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It's been a good day to be a Transformers: Prime fan. First it was revealed that the show would indeed have associated toys when we got our first look at Arcee. That was quickly followed by the reveals of Starscream, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, and Megatron.
If that wasn't enough to get you psyched up for Friday's big premiere of “Masters & Students” the Hub stopped by with another promo video of the upcoming episode and link to their press release! Be sure to visit for additonal images and information regarding Transformers: Prime!
New Episode of Popular Series to Premiere February 11
02.07.2011– LOS ANGELES, Ca. – The Hub, a television network for kids and their families, will premiere its original half-hour, full CGI animated series “Transformers Prime” in its regular weekly time period with a new episode Friday, February 11 (6:30 p.m. ET).
The new animated series will feature archrivals the Autobots and Decepticons as they once again face-off in their epic rivalry for control of Earth. The all-new mini-series will feature iconic characters of the franchise, including Autobots Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, and the ominous Decepticon Megatron, as well as introducing new human characters to the action series.
The Hub, which rebranded from the former Discovery Kids on 10-10-10, is a joint venture of Discovery Communications and Hasbro, Inc., and is available to 61 million U.S. cable and satellite households.
“Transformers Prime” is produced for The Hub by Hasbro Studios. Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jeff Kline are executive producers. Kurtzman and Orci served as co-writers and producers on the hit feature film Star Trek, and are currently co-writers and producers for the feature film Cowboys and Aliens from Dreamworks/Universal, set for release in summer 2011. Kline is also executive producer of The Hub animated series “G.I. Joe Renegades.”
The Hub is a multi-platform joint venture between Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) and Hasbro, Inc., (NASDAQ: HAS) with a goal of entertaining, enlightening, empowering and educating children and their families. The cable and satellite television network features original programming as well as content from Discovery's library of award-winning children's educational programming; from Hasbro's rich portfolio of entertainment and educational properties built during the past 90 years; and from leading third-party producers worldwide. The Hub lineup includes animated and live-action series, specials and game shows, and the network extends its content through a robust and engaging online presence at http://www.hubworld.com. The Hub rebranded from Discovery Kids on October 10, 2010, and reaches approximately 61 million U.S. households. The Hub logo and name are trademarks of Hub Television Networks, LLC. All rights reserved.
Be sure to RSVP the event by visiting the Hub FaceBook page!
But wait!..............there's more!
Toonzone has posted a lengthy report from a Q&A session with the staff of Transformers: Prime. A portion has been posted below, be sure to visit Toonzone to read the entire article!
- Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman's aim for the series was to do things with the Transformers they did not get the chance to do with the movie. Another selling point was bringing back Frank Welker as Megatron, since Bob Orci campaigned for him to play the role in the movies (Megatron is voiced in the live-action Transformers movies by Hugo Weaving).
- Jeff Kline revealed there is a specific reason why Bumblebee cannot speak English. The reason will be revealed in season two, and off screen Bumblebee "is working toward trying to solve that for himself."
- Kline says that generally the staff will want to show more Decepticons than Autobots in order to always show the Autobots at a disadvantage, to "make their job that much harder." There will be more Autobots and Decepticon characters depicted in seasons one and two, but there is more of a limitation due to the budgeting for the CG rendering process in the builds of the characters. Each Transformers character requires three distinct computer builds: robot, vehicle, and transformation.
- With regard to the character deaths, Kline says, "When we kill a character, we kill a character." Kline assured Toonzone News that Cliffjumper is dead. Kline did leave the door open for the exploration of the possible romance between Cliffjumper and Arcee in flashbacks for future episodes, but would not say if Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson would return to voice the character.
- Bob Orci spoke more about his attraction to working on a Transformers series and the limitations of depicting the Transformers characters in the live-action movies. Bob wanted to show more about the Transformers mythology and history as well as just "hang out with them." Orci likes to stay between TV and movies because "they give you different satisfactions as a fan and as storytellers." Bob added that he would like to work with the Transformers Prime staff on other projects based on his experience working on Transformers Prime.
- Mike Vogel talked about the female appeal of the show -- especially through characters such as Arcee and Miko -- and noted that even boys enjoy characters like Arcee. Jeff Kline also spoke about the Japanese animation studio that works on the series, Polygon, being in love with the Miko character. According to Kline, the staff will give Polygon a fairly simple description of an action for Miko, and Polygon will give Miko even extra actions and animations. Bob Orci joked that it was simply "free labor."
- At one point in the season premiere, Soundwave uses a detachable drone unit, which according to Kline is an "homage" to Laserbeak. Kline would not confirm if the drone in the episode is Laserbeak though.
- Vogel confirmed there will be toys for the series and we will get news on the toy line "sooner than we may think."
aintitcool.com has got the first hand toy images of upcoming Transformers: Prime - Optimus Prime & Megatron figures. The images also showed the robot mode & alternate mode of the famous leaders.
Other than that, figures of the Autobots' human friends - Jackson, Miko and Raf are also featured. However, it seems like the human figures have no articulations.
Hasbro gave us the opportunity to ask a bonus Transformers Q&A question a couple of weeks ago which was sent to the teams at The Hub and Hasbro Studios. We asked "What additional voice talent will be lending their voices to the Transformers in future episodes of Transformers Prime?" Earlier this afternoon, we received our response from Jeff Kline, who is the Executive Producer/Co-Developer of the Transformers: Prime series.
Jeff Kline wrote:I know you’ll hate this answer… but, I can’t say. What I will say is this: I’m still amazed at the “name” talent that is excited to throw on sweat pants and come to our recording sessions for a few hours each week. Whenever we introduce a new character, the creative team will sit around and draw-up a wish list vis-a-vis actors/actresses. More often than not, we land our first choice.
Inspired by the new hit animated TV series Transformers Prime, an all-new assortment of Transformers action figures will be released this Fall to coincide with the series. Along with Starscream, Hasbro will also release fan favorites such as Bumblebee and Arcee. These one of a kind figures will be made available for purchase on October 11, 2011 for an approximate retail price of $11.99.
You can check out the original post on UGO.com by clicking here.
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USA Weekend has posted the first toy images of Arcee from the latest Transformers Animation - Transformers Prime.
Both the images revealed Arcee toy in robot as well as alternate modes.
Toys of Transformers Prime are expected to hit retails on October 2011.
The Hub has uploaded a Promo video for Transformers: Prime Episode #6 – Masters and Students featuring a glimpse of Skyquake in action! The Promo has been embedded below. The series premiere of Transformers: Prime will air on Friday, February 11 at 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM ET.
Toonzone is reporting that Transformers: Prime has been picked up for a second 26 episode season!
In a private screening of the Transformers: Prime season premiere, Hub network representatives confirmed that a second season of Transformers: Prime is underway. The season is currently set for another 26 episodes to follow the first 26 episodes of season 1. New episodes of Transformers: Prime are set to premiere on February 11, 2011. Check out the Hubworld website for more details.
Don't forget to tune it to the Hub on February 11th for the return of Transformers: Prime!
In preparation for the return of Transformers: Prime on Friday February 11th Hubworld has added couple of sneak peek video clips for Episode #6; Masters & Students. The first clip entitled Problems With Science has the Autobots helping the kids with their science projects much to Ratchet's dissatisfaction. The second clip entitled Starscream Siezes Control gives us Starscream asserting himself as the new Decepticon leader in Megatron's absence.
If that's not enough to tide you over until next Friday a new Transformers: Prime game has also been added, Terrorcon Defense!
Lastly, to sweeten the deal a little bit more EW.com gives us our first look at Transformers: Prime's newest Decepticon addition Skyquake!
Mean-looking, huh?
Skyquake’s backstory: “Entombed in stasis on Earth until exhumed by Starscream; however, pledges allegiance to only his ‘one true master,’ Megatron.”
Don't forget to tune into the Hub on February 11th for the return of Transformers: Prime!
Fellow Seibertronian Rodimus2006 has pointed out that some short episode plot descriptions have been posted on TVGuide.com for the following Transformers: Prime episodes:
If these descriptions are accurate, we will be seeing the return of a popular G1 character, as well as another homage of sorts. To check out the descriptions on TVGuide.com's website and see the potential spoilers for yourself, CLICK HERE. We will keep you posted as we find out more information over the next couple of weeks regarding the upcoming titles and descriptions of the next few episodes as they become available from other sources.
Jim Sorenson has updated his mega-informational site with two new uploads (and possibly a third if you skipped the previous one like I did) from the infamous 'Ron Friedman Files.
(Cue X-Files music)
This update includes shared uploads for the scripts for the Generation One cartoon, 'Dinobot Island- Part 1' and 'Dinobot Island- Part 2'.
Download these niché offerings for your own before they once again get lost to time, here at Jim's website, 'The Disciples of Boltax' blog. And Jim hints that there are many more scripts to come!
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