Transformers Megatron will officially be voiced by...

[DorkyFresh]

Agent Smith himself!!! Hugo Weaving will be voicing Megatron...sorry Frank Welker lovers...

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/32023

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. The net is buzzing with the news that just dropped at sectorseven.org regarding Megatron's voice.

Sector Seven is the government agency investigating the giant robots in Bay's TRANSFORMERS. This website, a very secretive and dense place, has been cracked. Click the link above and enter in NBETWO. If you click on the red scorpion you'll get a list of emails, indicating "megaman's recording" and an "Agent Weaving."

I have run this by my sources within Paramount/Dreamworks and it is indeed the truth. Hugo Weaving has been hired to voice Megatron for Michael Bay.

The feelings are mixed. On one hand... ****. No Frank Welker. But on the other... ****! Hugo Weaving rocks! I'm curious to hear his robot voice, see how different it'll sound from his other voice work. I'm glad it's someone we can guarantee a certain level of excellence from and not a big star who'll just take the check to sit in a room and read into a microphone (I'm talking to you Julia Roberts and everybody else in the live-action CHARLOTTE'S WEB... Thomas Hayden Church, you're the exception).

I think by this point the haters wouldn't give a **** if Jesus Christ himself came down and said he was voicing Megatron, but there are those that just want a fun movie. I'm in that category. I think I laid to rest the idea of a straight adaptation of the '80s cartoon a long time ago. I'm hoping Bay makes it big, fun and ******ed (pretty much a guarantee on all accounts), but with enough recognizable Transformers to make my inner geek smile every once in a while. If I get more than that, then I'll be one happy mother****er.

Anyway, what do you folks think of the news?

i liked Welker back in the day but that latest recording of him didn't sound very good to me...i'm glad they went with Weaving.

 

[Orko Is King]

Remember remember the 4th of July...

Doesn't have the ring it used to.t: But it'll be interesting to see what he'll do with the character.

 

[Arcturus]

Although I would've preferred Frank Welker, I'm not against Hugo. Can't wait to hear his Megatron.

 

[DOG LIPS]

I don't see how Weaving's voice would fit the samurai slug-monster better than Welker's raspy voice, but I don't mind this casting, if true. Though Bay did say no big name actors for voices.

 

[Golgo-13]

I think by this point the haters wouldn't give a **** if Jesus Christ himself came down and said he was voicing Megatron

This is very true.

I like Weaving as an actor, but at this point i couldn't care less who actually voices Megatron. Maybe it's for the best that Frank so that will be forever remember as something great, as the 80's Megs and not this one. Let's hope, at the end of the day, Cullen can say the same thing.

 

[Spidey Lover 10]

Agent Smith himself!!! Hugo Weaving will be voicing Megatron...sorry Frank Welker lovers...

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/32023



i liked Welker back in the day but that latest recording of him didn't sound very good to me...i'm glad they went with Weaving.

"Mr. Anderson!" NICE CHOICE, MIKE BAY!!! t: GRANTED, FRANK WELKLIER WOULD'VE BEEN A GOOD CHOICE, TOO, BUT, AS I'VE HEARD, HE'S KINDA OLD FOR THAT CHARACTER. HUGO "AGENT SMITH/ELROND" WEAVING IS PERFECT FOR MEGATRON! IT WOULD'VE BEEN EITHER THAT OR JAMES EARL JONES! HE KICKED ASS AS THE VOICE OF DARTH VADER, SO THAT WOULD'VE MADE HIM A POSSIBLE CONTENDER FOR MEGATRON, AS WELL! WHADAYA THINK OF THAT? (by the way, I'm responding in caps because I'm happy and wanna express my feelings on this) :heart: :heart:

 

[Avangarde]

You know, you would think I'd care about about this, but after all the crap with Welker in, then out, then in again, and now out for good, I'm over it.

 

[*Dead*End*]

Booooooo

 

[Golgo-13]

Imdb surely hasn't undated their database...

 

[*Dead*End*]

Imdb surely hasn't undated their database...

You think they even know what undating is?

 

[Golgo-13]

Updating....

 

[swifty]

V himself.....GREAT NEWS....VERY HAPPY WITH IT!!!!!

 

[*Dead*End*]

Are You gonna snipe me now Golgo? I'm sorry it's too early . . . have a good day . . . hoping for some new leaks this weekend.

 

[bluejake01]

I don't see how Weaving's voice would fit the samurai slug-monster better than Welker's raspy voice, but I don't mind this casting, if true. Though Bay did say no big name actors for voices.

Hugo Weaving is a character actor...true, a damned good one, but he isn't a big Hollywood star. He isn't leading man material, and has been limited to mainly genre pictures and independent films.

 

[Chris B]

I like Hugo Weaving and think he do a fine Megatron. Granted, I would've prefered Welker by a mile, but Weaving can work. Besides, if there is a sequel, this opens up Welker to the possibility of playing Soundwave.

 

[xwolverine2]

OH MAN! this is awesome!

i loved the idea back when it was a rumor... this is perfect.

but ill still take it as a rumor for now... i dont trust AICN for crap.lol

 

[I_Hate_U_All]

CRAP I LOVE WELKER

CRAP I LOVE WEAVING

*explodes*

 

[Mr. Credible]

wow... i couldn't think of a better choice. i get that welker was the original, but that hardly makes him better.

he was perfect in V for Vendetta, and i can't wait to see what he does here.

 

[DOG LIPS]

 

[Golgo-13]

I hope his voice is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from Agent Smith, to the point where i wouldn't even know it was Weaving, unless i had been told before hand. All i could think about while watching him speak in V for Vendetta, was his Matrix role...

 

[TheSilent]

^^

That's funny!!!!!!1111Shift+1

 

[xwolverine2]

All i could think about while watching him speak in V for Vendetta, was his Matrix role...

i think you were the only one.... lol how did an american accent sound like his british accent??

 

[Avangarde]

Considering they will add robotic synthesised to his voice he may sound different to what you are expecting. Now if only someone could do another one of those voice manips on Weaving like they did Welker, perhaps a quote from V.

 

[IKnowSomeJudo]

Considering they will add robotic synthesised to his voice he may sound different to what you are expecting. Now if only someone could do another one of those voice manips on Weaving like they did Welker, perhaps a quote from V.

Point me to either a video or a soundclip of Weaving doing V and I'll make one.

 

[Avangarde]

Can it be youtube?