Paramount+, Nickelodeon and Hasbro’s Entertainment One (eOne) today revealed the official trailer for the upcoming original animated series Transformers: EarthSpark, which will debut its first 10 episodes in the U.S. and Canada on Friday, November 11, on Paramount+. The series will also debut overseas beginning in November on Paramount+, where the service is available, and on Nickelodeon channels around the world.
The trailer debuted in a panel at New York Comic Con, where fans gathered to hear from voice cast members Diedrich Bader (Mandroid), Sydney Mikayla (Robby Malto), Zion Broadnax (Mo Malto), Cissy Jones (Elita-1), co-executive producer Dale Malinowski and executive producer Ant Ward.
Transformers: EarthSpark introduces a new generation of Transformers robots — the first to be born on Earth. Together with the human family who welcomes them in and cares for them, they’ll redefine what it means to be a family.
A fresh batch of voice talent as also announced for the battlin’ bots latest adventure:
- Nolan North (Rick and Morty) as Swindle and Hardtop – Swindle and Hardtop are Decepticon brothers and professional mischief makers. Swindle is the brains, a wheeler and dealer always looking to take advantage of a situation, and Hardtop is the muscle, an experienced tracker and an expert shot.
- Michael T. Downey (Chicago Fire) as Wheeljack – Wheeljack is a resourceful mechanic and experienced scientist Autobot who spends his time working out the kinks of his most recent invention.
- Marc Evan Jackson (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) as Agent Schloder – Agent Schloder is a hard-nosed G.H.O.S.T. operative on a mission to climb the corporate ladder to the executive suite where his sister comfortably sits.
- Sean Kenin Reyes (Pokémon) as Soundwave – A ‘con of few words, Soundwave maintains a cold exterior by choosing to express himself through his fists.
- Nicole Dubuc (Young Justice) as Skywarp and Nova Storm – Skywarp and Nova Storm were partners on an elite squad of Decepticons with jet alt-modes called Seekers. They’ve been displaced after the end of the war and are doing whatever they must to survive.
- Martha Marion (The Wave) as Arcee – Arcee has been an Autobot for millions of years, and she’s collected a wealth of experience along the way. Being on the smaller side for a bot, Arcee proves that being undersized has its own advantages.
- Kari Wahlgren (Star Trek: Lower Decks) as Executive Agent Croft – Intelligent, a master planner, and the woman pulling the strings of the Autobots, Croft has a far more nefarious scheme than any Decepticon.
- Daran Norris (The Fairly OddParents) as Mr. Smelt – Mr. Smelt is Witwicky Charter School’s frustrated drama teacher, who will never surrender his dreams of starring on stage and screen.
These stellar additions join previously announced cast members Sydney Mikayla (Robby Malto), Zion Broadnax (Morgan ‘Mo’ Malto), Benni Latham (Dot Malto), Jon Jon Briones (Alex Malto), Kathreen Khavari (Twitch), Zeno Robinson (Thrash), Danny Pudi (Bumblebee), Alan Tudyk (Optimus Prime), Rory McCann (Megatron), Cissy Jones (Elita-1) and Diedrich Bader (Mandroid).
Transformers: EarthSpark is created and co-executive produced by Dale Malinowski (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and executive produced by Ant Ward (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), developed for television by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, Big Kids Animation, Nickelodeon. Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Mikiel Houser, Executive in Charge of Production, and for eOne by Kari Rosenberg.
Read more about the making of Transformers: EarthSpark in the December ’22 issue of Animation Magazine, available soon.
