Transformers 4 to be released on June 27, 2014. to star Mark Wahlberg

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Transformers director Michael Bay has revealed that Transformers 4 will begin its production in spring, under Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom, Inc., in association with Hasbro. The sci-fi film will be produced by Don Murphy & Tom DeSanto, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Ian Bryce, and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Bay, Brian Goldner and Mark Vahradian. It is set to be released on June 27, 2014.

Transformers 4, the fourth and final Transformers movie, will star Mark Wahlberg as the lead role substituting Shia Labeouf.

In its press release, Paramount Pictures announced, "After an exceptionally successful collaboration on the upcoming Pain and Gain, Michael Bay has cast Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg in the highly anticipated Transformers 4."

The first Transformers movie (2007) took up $700 million in earnings worldwide, while Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) grossed more than $830 million worldwide. Transformers: Dark of the Moon, a grand slam hit, earned more than 1 billion dollars being granted the prestigious title of 5th highest grossing film of all time. 

All in all, the Transformers franchise has earned more than $2.6 billion worldwide.