They said there have been a lot of requests for a Beast Wars series, so there should be a mini-series next year. They advised that people check their Web site for future information. Brad Mick will develop the story, but may not write it, and they haven't decided if the character designs will be based on the toys or the television show.
There will be another G1 ongoing series, coming out in January. Lee hinted that it will have some of the Japanese-only characters fans have only been able to watch so far in anime dubs.
I hope they go with the cartoon designs. They should do the art like they do on Furman's non-TF book, all by computer, so that it will have the same feel as the cartoon. Although I'd be curious to see what the charcters would look like in a more traditional art style...