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IGN has confirmed Keith David's casting, which was first rumored yesterday. David will be playing the sinister Decepticon known as Barricade who transforms into a Saleen Ford Mustang police cruiser. David's other credits include Crash, Platoon, The Chronicles of Riddick, Armageddon (which Michael Bay directed) and the father of Mary in "There's Something About Mary". He is also an accomplished voice actor, having worked on such cartoons as Gargoyles, Spawn, Justice League, Teen Titans as well as the Halo videogames. Stay tuned for more information as Transformers Movie mania continues to gain momentum!

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I guess this solidifies the rumor

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That I "newsified" yesterday.

Yeah, I can picture Goliath's voice coming out of Barricade.

Cool news. I wonder who'll be next voice announced?

Good casting. This movie is looking better recently. Awesome posters (featuing the best part of the movie so far..Optimus Prime's head), Hugo Weaving and Keith David.

Next their going to tell me they redesigned Starscream! Please!!!:)

I liked Keith David in Halo 2. He should be a good fit.

Don't forget he was in "Men at Work" the awesome estevez bros. picture

tile_mcgillus wrote:Next their going to tell me they redesigned Starscream! Please!!!:)

Its more likely the Apocolypse is going to come round than someone ever telling you that.

Keith David is an awesome VA and i cant wait to hear him voice Barricade

He should have done Brawl. I cant see Spawns voice comeing out of Barricade.

hell yeha i love it, his voice definetly sounds like a decepticon
and know that hes barricade, that proves barricades going to be the biggest bad ass yet

This I am actually psyched for. I am a big fan of his work on Gargoyles and Justice League. I think he will do a great service to this movie.

Nice!! My other pic for barricade's Michael Jackson! Keith David I think would do a great job. Greatest line Keith has ever said was in Requim for a Dream. With his manhood hanging out he said to Jennifer Connelly " I know it's pretty,but I didn't take it out for air baby. " He needs to say it in Transformers!!

so...goliath and spawn makes it into Transformers

I am really happy with this. I can imagine his voice for that role quite easily based on his past work.

Cool, sounds good. I could picture the guy who did Atlas in Teen Titans as doing Barricade.

I hope he ties two autobots together in a doggystyle pose to a merry-go-round. That would look pretty damn sweet to me.

Yeah, this guy is good. His voice for Goliath on Gargoyles was really fantastic. If James Earl Jones dies tomorrow, this guy would probably be the voice of Darth Vader wherever needed. As for Barricade, I don't even know how many lines the guy has. I have to admit I was getting the impression most of these robots weren't going to talk much in the film. To me, there's nothing worse than a silent robot. I need to hear classic lines like "Back away! I will deal with this Jedi slime... MYSELF!" or something of the sort. Guys like ... wait, what are the Decepticons' names again? Oh yeah. Brawl, Blackout and Bonecrusher (what idiot decided to have all their names start with "B?" Is it "B" for "Bay?" Ugh)... I haven't read any scripts, but I'm afraid their lines are going to be as bad as Bane's (there's that "B" again) in Batman & Robin. Examples include "Bomb" and... wait, were there any others?

Ok, I can see him playing a 'con

if they where gonna have a black man do the voice they should have went with Ken Foree

I love Keith David, he has one of the best voices ever...

Goliath? Spawn? City Confidential? More reasons for me to love Barricade...

Oh yes, I'm a happy camper!

this is gonna kick ass!

i just know the pic of him standing over spike has got to be some sort of interrogation, "human germ" has to be used and with keith david's voice thats gonna be ace!!

Nice, I like this actor....now I hope the movie is just as neat

There were some rough scenes shown way back, that showed Shia cringing away from a crane of sorts (which would later have a Decepticon CGI'ed on top of it), and Shia was whimpering about "Not knowing anything about any artifacts". Since it seemed like the perfect time for Barricade to be tormenting the little fleshling, I could imagine the kinds of things Barricade might be saying. Now, picture that evil police car snarling at the human before him, and Keith David's voice growling something along the lines of,

"Tell me, you pathetic sack of meat, *where* is the artifact?!?"

For me, the most noteable presence of Ol Keith were the two Johnny Carp's movies They Live and The Thing. But I am glad to see they had put some thought into the voice casting.

dinoboss 5 wrote:if they where gonna have a black man do the voice they should have went with Ken Foree

and what does this have to do with him being black? What happend to the best person getting the job.