The legendary voice actor has voiced the iconic hero in virtually every single movie, show, and video game since the original animated series, which is a legacy that many actors can only dream of.ĭespite the live-action films having a heavy focus on the human characters, Prime is still front and center in nearly all the films and his journey in them isn't all that dissimilar from the source material. It should come as a surprise to absolutely no one that the leader of the Autobots and the face of the Transformers franchise is voiced by none other than Eeyore himself, Peter Cullen ( The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh). Thus, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts was born, not only bringing back fan favorites like the leader of the Autobots himself Optimus Prime ( Peter Cullen) but also reintroducing the Beast Wars storyline from the 1996 sequel series of the same name. Though it's the lowest-grossing film in the franchise, Bumblebee is fondly remembered as the best live-action film in the series, so it makes sense that the next film in this long-running saga would be a direct continuation of the prequel. The film spawned a total of five sequels that have received some mixed reception from fans, critics, and general audiences alike, but that same group responded far kinder to Bumblebee, which functioned as both a prequel and soft-reboot of the franchise. We finally got that in 2007 when filmmaker Michael Bay brought the action spectacle of the conflict between Autobots and Decepticons to the big screen. The series was also a massive runaway success among young audiences and, like many nostalgic animated shows, was destined to get a live-action remake one day.
To put it simply, having toy cars and trucks that transform into robotic warriors is just plain cool, and it's no wonder why the toy line got its own animated series the very same year the action figures made it on the shelves. The Transformers franchise is just two years away from being forty years old, cementing it as one of the longest-running and universally popular toy franchises of all time.
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