As announced today during Toy Fair 2019 Hasbro Investor Preview Event, Transformers: War For Cybertron Animated Series is coming to Netflix.
Produced by Rooster Teeth (Red vs. Blue) and animated by Polygon Pictures (Transformers: Prime), the series is written by writers from Transformers: Prime, Transformers: Cyberverse and Machinima’s Power Of The Primes series.
[The] series “will explore the expansive universe of Cybertron in a way that audiences have never seen before,” said John Derderian, Director of Anime for Netflix.
Transformers veteran FJ DeSanto — who has worked on the franchise’s animated web series Titans Return and Power of the Primes — will be the showrunner on War for Cybertron, which promises a new animation look and style. Contributing writers include George Krstic, Gavin Hignight and Brandon Easton; the latter two also have worked on animated series in the Transformers universe.
“We’re thrilled to work with Rooster Teeth’s new premium studio division to bring an all-new Transformers fan-oriented series to Netflix,” said Tom Warner, SVP for the Transformers franchise at Hasbro. “Transformers has a rich history of great storytellingm and War for Cybertron is an exciting new chapter in the Transformers Universe ”
The series will hit Netflix in 2020.
Minibots
Bill Rogers will do a great job as Wheeljack.
Wheeljack84
only name I recognize in there is Todd Haberkorn.
Prime Noble
The trailer looks great. I liked the Prime Wars cartoon but I'm not enthusiastic about the same actor reprising his role as Starscream.
It was one of the weaker performances but as long as that Dashie guy is kept away, I'll be happy.
User_93049
True, he's got good range, but I don't envision Cliffjumper when I hear Felix's sarcastic tone.
jamarmiller
I’m happy that we are getting chromia and elite 1 . Always wanted more from those original fembots
Slatersev
Remember he also voiced Felix in RvB. One of the greatest villainous douche bags of the decade.
His range is quite good.
TargetmasterJoe
Update to the voice cast (courtesy of TFWiki):
The last one caught me by surprise since I'm a fan of Todd Haberkorn's work, so I have a strong feeling he can nail the overly precarious Red Alert and and the coldly logical Shockwave!
User_93049
Miles is both Teletraan-1 and Cliffjumper. Not 100% on him being CJ since Miles usually voices characters that are more upbeat than the "YOU'RE A TRAITOR" Cliffjumper of G1
Nickster563
At least it wasn't CHONKita-1 from potp. Although if they do make a wfc Elita, i hope it retains the ability to combine into Orthia because i did appreciate that about the Voyager.
jamarmiller
Super happy to have Elita one in a cartoon again , but I wish she looked more like the g1 cartoon and combiner wars head and face . Looks like a possible arcee reuse remold down the road?
Minibots
This person on Instagram announced they are voicing Elita.
kaijuguy19
I gotta admit I'm getting some strong Corey Burton's Animated Megatron vibes from Marnocha's take on Megatron which sure isn't a bad thing in my book.
Autobot N
Nice to see Marnocha back. He was one of the few bright spots of the Prime Wars trilogy
TargetmasterJoe
Digging around Twitter is showing a (incomplete) cast list. So far, we got:
Not sure who voices Optimus or Elita, but I suspect we'll find out soon enough.
Speaking of Jetfire, you can see him with the Cons in what looks like a scene where Ultra Magnus has an audience with them for…something (side with them? Spill Autobot secrets behind Optimus' back?).
I suspect that whatever UM does with them, Megatron will do something less than honorable, which WILL cause Jetfire to go Autobot.
In any case, the trailer's warming up on me. And I suspect the lip sync issue will be looked at by release in the summer.
snokoan
Well then he shouldnt be near the cybertron games also or some of the idw stuff
kaijuguy19
Trust me Split Lip's famous around here for being one of the biggest if not THE biggest detractors of Prime for many reasons and how the dark tone was handled in it is one of them. So if I were you don't get him started on it otherwise you'll get a long post from him on it.
Same goes for his overall thoughts on both the Macinema Prime wars series and the Netflix series when it's out.
ErbFan28
While it’s likely not the case, I’m wondering if it’ll play out like Netflix’s Godzilla trilogy with three movies rather than a series. The runtime of six episodes is essentially feature length.
User_93049
he's also voicing Cliffjumper
Miles Luna on Twitter
ErbFan28
I’m not seeing it. Th production value on this series is much higher than the Machinima stuff. Not Prime-level, but still impressive.
snokoan
Wow first time I agree with you on something