Hugo Weaving voicing Megatron

There’s been a lot of debate among Transformers fans as to who exactly should be charged with giving voice to the titular giant robot stars.

And while the driving opinion has been in favour of retaining the admittedly aging voice-over stars that worked on the cartoon series and movie, it looks like the producers aren’t giving in to every demand.

We’re in two minds about this. Weaving’s got a great voice for villains (Smith is still one of the few decent things about all three Matrix movies), but it also means it’s tough to separate the man’s roles from his voice, no matter how much the sound technicians tweak it for robo-use. And we’re going to miss Frank Welker’s established Megatron voice. Still, don’t feel bad for Welker – he’s among Hollywood’s voice-over royalty and the go-to guy for animals. Santa’s Little Helper and Snowball II on The Simpsons? That’ll be Frank. Oh, and he’s still getting to voice at least one other ‘bot.