While news about Bumblebee: The Movie are pretty hard to come by, one important news has flown under our radar due to the fact that it did not receive much of a mainstream attention by the media.
Thanks to an article by ‘Press of Atlantic City’, announcing a musical comedy tour, we have come to learn that Canadian-American actor Martin Short is doing voice work for Transformers: Bumblebee. Of course, the rumor of Mr. Short’s involvement was circulating around earlier this year, but now we know exactly where this rumor originated from.
The article stated:
WHAT’S NEW: Short is doing voiceovers for the upcoming 2018 film “Bumblebee: The Movie.”
While Martin Short is mostly famous for his comedy work, he has done several voice works for notable titles such as The Prince Of Egypt, Treasure Planet, Madagascar 3 and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
It is unclear whether Mr. Short will voice a character or be a part of the background narration. If you want to check out what he is capable of, an interview from The Ellen Show can be found, after the jump.
primal789
I really miss a narration right when the movie starts.
Optimus_Prowl
Definitely wasnt martin short for the original opening. The original opening had a voice that sounded like a young bumblebee ala will friedel in Robots in Disguise. If i had to hazard a guess as to when he wouldve been utilized it would have been in the
SilverOptimus
The original cut had an opening narration which was later removed from the movie and replaced with the opening sequence in Cybertron. I'm guessing his voice work was for that. @Optimus_Prowl do you remember how the opening voice was?
iuJacob
So what exactly happened with this?
Misreported?
I don’t recall hearing his voice at all.
MegaPrime33
It's a TF movie, which have all been utterly ridiculous so I am totally expecting Cat in the Hat or Jiminy Glick to come through 100% on whatever he's voicing.
Hoffman
? Compared to a lot of other actors, he really hasn't done much voice acting. 14 movies, none since 2014. Generally a few years between voice gigs.
Hoffman
I hope it's Jiminy Glick.
convoy84
Oh, I'm great now!
iuJacob
You don’t owe us an apology, we were just wondering where it came from.
Hope you’re doing better now, though.
convoy84
I think owe you guys an apology. That day, I was kinda stressed and a little angry and making that post was a way of letting off steam. Like I said, I'm really excited about Martin coming on for this.
JT-bob
If you've seen Disney's underrated Treasure Planet, you know this can only end well:
Xaxis
Speaking of living under a rock, did you even read any posts in this thread before you made yours?
jestermon
If he's not a goofy character good guys make super evil bad guys
Venixion
Isn't he from Father of the Bride?
ETA: Yes he is!
CorePrime
What's the source on this narrator thing?
jackgaughan
Who………….who are you reacting too?
SunSwipe5
His character is a cowboy Transformer by the name of Ned Nederlander.
UltraAlanMagnus
That\'s pretty cool.
Peter Cullen is no longer alone since we now have 2 Canucks.
snokoan
Nope they're going for family friendly that's what I been hearing