Peter Hackman has reached out the Seibertron.com with the following information.... We rep film/TV/game composer Vince DiCola who as you know scored the 86 film. He along with Stan Bush will be performing one night on 3/14/26 at The Whisky ...
In a bit of sad news for the Transformers community, writer Ron Friedman has passed away at the age of 93 on September 16th. He has numerous writing credits to his name from sitcoms like Bewitched, Starsky and Hutch, Happy ...
While it had been rumoured that Michael Bay was developing a new Transformers film, we now have confirmation of this rumour from Deadline. This was stated in a recent article of theirs as one of Bay’s current projects after he ...
It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that Jim Shooter passed away in his home in Nyack, New York, on June 30, 2025, after battling esophageal cancer. He leaves behind quite the legacy when it comes ...
Transformers Writer's Roundtable Interview with Bob Budiansky, Ron Friedman, and Flint Dille Interview conducted by Todd Matthy * Bob Budiansky is providing content for Dynamite Entertainment's TRANSFORMERS trading card sets. He can be reached on Facebook Messenger. Flint Dille's memoir, ...
xRotorstormx is a fellow Seibertronian and her collection was featured last night on MeTV's Collector's Call show. The collection is valued at $250,000 and featured such rarities as the Japanese exclusive Dino Casettes and the Raiden combiner from G1 and ...
The tariffs have been a big part of the discussion for toy collectors all over the internet. We are currently waiting to see when Pulse updates their site with new prices, since right now no one can actually preorder anything ...
We share with you the sad news that veteran actor and voice artist Clive Revill has passed away at the age of 94. While Ian McDiarmid is widely recognized for portraying Emperor Palpatine, it was Clive Revill who originally voiced ...
The US government has gone through with its tariff threat yesterday with more reciprocal tariffs to come April 2nd. While yesterday's tariffs impacted China, the ones starting April 2nd may impact Vietnam and both these tariffs will impact our Transformers ...
This interview with Michael Charles Hill, one of the writers from the original Transformers G1 cartoon, offers a fascinating look into the creative process behind the classic series. The interview was conducted by Todd Matthy, writer of Robots Versus Princesses ...
According to reports from Deadline, Variety and MSN, renowned writer and producer Roberto Orci has passed away at the age of 51. Orci died at his Los Angeles home on February 25, 2025, at the age of 51, following a ...
We are sad to write to you that as of this week we've lost Canadian actor Dale Wilson, yet another soul whose performance in the Unicron Trilogy made an impact for many of us. He played Smokescreen in Armada and ...
We have some sad news to share with the Seibertron community tonight. Morgan Lofting, who voiced Moonracer in the G1 cartoon, has passed away at the age of 84, as reported by the Hollywood Reporter. Ms. Lofting unexpectedly passed away ...
Reading any message board will show that while fans love the Transformers brand and celebrate it, they are often unhappy with how certain aspects are handled. And what usually follows is how it might be better if the brand was ...
Hasbro is going through massive changes. Brian Goldner’s vision was of Hasbro becoming a multimedia company, big on brand content, like Disney. However, the corporate vision has changed since Chris Cocks became the CEO. Since the film division was not ...
Some sad news to share this evening. Tony Todd, who voiced the title character in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, as well as Transformers:Prime Dreadwing, has passed away at the age of 69. He died at his home in Los ...
John Warden has had one of the most historic runs at Hasbro under the Transformers brand. He started as a designer, bringing back a lot of G1 designs, and then moved into becoming the lead of the department, setting up ...
There will be a lot to cover today, so before this gets lost in the mix, we just wanted to fill you in on this story. It's always fun to see just how ingrained into our pop culture landscape the ...
We have casting news our own Jon Bailey is in Transformers One. He’ll be voicing Soundwave, who he voiced in the Bumblebee film. Jason Konopisos Will be voicing Shockwave and Evan Michael Lee will be voicing Jazz. They each revealed ...
Skybound’s Transformers comic is officially the best comic on the shelves now, outselling all or most other comics every month. Basically, everyone loves it, which is why this news may come as a blow to some. The writer (and artist ...
This story is about to open a can of worms. As was reported, Steven Caple Jr was interested in continuing his story after directing Rise of the Beasts, getting ready for the GI Joe crossover film. However, when the project ...
You read that right, this is a real headline I did not think I'd ever write. It turns out that on June 4th, the Texas police arrested a man named Optimus Prime Blakely who was driving a stolen car in ...
Drug smuggling is all about creativity and it looks like Transformers statues were someone's bright idea this time. 700 pounds of ketamine were confiscated by Thailand authorities. These drugs were found in what is said to be lifesize Transformer robot ...
Chris Hemsworth is eager for you to see the first trailer for the Transformers One film. He plays Orion Pax and he shared a video with Brian Tyler Henry, who plays D16/Megatron, promoting the upcoming trailer. It is available on ...
It is with great sorrow that we share with you the news of Jose Delbo's passing. He was an Argentinian comic artist and while he drew possibly every DC character of his era, he is best known for his work ...
Peter Cullen, a man that needs no introduction to anyone here, has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2nd Annual Children's and Family Emmys this past weekend. The ceremony was originally part of the Daytime Emmys before ...
Once again we find ourselves mourning the loss of another Canadian voice actor. Pauline Newstone, much loved voice of Airazor in the Beast Wars series, passed away on May 5 this year, though cause and age aren't known. The news ...
It's with a heavy heart that we report on the passing of Peter Spellos at age 69 of pancreatic cancer. Spellos is probably best known among Transformers fans as the voice of Robots in Disguise's 2023 fan nominated Hall of ...
With a lot of news to get through, we wanted to share this great interview from Variety with the CEO of Paramount, Brian Robbins. While this interview covers all the Paramount films, it does give us some incite on Transformers ...
Thanks to a heads-up from our own Sabrblade, we have our first look at the Junkion combiner teased by designer Mark Maher in the Hasbro Pulse livestream this morning. Feast your eyes on..... Using Trashmaster as the torso, Scraphook and ...
Regardless of what you think of the Rise of the Beasts film, it shows that the director and writers did see the robots as the titular characters that they are rather than giant props in the background. Steven Caple Jr, ...
We thank White Bear PR for putting us in touch with Jongnic Bontemps (aka JB), the composer for the film Transformers Rise of the Beasts. While we of course hope you watch the interview, we have a summary of the ...
Anyone who has met Peter Cullen knows he loves his fans and is very happy to have contributed to all our lives as Optimus Prime. He takes the opportunity once again to send us his love in the new featurette ...
Have you ever seen a Transformers tie in single go this hard with the promotion? The new single On My Soul is out now, by TOBE NWIGWE, NAS & JACOB BANKS. The music video is below and it is directed ...
The Premiere for Rise of the Beasts took place in Singapore earlier today, and it was followed by a news conference where all kinds of questions were asked and answered. You can see the full conference HERE thanks to Reuters ...
Have any of you seen the home made statues of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, standing outside of billionaire brain scientist Newton Howard's home in Georgetown? They are based on the Bay film aesthetic and there's been petitions to take them ...
While the Transformers Earthspark show has been around for months, Megyn Kelly, famous for her time on Fox News, only learnt now that the show includes the non-binary character Nightshade. She doesn't watch the show but commented on a clip ...
We have our most comprehensive interview yet with Transformers Rise of the Beasts' director Steven Caple Jr. While it reinforces many elements which fans have expressed disliking, like the push for diversity, rap culture, Michael Bay helping with the film ...
Thanks to a heads up from Seibertronian Sabrblade, we have news that the latest SFX Magazine, the February 2023 edition, has an exclusive interview with Alan Tudyk, the voice of Optimus Prime in the Transformers Earthspark. This is Tudyk's first ...
Gary Chalk and David Kaye have been doing annual holiday themed videos for fans and 2022 is no exception. They keep getting more elaborate with their parodies, enjoy! And of course, Merry Christmas to all!
The director of the upcoming Transformers Rise of the Beasts film, Steven Caple Jr, has posted a new very short video on Instagram. It's of Peter Cullen saying his famous "I am Optimus Prime" line but with a an extra ...
The director of the next (and 7th) live action Transformers movie, Rise of the Beasts, spoke to BET after the trailer dropped. Steven Caple Jr. spoke about the importance of telling a Black and Latino story through the film, along ...
We thank Sabrblade for letting us know of some more Transformers Rise of the Beasts movie news. Not only did we get a trailer today but we also got a list of the voice cast. And there is an original ...
Voice actor Mitsuaki Madono revealed on Twitteron Monday that voice actor Kiyoyuki Yanada has passed away. He was 57. He was a well known voice actor in Japan, lending his voice to characters in Detective Conan, Digimon Adventures, Death Note, ...
We regret to inform you all that Jason David Frank has passed away at the age of 49, due to suicide. While he is most prominent for his role in the Power Rangers franchise, he was very active amongst his ...
While Hasbro releases cartoon toy lines in many waves to help store shelves stay stocked, like in the first three years of the Cyberverse show/line or the Robots in Disguise show/line, they have front loaded movie lines in the past, ...
It is with a heavy heart that we report on the passing of composer Michiaki Watanabe (known professionally as Ch?mei Watanabe) at the age of 96 due to heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on June 23. Having been trained ...
Michael Bay is currently in the limelight again and on a media tour, promoting his new movie Ambulance. The publication Unliad had an interview with him where they asked about his past with the Transformers franchise. Here is what he ...
This week has been full of random news, like our first look at a toy for the Rise of the Beasts film released in the Cyberverse line when that cartoon is being replaced by a new one. Well, this one ...
2021 was a big year for Hasbro's mecha toylines. The ever growing Transformers toylines gave us a lot of product (Kingdom, Studio Series, Cyberverse, MP, MPM, Shaterred Glass, Netflix, Buzzworthy Bumblebee, Rescue Bots, Generations Selects, Crossover) and Hasbro finally released ...
