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He was no one from the original series, but he was loosely based off of one of the Casettes, Frenzy (which was the one that looked just like Rumble, only he was red). His name was even Frenzy on the toy, but they didn't intend for him to really BE that character.
Soundwave is going to be in the next one, though.
Don't count on him being a casette player, though. The producers have a huge issue with the "mass shifting" that took place in the cartoon (i.e. Giant megatron changes into tiny gun, Soundwave changing into tiny casette player etc), not to mention no one uses tape players anymore.
He will have something to do with sound though, at least in his robot form from what I have read. And the writers have said Soundwave is their favorite character from the original series, so they don't want to change him too much. They want to do him respect.
Also worth noting...Devastator (the combining construction vehicles) are apparently going to be in the sequel. I don't give a fuck how they look or who is directing it, that will be a sight to see on the big screen.
For the record, I totally get the Michael bay hate....I don't judge people for it at all. In fact, I'm not a HUGE fan of his other movies (though I did like the non-sappy parts of Armageddon, and I liked the Rock). But Transformers is a whole other deal....;)
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