Frank Welker to play a Robot in Transformers Movie?

Posted by Professor Smooth Mar 26, 2007 at 11:37am CDT 28,689 views

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From www.darkhorizons.com:

Meanwhile, Hugo Weaving has apparently won the role of voicing Megatron in the upcoming Transformers movie reports The IESB.

Weaving and Frank Welker, who voiced the cartoon version, have been in 'rumoured competition' for the role for a few months and now it seems the Aussie actor won out.

Never fear though cartoon fans, Welker will apparently voice a robot in the film anyhow - but not Megatron.

If true, this is great news! In addition to being a great nod to the fans, adding the most prolific voice actor in the business today to the cast is a great move!

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Re: Frank Welker to play a Robot in Transformers Movie? (view post)

Comment by 1337W422102 Mar 26, 2007

Forgot to remove the End Italics after the last line there.
I hope ol' Frank gets a good role. He deserves it.

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Comment by OptimusIsHot Mar 26, 2007

This makes me feel a little better. He is one of the greatest of all time. If he can play Curious George he could do anything that Hugo could. Still if he played Frenzy or Soundbyte I would be a little happier. Actually the more I think about it SCREW THAT make Welker Megs and make Hugo play someone else!

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Comment by Down_Shift Mar 26, 2007

I had a pretty good feeling this would happen. If you compare Welkers voice acting to other on screen actors (in number of films) Welker has most any big star out there today beat by a mile.

Hmmm I'll put my vote down for.... Starscream.

Edit: Or Ratchet. He has the swiss army knife of voices.

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Comment by Milanion Mar 26, 2007

Down_Shift wrote:I had a pretty good feeling this would happen. If you compare Welkers voice acting to other on screen actors (in number of films) Welker has most any big star out there today beat by a mile.

Hmmm I'll put my vote down for.... Starscream.

I was thinking Barricade.

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Comment by Skullgrin140 Mar 26, 2007

Its better than nothing, lol. At Least Frank gets to have some peice of this movie

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Comment by 1337W422102 Mar 26, 2007

"Damn Aussies... They come to our country, they steal our jobs..."
I'm just kidding. Sorry about that.

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Comment by Skowl Mar 26, 2007

Starscream? Or maybe Barricade? I think he's the only other Decepticon that has a speaking line in the film.

He could play an Autobot too, Ironhide anyone?

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Comment by Brakethrough Mar 26, 2007

My guess is another Decepticon. I still demand Alan Alda for Ratchet.

Re: Frank Welker to play a Robot in Transformers Movie? (view post)

Comment by Flashback77 Mar 26, 2007

I would have liked to see Frank get Megatron, but I'm fine with Weaving. This Megs looks so far removed from the one Frank voiced, it just wouldnt work IMO. I'm happy Frank will get SOMETHING. Maybe Blackout? He could end up voicing an Autobot for all we know.

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Comment by First-Aid Mar 26, 2007

Brakethrough wrote:My guess is another Decepticon. I still demand Alan Alda for Ratchet.

Alan Alda as Ratchet...that's PERFECT! All he'd need is a giant martini glass with energon in it...

I know Welker did more than just Megs in the cartoon. Can anyone else post a list of the bots he played?

Welker as Starscream would be delightfully, perfectly ironic don't you think? Starscream wants Megatron's job...we wanted Welker to have Weaving's job. it's a perfect fit!

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Comment by 1337W422102 Mar 26, 2007

First-Aid wrote:
Brakethrough wrote:My guess is another Decepticon. I still demand Alan Alda for Ratchet.

Alan Alda as Ratchet...that's PERFECT! All he'd need is a giant martini glass with energon in it...

Self-inflicted stasis-lock is painless, it brings on many changes....

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Comment by Zeds Mar 26, 2007

Small victory of sorts...good to hear that he will be there in some form. Hope he uses the same voice for Megs in the robot he will represent in the new film.

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Comment by gothsaurus Mar 26, 2007

Cripes. I'd see Welker playing any of the countless characters he actually already voiced than any of these new ones. Of course, Megs would be my first choice of any of them.

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Comment by jgilkinson Mar 26, 2007

i dont really care what he plays as long as he plays something.

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Comment by grimlockprime108 Mar 26, 2007

Re: Frank Welker to play a Robot in Transformers Movie? (64896)
Posted by First-Aid on March 26th, 2007 @ 12:04pm CDT

Brakethrough wrote:
My guess is another Decepticon. I still demand Alan Alda for Ratchet.

Alan Alda as Ratchet...that's PERFECT! All he'd need is a giant martini glass with energon in it...

I know Welker did more than just Megs in the cartoon. Can anyone else post a list of the bots he played?

Welker as Starscream would be delightfully, perfectly ironic don't you think? Starscream wants Megatron's job...we wanted Welker to have Weaving's job. it's a perfect fit!
post a list?there aren't enough days in the week to cover them all.

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Comment by Megatron Wolf Mar 26, 2007

I think he should voice Barricade and Starscream.

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Comment by 1337W422102 Mar 26, 2007

A list? Look in the Information section, under people. It's all here at Seibertron.com, just look around.

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Comment by Down_Shift Mar 26, 2007

83457W422102 wrote:"Damn Aussies... They come to our country, they steal our jobs..."
I'm just kidding. Sorry about that.

Dude, were Canadian... everyone takes our jobs :-(

First-Aid wrote:Can anyone else post a list of the bots he played?

Blades
Buzzsaw
Chromedome
Frenzy
Galvatron
Groove
Junkions
Laserbeak
Megatron
Mirage
Mixmaster
Pinpointer
Ratbat
Ravage
Rumble
Skywarp
Sludge
Soundwave
Superion
Sweeps
Teletran 2
Trailbreaker
Wheelie

Re: Frank Welker to play a Robot in Transformers Movie? (view post)

Comment by Psychout Mar 26, 2007

They needed a 'big' name for the bag guy so i understand the decision to cast Weaving, and as long as Welker is given freedom to enjoy whatever part he plays ill be happy.

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Comment by Barricade Mar 26, 2007

Milanion wrote:
Down_Shift wrote:I had a pretty good feeling this would happen. If you compare Welkers voice acting to other on screen actors (in number of films) Welker has most any big star out there today beat by a mile.

Hmmm I'll put my vote down for.... Starscream.

I was thinking Barricade.

i (enter number here) that :grin:

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