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From what I gather he wanted the gig, but I imagine they want to distance themselves from Welker's old characterisation of Megatron. Presumably they think Weaving will help deliver a more credible villian. They might be right. Still it would be nice if they could give Welker something to do, I mean the bloke's vocal talent is undisputed. Perhaps a break with convention and give hime an onscreen cameo?
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The last posts from one of the producers on the film reported that the studio HAD pushed back on some of things, including some transformer design changes made to appeal more to the older fans, and the casting of Cullen as Bigbot instead of a "Name" actor (which in my view is stupid - who goes to watch an animated film for the big star voices?!). But the production team held fast to some things, and we got a re-designed Prime with the voice we wanted.
I agree that Welker's Megatron lacked the ability for real depth of character - David Kaye's Megs leads the pack for that. We'll see what Weaving can do...
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Not very practical since the voice and the performance often inform the animation. Two different actors means two different performances, they'd have to animate to one of them over the other, which would mean one of the tracks wouldn't gel.
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In this case, it would be a matter of dubbing after the fact. The animation would take so long to do, that it would have had to have ben completely recorded at LEAST two years ago (this is the case for most Dinsey flicks). Cullen's casting was announced only last year - therefore, the odds are that they animated the machines to a temp voiceover, and the "name" voices were brought in later to loop the temp voices.
Nobody wanted an obviously insane Leonard Nimoy vocal performance?
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I'm curious who will do Starscream, if he has any lines, that is. Personally, I think Mark Hamill could do a teriffic job there. I love his version of the Joker!
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Michael Dobson would be my choice - his work with the Armada/Energon/Cybertron versions of the 'Screamer were one of the better parts of those shows. But I personally know the actor, so I'm biased. However, the studio is pressuring to use "name" actors (hence Weaving) so I'm guessing it'll be someone we know.
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You know him? Does he sound like Naraku all the time?
I sure would.
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However, the studio is pressuring to use "name" actors (hence Weaving) so I'm guessing it'll be someone we know.
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