Transformers: Prime (cartoon)
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Transformers: Prime is a computer-animated television series that premiered on The Hub on November 2010 with a five-part mini-series, which will be followed by a full season in February 2011.[1] There are 26 episodes scheduled for the first season[2] and another three have been outlined by the screenwriters.[3]
It will be "rightfully huge."[4]
Story
Team Prime live on Earth as a pre-emptive measure against the return of the Decepticons, forming an alliance with three teens as Megatron returns having discovered a rare element that grants him rule of life itself. The show delves into what it is to be a Prime, and though in continuity with Exodus and War for Cybertron, its Earth-bound backstory is reminiscent of the live-action film series.[5]
Cast
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans |
|---|---|---|
James Remar and Gina Torres are also voicing parts.
Episodes
- Darkness Rising, Part 1
- Darkness Rising, Part 2
- Darkness Rising, Part 3
- Darkness Rising, Part 4
- Darkness Rising, Part 5
Production
The show runners are Jeff Kline, Duane Capizzi, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Orci and Kurtzman's employees Steven Puri and Mandy Safavi are also listed as producers.[6] Additional production staff include principal character designer Jose Lopez and supervising director Dave Hartman.[7] Orci and Kurtzman explained the show offered them a better chance to delve into the Transformers' mythology than the live-action film series did.[5] The producers created a 350-page show bible, incorporating aspects of various continuities for writers to utilize.[8] Susan Blu was the casting director, but was replaced as voice director following a death in her family.[9]
According to Ken Christiansen, the show's design aesthetic was formed by Hasbro Studios hiring freelance conceptual artists like himself. The submitted artwork was given Lopez's staff to be examined, and they incorporated the ideas they liked best.[10] Digitalscape provided the CG production.[11] Lopez said the animation would be a "groundbreaking mix of 2D animation and CGI".[12] The show's CG models will be subject to battle damage during episodes.[8]
Other staff members include:
- Nicole Dubuc, Marsha Griffin, Joseph Kuhr and Steven Melching - writers.[6]
- Vince Toyama and Jevon Bue - background designers.
- Christophe Vacher - color designer.
- Augusto Barranco - concept artist.
- Brian Tyler - composer.[6]
Footnotes
- ↑ Hub commercial
- ↑ Jeffreycombs.com
- ↑ My experience at Botcon 2010 at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort in Orlando, FL. blog post by Melvin L. Clermont
- ↑ Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 34
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 LIVE! Transformers Prime Panel @ SDCC 2010, July 22, 2010
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 [http://tformers.com/transformers-exclusive-transformers-prime-voice-cast-revealed-which-includes-the-rock/14278/news.html TFormers cast and crew announcement including Dwayne Johnson exclusive.
- ↑ TFormers BotCon 2010 Hasbro Studios Panel Coverage
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Botcon 2010 Transformers Prime Panel Coverage
- ↑ Tformers.com's coverage of the SDCC Transformers Prime panel, July 22, 2010.
- ↑ August 2010 blog post by Ken Christiansen
- ↑ Announcement on Digitalscape, also asking for job applicants.
- ↑ Jose Lopez speaks about Prime's animation style
