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Transformers: Power of the Primes Begins Today

Published Tue, 01 May 2018 11:00:51 -0500

Hasbro and Machinima have launched the third and final chapter of the Transformers: Prime Wars Trilogy – Transformers: Power of the Primes. This weekly digital series features 10 episodes at approximately 11 minutes per episode. It's set to run on Verizon's family of media properties including Tumblr– except in China, where it airs on Sohu.com, and Japan.

Transformers: Power of the Primes features an incredible group of voice talent, including Ron Perlman, WWE Superstar Samoa Joe, former My Chemical Romance bassist Mikey Way (and brother of Gerard Way), and Jaime King (Star Wars: The Clone Wars). They join returning cast members Mark Hamill, who made his debut as Megatronus in the finale of the second chapter of the trilogy, Transformers: Titans Return, Judd Nelson, who is voicing a character new to the trilogy, Rodimus Cron, Wil Wheaton as Perceptor, DashieGames as Menasor, MatPat as Swoop, and Rob Dyke as Devastator.

After Megatronus eliminates Optimus Prime and claims the Matrix of Leadership and Enigma of Combination for himself, the other Transformers bots look to Megatron to lead the charge against their diabolical foe. Unbeknownst to them, Megatronus's pursuit of the next ancient artifact, the Requiem Blaster, goes beyond his desire for power and the search will uncover mysterious secrets from Cybertron's past. Before the Transformers: Prime Wars Trilogy concludes, a new Prime will ascend and all will bear witness to the true Power of the Primes.

Transformers: Power of the Primes is being overseen by Executive Producer and showrunner FJ DeSanto; written by DeSanto, Adam Beechen and Jamie Iracleanos; and directed by YUZO. Animation for the show is being overseen by Tatsunoko Productions.

CAST
NEW TALENT FOR Transformers: Power of the Primes
• Ron Perlman (OPTIMUS PRIMAL) – Star of the original Hellboy franchise, Sons of Anarchy, Hand of God, and Adventure Time.
• Jaime King (SOLUS PRIME) – Star of Hart of Dixie and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
• Gregg Berger (GRIMLOCK/VOLCANICUS) – The original voice of Grimlock from the 1986 animated film The Transformers: The Movie.
• Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (Samoa Joe) (PREDAKING) – Professional wrestler currently signed to WWE.
• Mikey Way (SNARL) – Musician best known as the bassist from the rock band My Chemical Romance.

RETURNING TALENT:
• Mark Hamill (MEGATRONUS) – Star of the Star Wars franchise. Also known for his work as The Joker in various animated Batman projects.
• Wil Wheaton (PERCEPTOR) – Star of The Big Bang Theory and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
• Judd Nelson (RODIMUS CRON) – Star of The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire and the original voice of Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime from the 1986 animated film The Transformers: The Movie.
• Kari Wahlgren (VICTORION) – Well known voice-over actress with credits including Rick and Morty, The Fairly Odd Parents, and Phineas and Ferb.
• Jason Marnocha (MEGATRON) – Actor from Bat In the Sun's popular YouTube series Super Power Beat Down. Previously voiced the character of Megatron in Transformers: Combiner Wars and Transformers: Titans Return.
• Abby Trott (WINDBLADE) – Voice over actress with credits including video games Halo Wars 2 and Killer Instinct. Previously voiced the character of Windblade in Transformers: Combiner Wars and Transformers: Titans Return.
• Patrick Seitz (OVERLORD) – Voice over actor with credits including Call of Duty: WWII and World of Warcraft: Legion. Previously voiced the character of Devastator in Transformers: Combiner Wars and Overlord in Transformers: Titans Return.
• Rob Dyke (DEVASTATOR) – YouTube creator best known for his Seriously Strange series. Previously voiced the character of Devastator in Transformers: Titans Return.
• DashieGames (MENASOR) – Popular YouTube gamer with more than 6 million subscribers. Previously voiced the character of Menasor in Transformers: Combiner Wars and Transformers: Titans Return.
• MatPat (SWOOP) – YouTube influencer and creator of the web series Game Theorist, Film Theorist, GT Live and MatPat's Game Lab. Previously voiced the character of Computron in Transformers: Titans Return.
• Frank Todaro (SLUDGE) – Voice over actor who previously voiced Starscream and Trypticon in Transformers: Combiner Wars and Transformers: Titans Return. Other credits include the video game franchise LittleBigPlanet.