I am finalizing the piece for tonight and thought i would give you some news from out there about the next series after Transformers: Prime. This is speculation and confirmations that have been gathering out there for some time. I posted this for your viewing pleasure while I finish up tonight's segment. :D We are a full service story. :D
NOTES: News of the next TF: Prime sequel:
-0-tfw 2005 dot com: A news segment on this website:
Producer Jeff Kline spoke to Keep Me Current, to let us in on the fact that the next Transformers animated series is in production:
"Q: Of everything you've done, and everything you could do, why comic books?
A: Well, I've been almost five years going back and forth between the coasts. I'd like to live here more full-time. But it's really hard to run a show from 3,000 miles away and, for the time being anyway, it seems like it's going to be a hard time to get the networks to let me run an animated series out of Portland. I do still have a development deal with Hasbro. I have another "Transformers" series coming; that's in full-blown production right now. I have a documentary I executive-produced that's coming out this year, as well as other TV and movie projects, but I've been looking for something I can do from here. With comic books, you don't have to be on a studio lot. It's a lot of working with freelancers who can be anywhere in the country. It's a business that's very used to happening not in person. So, it's a good business to start from my home in Cape Elizabeth."
-0- A tweet from the voice actor who plays Chase of Rescue Bots:
D.C. Douglas, voice of Chase on Rescue Bots and source of the rumored late January premier date for Rescue Bots, has taken to Facebook to state that the release has been pushed back. This evening on his Facebook page, Douglas posted,
#Transformers #Rescue Bots fans: Rumor is there is a schedule delay & season 2 was pushed to February... Hang in there, kids, it IS coming!
-0-deviant art dot com (It is amazing how many artists connected to these shows and the books have accounts on this art site):
Poster: (I found this news on Shockwave's page on facebook, so these are not my words ~ )
News from Hasbro on the development for the next TF Series Replacing Transformers Prime Beast Hunters - Warning - May Contain Spoilers that could be confirmed 12 months from now...
I've been doing some research and inside work on Hasbro's talk of the new series, They have Officially Commenced Stage 1 of development of the New Series, there are 6 stages to go through and some characters could be changed and there already throwing names around, and getting rid of some of the existing characters.
Yet To Be Confirmed are characters Hasbro is still talking about, - 100% Percent Confirmed are expected to be added to the TV Show In 2014
Characters Who Will Not Be Returning:
Ultra Magnus (yet to be confirmed)
Wheeljack (100% Percent Confirmed)
Bulkhead (100% Confirmed)
Arcee (Yet To Be Confirmed)
Sky Lynx (Yet to confirm)
Airachnid (100% Percent confirmed)
Characters who will be making a return - All Will have their same Voice Actors again
Optimus Prime (100% confirmed)
Bumblebee (100 Confirmed)
Smokescreen (Yet to confirmed)
Shockwave (100% Confirmed)
Ratchet (100% Confirmed)
Soundwave + Frenzy & Rumble & Lazerbeak (100% Confirmed)
Predaking (Yet to Confirm)
Darksteel (Yet to be confirmed)
Knock Out (100% Percent Confirmed)
New Characters that are set to be introduced:
3 New Predacons (Ripclaw, Lazerback & Divebomb - Names are yet to be confirmed)
all 5 Dinobots (100% Percent Confirmed)
Jazz (Yet to be confirmed)
Prowl (100% Confirmed)
Seaspray (100% Percent Confirmed)
Kup (100% Confirmed)
Ironhide (Yet to be confirmed)
Elita-1 (Yet to be confirmed)
Megatron (Will be voiced by Frank Welker again - 100% Percent Confirmed and will be resurrected once again but will have a whole new design - Much Like that to G1/IDW expect with double the power) (HORNS! HE WILL HAVE HORNS!)
Barricade (Will Become Knock Out's new Partner & 100% Percent confirmed)
+ another 3 new decepticons will be added later on to that growing list
Red Alert (Yet to be confirmed)
Drift (yet to be confirmed)
Budget has been increased by more then 3 times the amount they had on TF Prime, meaning More Battles, More Characters and more Scenery/Exploration - The CGI Will be Exactly the same - The Plotlines are to be based more around from the G1 era, - The Show Designs are expected to retain the TFP Look, But with a touch of there G1 side to be added.
This New Series, Will move away from a Child Orientated Audience and be more Adult Friendly, however will still use the same definitions - Like Scrap, Frag, for example - those definitions will be retained - The New Show, Will Be Finalised by April/May 2014 - New Toy Figures and Character Concept Art will be released and shown at SDCC and Botcon In 2014 - and the New Show will Premiere on The Hub Early November next year (2014?) - The New Show will also be much darker, and have more violence then Prime did. This show has been already confirmed to be the sequel for TF Prime - This Information was indeed taken from Hasbro itself. Blurr is rumored to be in this too. :D
-0-Comicbookmovie dot comicbookmovie
As for Hasbro's established stable of series, which drive the programming on its US joint venture network The Hub, the 13 episodes of Transformers Prime Beast Hunters due to launch this year represent the final chapter of the Transformers Prime story. It has grown to encompass 65 half-hour episodes that continue to roll out around the world. Look for a 75-minute Transformers Prime Beast Hunters movie to hit DVD shelves in Q4.
But that's not the end for Transformers. Arnesen says a "new iteration of the animated TV series" is slated for delivery in late 2014, which looks like it might be shaping up to be the year of the Autobots, given that audiences are already expecting the fourth live-action blockbuster in July.
Just a few things to keep you occupied until I put up the next part. :D