Editing Soundwave (Transformers) (section)

===Creation and development===
Almost from the moment the [[live action]] ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' movie was announced in 2007, producer [[Don Murphy]] and the production team made it clear they did not want to feature mass/size shifting in transformation (excluding the Allspark), due to concerns over realism. With this process, there was some discussion over whether or not to change Soundwave's tape deck alternate mode due to its obsolescence, or to include the character in the film at all. It was announced by Hasbro at SDCC 2004 that movie Soundwave would be a helicopter.<ref>{{cite web|author=Seibertron.com |url=http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=5436 |title=SDCC Hasbro Panel Speak, New Alternators, The End of Universe and more! |publisher=Seibertron.com |date=2005-07-15 |access-date=2010-04-27}}</ref> Early leaked movie scripts proposed that his alternate mode would be a [[helicopter]], but animatics shown at the 2005 [[San Diego Comic-Con International|Comic Con]] were poorly received. This led to a rethink, with the eventual helicopter character rechristened as [[Vortex (Transformers)|Vortex]], then finally Blackout. 2006 script reviews named Soundwave as a spying [[boombox]] on [[Air Force One]], able to transform into a small robot, but eventually, this character was amended to being Frenzy, with [[Don Murphy]] stating that Soundwave will be reserved for a future sequel, until they can "do him right". When the film was released on DVD a special on-line content from Best Buy showed early animation footage of Blackout as a blue helicopter with a head that resembled Soundwave.

In a ''[[USA Today]]'' online fan poll, Soundwave was one of the 10 Transformers that the fans wanted in the sequel, winning with 20% of the votes.<ref>{{cite web|last=Breznican |first=Anthony |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-07-18-Transformers_N.htm |title='Transformers' fans make some noise for Soundwave |publisher=Usatoday.Com |date=2007-07-23 |access-date=2010-04-27}}</ref>

Soundwave appears in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''. Soundwave is a satellite in the film. Soundwave is not seen in his robot form in the film. Frank Welker reprised his voicing role, and used his Doctor Claw voice from ''[[Inspector Gadget (1983 TV series)|Inspector Gadget]]'', which, when run through a vocoder, gives Soundwave his unique voice from the original animated series. The lack of this vocoder in the 2009 film left the voice sounding more like [[Inspector Gadget (1983 TV series)|Doctor Claw]] than the original Soundwave. He has his minion Ravage to do his bidding in the film.

Soundwave also appears in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'', this time transforming into a [[Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG]] and with Laserbeak to serve him. Soundwave is armed with sonic cannons.

His Hasbro Battle Bio states that he is 22 feet tall and that his main weapons are sonic cannons which can only be used in the atmosphere, as sound waves will not travel in the vacuum.

Soundwave also makes a brief appearance in the movie ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]''. His appearance closely matches his G1 counterpart and appears alongside Shockwave and Starscream (a non-speaking role for the latter). He is voiced by [[Jon Bailey]], who also voices Shockwave in the film. Unlike previous films, Bailey's voice is run through a vocoder to bring back Soundwave's signature voice.