal on May 21st, 2010 @ 2:41am CDT
Amelie wrote:Who has been announced as the series editor and who are the writers? That's the most important part, for me.
The guys who wrote both TF movies will be writing this series, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1076983)
Posted by Amelie on May 21st, 2010 @ 6:23am CDT
Great. That really fills me full of confidence this this series will be great.
I wonder if the dialogue will be so cringly bad as it is in the movies that I physically squirm in my seat?
Posted by Amelie on May 21st, 2010 @ 6:23am CDT
Dead Metal wrote:The guys who wrote both TF movies will be writing this series, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.
Great. That really fills me full of confidence this this series will be great.
I wonder if the dialogue will be so cringly bad as it is in the movies that I physically squirm in my seat?
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1077076)
Posted by Blurrz on May 21st, 2010 @ 11:15am CDT
The Movie script was basically written with a gun to their heads. There were time constraints right after the Writers Strike, I'd like to see you write something half decent in the time that they had.
The content Orci and Kurtzman writes will be great for the cartoon. It's the 20 minute episodes that they need to be governing, not an entire movie.
Posted by Blurrz on May 21st, 2010 @ 11:15am CDT
Amelie wrote:Dead Metal wrote:The guys who wrote both TF movies will be writing this series, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.
Great. That really fills me full of confidence this this series will be great.
I wonder if the dialogue will be so cringly bad as it is in the movies that I physically squirm in my seat?
The Movie script was basically written with a gun to their heads. There were time constraints right after the Writers Strike, I'd like to see you write something half decent in the time that they had.
The content Orci and Kurtzman writes will be great for the cartoon. It's the 20 minute episodes that they need to be governing, not an entire movie.
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1077161)
Posted by Mechastrike on May 21st, 2010 @ 1:44pm CDT
Posted by Mechastrike on May 21st, 2010 @ 1:44pm CDT
LET IT BE MEGS
Re: Frank Welker Joins the Cast of Transformers: Prime (1077221)
Posted by Amelie on May 21st, 2010 @ 4:06pm CDT
It's not a case of if I can do these things, but someone who supposedly can. I felt that both Transformers movies were hideously written and strewn with dialogue that I was as a Transformers fan, cringing with embarrasment when I saw it at the pictures.
The script was awful for both movies.
Posted by Amelie on May 21st, 2010 @ 4:06pm CDT
Blurrz wrote:The Movie script was basically written with a gun to their heads. There were time constraints right after the Writers Strike, I'd like to see you write something half decent in the time that they had.
It's not a case of if I can do these things, but someone who supposedly can. I felt that both Transformers movies were hideously written and strewn with dialogue that I was as a Transformers fan, cringing with embarrasment when I saw it at the pictures.
The script was awful for both movies.
