DAVID KAYE has been involved with the Transformers franchise in one way or another for about 15 years. First as Megatron in Beast wars and now as Optimus Prime in TF Animated. Two new feature animated films will feature David's voice. "The Hero of Color City" will be released in 2010 and you'll also hear David beginning May 29th, in Pixar's new 3D animated feature, "Up". Based in Burbank, California, Hollywood has been keeping Kaye busy this year. "I want to thank Brian and the crew for asking me to this years BotCon. It's great to see some old and new faces again. Transform, and Roll Out!!"
David will be at BotCon Saturday, May 30th only. He will be available for two autograph sessions and one voice actor panel. He will also be joining us for the Party at Paramount! on Saturday night.
Shortly after moving from the east coast to California in 1981, Vince exploded onto the film arena by co-writing and performing eight songs for the Saturday Night Fever sequel, STAYING ALIVE, starring John Travolta. One of Vince’s songs included on this Platinum soundtrack was the number one hit and Golden Globe song nominee, “Far From Over”. Next came ROCKY IV, for which Vince composed and produced the music score and one feature song. This soundtrack featured several Vince DiCola tracks and garnered double-Platinum status. Another film project that has continued to resonate with DiCola fans all over the world for many years is the 1986 animated TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE, for which Vince composed and co-produced the score and wrote the music to the song “Dare”. In 2007, to coincide with the first Transformers live action film, Sony BMG released a “20 Year Anniversary” CD of the original animated Transformers movie soundtrack with four previously unreleased bonus tracks from Vince’s original score. Select pieces from Vince DiCola scores continue to be featured at major sporting events throughout the world.
Praised as a world-class rock singer, STAN BUSH is best known for his song "The Touch" featured in the original animated Transformers movie. "The Touch" is an anthem for Transformers fans around the world! Hasbro will be releasing two new Transformers 2 movie toys the weekend of BotCon 09 containing "The Touch". Asked about his upcoming appearance/performance at BotCon, Stan commented, "I am incredibly excited, and look forward to meeting a lot of fans, and having one the coolest weekends of my life! I am especially excited about performing at the world renowned Paramount Studios NYC set during the Party at Paramount, I hope to see you all at the Party!
What a once-in-a-lifetime experience for all Transformers' Fans!"
For more information about Stan - visit his website at StanBush.com!
GREGG BERGER is stocked to be attending BOTCON 2009!!!
He is best known to TF fans as the Generation ONE voice of Grimlock, Longhaul, Skyfire, and Outback. He also originated the voices of Spirit, Firefly, Cutter and Ripcord on G.I. Joe.
He remains as busy as ever and his recent credits include voicing Captain Cutter on Halo Wars, Kingpin on Spiderman Web of Shadows, Sir Jecht on Final Fantasy X, X-2, and Final Fantasy Dissidia. Gregg Berger is also the voice of The Pain on Metal Gear Solid 3, Eeyore on Kingdom Hearts, Fred Dukes aka The Blob on X-Men Origins: Wolverine and many many more.
His animated series regular voices include Cornfed on Duckman, Agent K on Men In Black, Odie and others on Garfield (new episodes now recording!), The Gromble on Ahhhh! Real Monsters!!!, Orson Pig on US Acres, and more... as well as numerous featured and guest starring roles on countless other animated series and features.
His on camera work includes co-starring as Klembecker in Spaced Invaders and as Yuri Talinsky in Police Academy: Mission To Moscow (filmed entirely on location in Russia!). He has starred in three pilots for CBS and has made numerous guest starring appearances on television. He currently narrates the series Shadow Force for The History Channel and is the voice of a PBS affiliate in Florida. His first book/audiobook is titled: Think Globally... Act VOCALLY! (and Voice Virtue).
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SPECIAL GUEST MARK RYAN worked on the original “Transformers” movie during production as the on-set voice of several robots prior to being cast in the final film as the voice of Bumblebee. He also voiced Ironhide and Hoist for the Activision video game based on the film and is currently doing more voice work for “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” due in theaters June 24, 2009.
Ryan has been combining his acting, singing, writing and Action Direction talents in an eclectic and successful career ranging over 30 years. He originated the role of Nasir for the cult British series, “Robin of Sherwood,” and has appeared in several U.S. television shows including “Frasier,” “Conan,” “J.A.G.,” “General Hospital,” “Alias,” “The Young and the Restless,” “Nuremberg,” “Passions,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “A Piece of My Heart” and “Convicted.” He worked as a swordmaster and fight director on the Jerry Bruckheimer Films production of “King Arthur” and has also appeared in “The Prestige”; “The Thirst” and “Spec Ops: Delta.”
Ryan’s other projects include a musical adaptation of the gothic love story “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte with a screenplay in the works; a graphic novel collaboration with Mike Grell called “The Pilgrim”; and directing a TV project called “Blood Type”, a dark psychological spin on the vampire mythos with a strong gothic element and “Wildwood Tarot” a follow up to his successful “Greenwood Tarot.”
Josh Burcham
The Orgeon colorist and artist got his start with Dreamwave and moved on to become the go-to-colorist for IDW’s Transformers comics. His latest assignment is All Hail Megatron.
Casey Coller
Casey’s artwork first caught the eye of IDW when he won a fan cover contest held on its Web site. He was commissioned for a retailer exclusive cover for All Hail Megatron, which led him to become a regular cover artist on the series, and has since gone on to illustrate Spotlight Blurr and Spotlight Drift to much acclaim. His next project will be seen in the upcoming All Hail Megatron Coda story line.
Mike Costa
A Los Angeles-based writer, Mike broke into the comics industry working on DC/Wildstorm’s Authority. His surprise-hit miniseries GI Joe: Cobra with co-writer Christos Gage was his first work with IDW, but now he’ll be making the jump into the Transformers universe with the All Hail Megatron Coda story line.
Andrew Griffith
This San Francisco Bay-area artist broke into comics illustrating covers for the Transformers: Best of the UK series, which he continues to this day. He also handled art chores on Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel: Defiance, and his next interior work will be seen in All Hail Megatron Coda.
Shaun Knowler
Best known as co-creator of fan comic project Transformers: Mosaic, the Vancouver, Canada, resident also co-wrote Spotlight Jazz, his first professional comics assignment. And Knowler...is half the battle!
Joana Lafuente
Hailing from Portugal, the colorist honed her craft working on Transformers: Mosaic. She’s gone on to color Spotlight Blurr and Spotlight Drift, working with frequent collaborator Casey Coller, and Maximum Dinobots.
Marcelo Matere
The Sao Paulo, Brazil, native is a freelance artist with both Hasbro and IDW. His comics credits include Spotlight Soundwave and Spotlight Grimlock, as well as covers for Maximum Dinobots. Marcelo has another Spotlight issue coming out in July focusing on Metroplex.
Alex Milne
The Canadian artist is best known for his work on various Transformers movie comics, the most recent of which is Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel: Defiance and Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation.
Chris Mowry
Chris is a San Diego-based graphic artist for IDW, where he letters many of the Hasbro properties. He also writes many of the Transformers movie-related comics, including the Reign of Starscream miniseries, with plans for more in the near future.
Robby Musso
The New Orleans artist made his mark with Spotlight Ultra Magnus, which he followed up with Spotlight Ramjet. His most recent work was Spotlight Cliffjumper. He can often been seen driving the Mach 5 across the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway.