Kevin Michael Richardson, currently the voice of Bulkhead in Transformers: Prime, has revealed to MTV News that he is voicing Panthro in the Thundercats 2011 Cartoon! Not only that, he let slip that Will Friedle will be voicing Lion-O! Cartoon fans will recognize Will Friedle as the voice of the Blue Beetle on Batman: The Brave And The Bold as well as Terry McGinnis from Batman Beyond.
“I love Panthro, so to play him, yeah I’m very very happy,” Richardson told MTV News. “The state of the art animation they have today is… That’s exactly what it is — state of the art.”
“The cast is fantastic,” he said. “Will Friedle as Lion-O and some other people who I want to keep anonymous at the moment. It’s up to the times, it’s a lot cooler, it’s going to move a little faster, and the special effects and the direction and the acting are just superb.”
On a personal note, Richardson was a no brainer for Panthro. The cast is coming together fans. More info as it becomes available.
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Panthro and Lion-O Voices Revealed
Nice. Good choices for both. WB does animation well, and looks like this is keeping in line.
Awesome this is some good news. Good choices for voice actors so far.
wait. did he say the series will be shown next year?
Nice. I can't wait until fall.
Kevin's a busy man, a man in demand! Transformers, G.I. Joe and now Thundercats too. Wow!
Good news so far. Looking forward to hear how the rest of the cast plays out.
What do you think the chances are that the new voices will be an homage of the originals?
I honestly have not been into this many cartoons at once as I am right now.
I could be wrong though. It would just seem really strange to have figures out this fall but the cartoon not till next year.
good choices, but i still think panthro would of been better as Beau Billingslea, especially since the design is obviously based off Jet Black! lol