­­­Thanks to images published on Amazon the world has its' first look at some of the Transformers Prime characters, via an IDW Comic.  The designs are sure to get tongues wagging, with the micture of Animated and Transformers Movie confirmed.

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­­The characters include

• Bumblebee
• Cliffjumper
• Arcee
• Starscream
• Megatron
• Ratchet
• Bulkhead
• Optimus Prime
• Cybertron

The Hub has been updated showing off a new image of Transformers Prime Ratchet (robot mode) and Transformers Prime Decepticon Drone (car mod­e).

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Thanks to Seibertron.com for the original report on the update.

Thanks to Seibertron.com for reporting this rather shocking news but it turns out that a gunman called James Lee has taken the Discovery Channels headquarters hostage.  Its been reported that he has taken hostages it armed and has an explosive device.  Discovery are of course part of the joint-venture with Hasbro Inc on the new TV channel called The Hub that will be taking over from Discovery Kids next month within the United States.  You can read more on this story at the following news sites

CNN: Officials: Suspect holding hostages at Discovery Channel
SyFy: Gunman takes one hostage in US
Washington Post: Suspect was barred from Discovery Bldg.
Entertainment Weekly: Armed man holding a hostage at Discovery Channel's headquarters
Crepinc.com: Gunman's list of demands
Google News: Discovery in Google News

Ken Christiansen has updated his blog with some designed of Transformers Bumblebee, Jazz and Inferno which are alternative ideas from Transformers Prime,

Mr Christiansen is working as a concept artist on Transformers Primeand has previously worked on Activisions Transformers: The Game and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen computer games.

"Yes I did work on Transformers : Prime. No, these images (Click on the Title Bar to see) are NOT from that work. You have to wait until October to see those...

But, now that some of those images are starting to come out, I wanted to try to do some studies to match the official style. Just really rough at this point, trying to find some of the basics.

Obviously, TFP Bumblebee is based on the movie Camaro, so I wanted to try a pass with him as the Beetle, and how that old vehicle form could break up in new ways. Then I took a crack at Jazz (I don't know if there's any TF/Prime images of him out, and I honestly don't know if he's in the lineup for the show - I didn't work on him, in any case) and based him on more of the TF:Animated styling. And then for fun, I just picked a random Autobot, and did Inferno. He was the last one I did, and I think I started to capture some of the TFP looks...

Tomorrow, some Decepts..."

­­The HubWorld has been updated with image of the Transformers Prime character designs of Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Megatron, Ratchet, Decepticon Trooper and Rafael­ Esquivel

In their latest press release Hasbro have announced the voice cast for Transformers: Prime.

“Transformers Prime” (Hub Original Series, animated)?Cast includes: Peter Cullen (“Transformers” Trilogy – Optimus Prime), Frank Welker?(“Transformers” Trilogy - Megatron), Gina Torres (“MadTV”), James Remer (“Dexter”),?Josh Keaton (“Justice League: Circle of Two Earths”), Kevin Michael Richardson (“The?Batman”), Markie Post (“The Fall Guy”). Produced by Hasbro Studios."

The same press release also contains the list for G.I-Joe

“G.I. Joe Renegades” (Hub Original Series, animated) Cast includes: Charlie Adler (“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”), Lee Majors (“Six Million Dollar Man”), Clancy Brown (“Shawshank Redemption”), Jason Marsden (“Batman: The Brave and the Bold”), Johnny Messner (“Tears of the Sun”) and Kevin Michael Richardson (“The Batman”) Produced by Hasbro Studios."

The SDCC Hasbro conferences took place yesterday.  Below you will find a round up of the Transformers Prime information.

1) Images of the Transformers Prime characters were shown.  These consist of

Autobots: Arcee, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Optimus Prime,Ratchet,
Decepticons: Megatron, Decepticon Troopers (like Drones)
Humans : Jack Darby, Miko Tezuka, Rafael Raf Esquivel
2) The show takes place in the Transformers War for Cybertron universe, but is said to be very Transformers Movie like.

You can see the teaser trailer below.­

Now for some pictures

The first day of San Diego Comic-Con has come and gone, and you'll find a round up with links below.  Some of the information includes Transformers Prime.

>Outside of SDCC was a Giant S­tatueof Transformers Prime Optimus Prime.  The designed showed that the look is a similar to Transformers Movie designs but with the smooth roundness of Transformers Animated.

TFW2005 have various images from the Hasbro Booth here­.

TFormers coverage can be found here.­

Seibertron's coverage can be found her­e.

Bryan Baugh has updated his DeviantArt page with the announcement that not only will be be at SDCC but that he has been working as a storyboard artist for Transformers-Prime.

"Since February 2010, I have been working (as a storyboard artist) on a new animation project that has been kept super top secret. But I can now confirm that the show I've been working on all these months is: TRANSFORMERS PRIME. There will be a discussion panel about this show at San Diego Comic Con, on Thursday, July 22nd.

...So there you go... Don't ask me any questions about it cause that's pretty much all I am allowed to say at this point! If you want to know more about the show - get yourself to SDCC and attend this panel! And before you even ask, no I will not be one of the people onstage at the panel answering questions. As a humble storyboard artist I am just one of the many little cogs in the great big machine. But I'll certainly be in the audience and I hope some of you guys will be too.

Later, gang!

-B"

You can check out more of his work by visiting his Official Website

Following on from the blog update of Jose Lopez, David Hartman has annouced his involvement with ­Transformers Prime on ­Deviant Art­

I've disappeared from posting stuff for quite awhile now. I have been working on a very tight-lipped show as both the supervising director and art director. Well I am now allowed to announce that the show is...

TRANSFORMERS PRIME

...for Hasbro studios. I can not answer any questions now but I will speaking at a panel at the San Diego Comicon along with character designer Jose Lopez and executive producers Alex Kurtzman, Bob Orci and Jeff Kline. Please come by and check out the new show we have been working so hard on. Here is the panel info...


Thursday, 4:30-5:30 Transformers Prime— The talent behind Transformers Prime -- executive producers Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Jeff Kline -- the new animated series from Hasbro Studios, showcase exclusive footage and character reveals followed by a Q&A session. This original series will premiere in 2010 on the new television network The Hub. Room 7AB

This will be the one day I am at the con and will not have a table this year so please come by and introduce yourself after the panel or if you have a copy of my artbook I would be happy to draw a zombie in there.