Transformers Fan Work and More on the Original Voice Actors
Filed under: Action, Casting, Fandom, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels
Here's an odd little web gem dug up by Jo Blo: home brewed Transformers footage that looks stinking impressive. It was put together by a 3D design website called 3D Blasphemy, and while it certainly has no apparent connection to Michael Bay or anyone involved with the upcoming movie, it does provide hope for a sweet-looking film; because if an Internet design website can churn this sucker out on their own dime, imagine what Bay can produce with the muscle of Stephen Spielberg behind him. For other Transformers news, you can head on over to IESB and view their video interview with producer Tom DeSanto. DeSanto instantly won the heart of this geek when he voiced his clear support for casting to original Transformers voice actors (the ones still available, anyway) as the voices for the new film. Bay has said he's willing to give them a tryout, but hasn't indicated his actual preference yet -- which is fair, I suppose. You don't want to cast any actor based on what his voice sounded like 20 years ago without at least hearing if he/she still sounds the same two decades later.












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5-12-2006 @ 12:50PM
TF Fan said...
It's clear that Bay has done absolutely no research into Peter Cullen (Prime) and Frank Welker (Megatron), if he actually thinks they sound too old for the roles. He's just paying the fans lip service.
Cullen regularly appears at TF conventions, and does tv spot voice overs that make it very clear that he can sound exactly like Prime did 20 years ago. As for Frank Welker, aka The Voice God, he's been voicing Fred on Scooby Doo for 30+ years now and sounds exactly the same. The concept of any director not wanting two of the most respected voice actors in the business not in his film shows his distain for the original TF.
If Bay wanted an actual excuse for not casting Welker or Cullen, he should go with they might be too busy or are too difficult to schedule, which is something I might actually believe.
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