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Director Michael Bay has tapped John Goodman and Ken Watanabe to voice two all new Autobots in his highly anticipated film Transformers: Age Of Extinction, the fourth film in the global blockbuster franchise from Paramount Pictures.

Goodman and Watanabe will join legendary voice actors Peter Cullen and Frank Welker.

Goodman will play Autobot Hound, Watanabe will play Drift, while Cullen reprises his role as the voice of Optimus Prime, and Welker takes on another new character, Galvatron.

“I am pleased to welcome two gifted and versatile actors, John Goodman and Ken Watanabe, to the world of Transformers,” said Bay. “And to reteam with Peter and Frank, who have brought Transformers characters alive from the beginning. I’ve been fortunate to work with some of the best voice talent in the business, and together we will introduce several exciting new robots to fans of the franchise around the world.”

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Kristin Chenoweth has signed on to star in NBC’s Legally Mad, a new drama from David E. Kelley (Boston Legal, The Practice), report the trades. The project is a quirky legal drama centering on a woman who takes a job at her father's law firm. It marks Kelley's first series under his overall deal with Warner Bros. Chenoweth will play Skippy Pylon, a brilliant but not entirely well attorney who is relentlessly cheerful with flashes of psychosis and often is mistaken for a teenager. The actress is currently starring in ABC's critically acclaimed but short-lived Pushing Daisies, which won’t be returning after its second season 13 episode run. She earned an Emmy nomination for her supporting role on the dramedy. Chenoweth's previous TV credits include NBC's The West Wing and the NBC sitcoms Kristin and Lateline. She also starred in ABC's longform adaptation of The Music Man. Her big screen credits include Four Christmases,...