The Transfans have long lobbied for the original cartoon voiceover actors to take a leap to the big screen but it now appears that the hopes of fan boys everywhere have been smashed into oblivion.
According to an AICN scooper Michael Bay was approached after an early test screening of The Island that was done for Dreamworks big wigs and was asked about the Transformers movie.
This is part of the report:
At the end the crowd gave a somewhat polite applause, afterwards, I shook Bay's hand in the theater lobby and asked him about Transformers, he said that the studio (Dreamworks) was still working on the script but that he was indeed involved. He hopes to start shooting early next year, and that the voices, won't be the original cast, from the old cartoon, but different voices, bummer. He wants a fresh approach to the Transformers.
If this AICN report regarding the voiceover actors and the segment from Biz holds any truth, it will be in major contrast to what Don Murphy, one of the producers of the film has been telling his readers on his board.
As for me, I believe that Peter Cullen, the original Optimus Prime and the Transformers fans worldwide who have been keeping this franchise alive for so many years deserve better than George "I ruined the Batman franchise" Clooney.
Updated! Don Murphy has this to say regarding the AICN rumor:
There's no script so only morons would think or report that George Clooney even knows what this project is....
If people are gonna ask Michael moronic things in the middle of the ISLAND they deserve to react to what he says.
1- There is no script
2- Anything Harry ever writes is suspect
3- Nobody is cast or has been approached even
4- I still want Cullen/Welker
5- Chill Pills are needed.
I was fucking sleeping guys. Not avoiding or calling. MOST shit you read in the internet is BS.
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