Production will be overseen for Nickelodeon by Conrad Montgomery, Vice President, Current Series, Animation and for eOne by Mikiel Houser, Director of TV Development. Produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio, the series is developed for television by Spinelli and Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt, Senior Director, Current Series and Development, Animation. The all-new animated Transformers series is executive produced by Ant Ward ( Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), and Nicole Dubuc ( Transformers: Rescue Bots) and developed and co-executive produced by Dale Malinowski ( Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).
Its success led to an animated movie in 1986, many future toy lines, and a series of live-action movies. Hasbro launched Transformers in 1984 as a toy line and animated series. The term Generation 1 covers both the animated television series The Transformers and the comic book series of the same name, which are further divided.
“This new series is a fresh creative take on the brand, which will excite longtime fans around the world and soon to be fans alike, all being introduced to the robots in disguise by an A list creative team led by eOne’s Mikiel Houser.” “We’re thrilled to be working with Nickelodeon to expand the Transformers animated universe and bring an all-new more than meets the eye story to life,” said Olivier Dumont, eOne’s President of Family Brands. The creative team at Nick, overseen by Claudia Spinelli, SVP of Animation Development, can’t wait to get started on building this new world.” “The series will tell a reimagined story featuring both original characters and fan-favorites for a whole new generation of kids and families. “As soon as I read the creative concept, which at its core is about family, I knew we absolutely had to tell this story with our good friends at eOne and Hasbro,” said Ramsey Naito, President, Nickelodeon Animation. The series will premiere exclusively on Nickelodeon in the U.S. In the action-comedy series, a new species of Transformers must find their place and purpose among Autobots, Decepticons, and the human family that adopts them. BURBANK, CA - Nickelodeon, the number-one network for kids, and Hasbro’s Entertainment One (eOne) have partnered to co-produce an original animated Transformers series (26 half-hour episodes), based on the iconic global property.