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From top left to right: Barbara Dunkelman, Kerry Shawcross, Yssa Badiola, Fiona Nova, Torrian Crawford and F.J. DeSanto
Courtesy of Rooster Teeth
With Comic Con at home happening Warnermedia owned Rooster Teeth hosted there own panel on upcoming animated projects and releases such as RWBY Volume 8, Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy, and Recorded by Arizal. Read the full press release here:
Austin, Texas – July 25, 2020 – Today during SDCC@Home, WarnerMedia’s pioneering and media and entertainment company Rooster Teeth revealed exclusive footage from their slate of upcoming animated series including RWBY Volume 8, Transformers: War for Cybertron, Red vs Blue: Zero and Recorded by Arizal. You can view the panel here. Rooster Teeth hosts Barbara Dunkelman, Kerry Shawcross, Yssa Badiola, Fiona Nova, Torrian Crawford and special guest F.J. DeSanto chatted, answered fan-submitted questions and revealed details on their popular shows. Here is a roundup of announcements from the Rooster Teeth SDCC@Home panel:
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Red vs. Blue: Zero will premiere this fall and star Achievement Hunter member Fiona Nova in the lead role of Agent One. Red vs. Blue: Zero is written and directed by first time showrunner Torrian Crawford (Death Battle). In Red vs. Blue Zero, a mysterious syndicate leader known only as Zero seeks an Ultimate Power, and a ragtag team of heroes and misfits called SHATTER SQUAD must work together to save the galaxy. During the panel, Torrian premiered a teaser that previewed the series and revealed a behind-the-scenes look at the production.
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Recorded by Arizal follows Arizal, a smart, inquisitive teenage girl on the brink of adulthood and in pursuit of her dream career – to become a Record Keeper. The 2D animated series is helmed by Rooster Teeth Animation Director Yssa Badiola. The series premiered on July 13 and runs until August 3. During the panel, Yssa revealed an exclusive clip.
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Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy will premiere on Netflix on July 30. On their dying planet, the Autobots and Decepticons battle for control of the AllSpark in the Transformers universe’s origin story. Showrunner and executive producer F.J. DeSanto joined the panel to talk about the series and his experience working with Rooster Teeth Studios on the production. He premiered a first look featuring Rooster Teeth voice actor Miles Luna as fan-favorite Cliff Jumper.
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Despite the pandemic, RWBY Volume 8 continues production from home and is premiering later this year. In Volume 8, our heroes’ worst fears have finally been realized: Salem is here, and the timing couldn’t be worse for the divided Kingdom of Atlas. Fear has turned friends into enemies, while doubt threatens to splinter humanity’s remaining allies. With both Salem and Ironwood stacking the odds against them, and the fate of Remnant at stake, it’s up to team RWBY to make their play before it’s too late. RWBY Director Kerry Shawcross and Barbara Dunkelman, voice of Yang Xiao Long, talked through the upcoming Volume and premiered a first look clip. Other RWBY announcements:
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RWBY is collaborating with artist Babs Tarr to release a limited collection of RWBY merch available later this year.
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The RWBY Volume 7 soundtrack launches on July 31 on all streaming platforms and will be available for purchase on iTunes, Google Play and Amazon.
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Good Smile Company and Rooster Teeth are partnering to release a collection of RWBY Pop Up Parade collectibles beginning with a Ruby figure. Pre-orders are available starting August 3 at www.goodsmileus.com.
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The Rooster Teeth SDCC@Home panel was hosted by Barbara Dunkleman (voice of Yang Xiao Long in RWBY), Kerry Shawcross (Director of RWBY), Yssa Badiola (Rooster Teeth Animation Director and Creator of Recorded by Arizal), Fiona Nova (voice of Agent One in Red vs. Blue: Zero, cast member of Achievement Hunter), Torrian Crawford (Animation Director and showrunner for Red vs. Blue: Zero), and F.J. DeSanto (Showrunner and Executive Producer for Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy).
About Rooster Teeth
Rooster Teeth is a fan-driven, community-built entertainment company. From humble origins in a spare bedroom, Rooster Teeth created the web series Red vs. Blue, an innovative form of entertainment for a changing media landscape that sparked the growth of a passionate global fandom. From that foundation, Rooster Teeth pioneered a direct-to-consumer lifestyle brand for its growing online following with subscriptions, advertising, e-commerce, and live events. Rooster Teeth produces several original content series including RWBY, the most popular western-style anime series today, The Rooster Teeth Podcast, and daily video series featuring an in-house cast of influential talent. With broadcast and live-action production capabilities and a world class animation studio, Rooster Teeth engages industry-leading networks, streaming entertainment services and creative talent to develop projects that reach global audiences through its Studios division. Rooster Teeth cultivates the gaming lifestyle it helped define with partnerships through its industry-leading video-first podcast network, The Roost. Rooster Teeth has a massive global footprint of more than 45 million subscribers to its YouTube Network, 5 million unique weekly viewers across its RoosterTeeth.com hub and more than 4 million registered community members. The company was founded in 2003, and is a subsidiary of Otter Media, a WarnerMedia company. Discover more at RoosterTeeth.com.
