Mark Wahlberg and Optimus Prime have found two new co-stars. Newcomers Brenton Thwaites and Nicola Peltz have landed lead roles in Michael Bay‘s Transformers 4. Pelts will play Wahlberg’s teenage daughter and Thwaites will play her biker boyfriend. Thwaites has a key role in Disney’s upcoming Maleficent, while Peltz will soon be seen in A&E’s Bates Motel. The all-new human cast will also be joined by a new line-up of robots when the film hits theaters June 27, 2014. [TwitchFilm]

Remember Angelina Jolie’s spy thriller Salt? Apparently some people do, enough to make people want to develop a sequel. After Jolie passed on original Salt writer Kurt Wimmer’s take on the new film, Sony has hired scribe Becky Johnston (The Prince of Tides) to pen a new take. [The Hollywood Reporter]

Dust off your Aviators and get ready to go back to the Danger Zone, Top Gun is returning to the big screen! Paramount has issued a press release announcing the IMAX 3D re-release of the 1986 hit starring Tom Cruise on February 8, 2013.

Christmas has come early for fans of the popular mobile game, Angry Birds. Rovio Entertainment has announced, via press release, that a 3D, CG-animated film adaptation is due in theaters Summer 2016. Producers John Cohen (Despicable Me) and David Masiel (Iron Man) will develop the film, which has yet to lock down a writer or director.

Fans wanting a sequel to Kill Bill are in for disappointment. “I don’t know if there’s ever going to be a Kill Bill. Vol 3. We’ll see, probably not though,” Quentin Tarantino said in a recent interview. The director did indicate, however, that his next project might be a “companion piece” to Django Unchained and Inglourious Basterds, forming an unofficial trilogy of sorts. Unchained arrives in theaters on Christmas Day. [WeGotThisCovered]

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Transformers fans: get ready for some muscle action.

Michael Bay and Paramount Pictures announced Thursday that Mark Wahlberg will star in Transformers 4, due in 2014.

“Mark is awesome,” Bay said in a statement released on his website.

“An actor of his caliber is the perfect guy to re-invigorate the franchise and carry on the Transformers’ legacy.”

This will mark the second time Wahlberg, 41, will work with Bay, 47, on the big screen.

The pair recently wrapped production on Pain and Gain, Bay’s new action comedy also starring Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Ed Harris, Rebel Wilson and Rob Corddry.

“We had a blast working on Pain and Gain and I’m so fired up to be back working with [Wahlberg],” Bay continued in his statement Thursday.

The first three Transformers films have grossed more than $2.6 billion worldwide, with the most recent, Dark of the Moon, released just over one year ago.

No word on whether previous Transformers cast members, including Shia LaBeouf, will also appear in the fourth installment.

Transformers 4 will open in theaters June 27, 2014. Filming will begin next spring.

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