n February 2012, producer di Bonaventura stated that a fourth film was in the works, aiming for a 2014 release, with Michael Bay to direct and produce.[66] On the same day, Paramount Pictures and Michael Bay announced a June 27, 2014 release date for a fourth film.[67]Ehren Kruger would pen the script and Steve Jablonsky would score the film, as each had for the previous film.[68][69] The film is set five years after the events in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.[70]Shia LaBeouf did not return in any future installments. Mark Wahlberg was instead cast in the lead role as new character, Cade Yeager.[71][72][73] In November 2012, casting began to search for two more leads. Isabelle Cornish, Nicola Peltz, Gabriella Wilde, and Margaret Qualley were all considered to play Cade's daughter Tessa Yeager, while Luke Grimes, Landon Liboiron, Brenton Thwaites, Jack Reynor, and Hunter Parrish were all considered to play Tessa's race-car-driving boyfriend, Shane Dyson.[74] Bay announced on his website that Reynor would portray Shane and that the fourth film would start the next installment in the overall series; the film was to be a darker sequel to Dark of the Moon and have a different feeling.[75]Peter Cullen, who voiced Optimus Prime in the films, was to reprise his role.[76]Tyrese Gibson was in talks to reprise his role as Sgt. Robert Epps from the original trilogy.[77]Glenn Morshower stated that he was contracted for two films and he was to reprise his role.[78] It was later announced that he would not be return until the next film.[79] With a budget of $165 million, filming was expected to take place in London between April and November 2013—once Pain & Gain, another film that Bay was directing, had finished editing.[80][81]On January 8, 2013, it was announced that Reynor was joining Wahlberg in the lead.[82] On March 26, 2013, Nicola Peltz was cast as the female lead.[83] Bay confirmed that the movie was to be in 3D.[84] Bay revealed to Collider that actor Stanley Tucci had joined the cast, and that the film would be the first feature film to be shot using smaller digital IMAX 3D cameras.[85] On May 1, 2013, actor Kelsey Grammer was cast as the lead human villain named "Harold Attinger".[86] On May 6, 2013, actress Sophia Myles was cast in a major supporting role.[87] That same month, Chinese actress Li Bingbing and comedian T. J. Miller joined the cast.[88][89]Actor T.J. Miller would be playing the best friend of Wahlberg's character who is a mechanic.[90] Also revealed were two Autobots who would have the following alternate modes—a black-and-blue 2013 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse named "Drift", and a green 2014 C7 Corvette Stingray concept named Crosshairs. A truck from Western Star Trucks would be Optimus Prime's new alternate mode for the movie.[91] Bumblebee's new alternate mode was revealed to be a modified vintage 1967 Chevrolet Camaro, which later transforms into a 2014 Chevrolet Camaro concept.[92] A green military vehicle (later confirmed to be Hound) and a white emergency response vehicle were also revealed.[93]
