Spinning out of SDCC, The Hollywood Reporter has broken news that a new Transformers animated series – one based on Combiner Wars – will be coming to Machinima. And this time… it will be aimed at older fans. Read on below for the full details:
“The Transformers are coming to Machinima.
Hasbro, the toy company-now-play brand, has partnered with the online gamer and video platform to produce a new animated series based on its Transformers: Combiner Wars line.
Combiner Wars is a storyline that has been playing out across Hasbro’s toys and IDW comic books for the past year and the upcoming Activision video game Transformers: Devastation.
Insiders say it’s the first time these many synergistic elements have been combined by Hasbro to tell an overall story.
Additionally, Habsro is giving something a segment of its large Transformers audience has been demanding for years, namely an animated series aimed at an older audience.
“Our audiences are huge fans of the toy, comics, movies and video games, and for us to continue the legend with the Combiner War is a unique story-telling opportunity,” said CCA Daniel Tibbets.
Said Hasbro’s senior vp of the Transformers franchise, Tom Warner: “(Machinima is) the perfect partner to help launch a totally new kind of Transformers animation—one that, for the first time ever, is specifically designed for the teen and adult fans who’ve grown up loving the Transformers brand.”
Without going to deep into the complexities of the Transformers universe, Combiner Wars saw groups of Transformers be able to combine into one giant robot, known as a Combiner. Superion and Menasor were among the new robots that held the fate of the Transformers’ homeworld Cybertron in their hands.”
Let us know your thoughts on this breaking news after the jump!
rodster6
Something along the lines of Transformers the movie and Beast Wars season 2 would work for me. Higher stakes where the Decepticons are a legitimate threat and characters can die. Also characters written in a way that seem believable and interesting with some depth.
I'd like the animation to be like Transformers the movie too.
Moonscream
I hope this means good writing (either good drama or humor) and not just blood and guts in your explosions.
–Moony
General Magnus
Kinda like those Halo shorts like "The Mona Lisa"?
Ra88
I think people's expectations are up waaay too high. There is very little chance it will be a cartoon. In the best case scenario it will be like that CG commercial. But I'm half expecting a motion comic.
Josh
yah the combiner wars commercial has some spiffy cgi i could see it goin like that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s2LPZjSJzY
AB83Rules
Wow, finally, this sounds awesome. I enjoyed Combiner Wars, finally finished it up last night, looking forward to this whenever it happens.
Railguard
Well it should be better then that rid cartoon that is horrible. I know its aimed at kids but wow. This one I'm interested to see what they do with it if its garbage I just wont watch it. Release dates???
Murasame
Me too. Looking like Roche or Milne art.
jamarmiller
as am I
excelhedge
Please no I'm hoping for 2d animation
Cosmoglide
Im sure Machinima has branched out from what that term originally meant (using video game assets to create little movies) but I wonder if they are thinking about taking the 3D CAD models Hasbro already has and using them for this? It would make a kind of sense. From there, all Machinima's artists would have to build from scratch is the environments.
excelhedge
Yes it'll be posted on youtube.
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/trans…chinima-combiner-wars-announcement-video.html
silverbolt00
New Transformers Series Coming to Machinima
Here's a short interview with Victor Lee, VP digital, Hasbro about the new series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh-6lLNY9xM
Wh33l JcK
So how do you view this? Will it be on You Tube eventually? Is it free?
Sludge
Stan Bush…no. But I would love love love Vince Dicola to be involved.
excelhedge
Machinima Combiner Wars Announcement video
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh-6lLNY9xM
jamarmiller
I always thought it was sort of interesting on how the girl in voltron replaced the original ( was it blue ? ) blue lion pilot. Id say have slingshot for whatever the reason being leave the team at the begining of the show have the new guy come in ( alpha Bravo ) have him be a part of the team for a while, then do away with him, kill him, mame him, whatever, and have slingshot come back. Id like to see that sort of play out like it did in voltron ( sort of , if I remember correctly )
wash and repeat for the other combiners
and yeah Id like to see Stan bush and Vince dicola return in some capacity.
Wish they would make this a 90 minute movie and just then cut it up in whatever time segments they plan. Something more akin to the original animated movie
Burnout
I'm gonna go with both for humors sale haha. But honestly no i dont know what machnima is. I hope it ends up on cable or something.
Autovolt 127
Vince DiCola. I can totally see them getting for this.
Having Reserve Members does not hurt.