With Michael Bay having just wrapped up filming with Mark Whalberg on his new film Pain and Gain, he straight away grabbed Whalberg to replace Shia LaBeouf on Transformers 4.

With LaBeouf not returning Whalberg would not have been anyone’s direct choice to fill the lead role, given his action background however we reckon he’ll make a good fit and by all accounts he can’t wait to start.

“That’s why Transformers came about, because we had such a great time working together [on Pain And Gain],” says Wahlberg.

“We kind of complemented each other throughout the entire process, what he does and what I do and what we were able to do together, and then after that I was like ‘Dude we gotta work together again,’ and he was like, ‘Well I got a project, you interested?’”

As well as Transformers 4 which begins shooting next year, it won’t be the only sequel to invoice Whalberg with another Ted movie in the pipeline.

“We’re shooting Transformers in May, and then I believe we’re gonna doTed 2 right after,” continues Wahlberg. “They’re working on it now and we’ve kind of gone through the negotiation process.

“The great thing about it is Seth’s ideas for the second one are sick. He comes from the world of episodic television so he knows how to tell the stories, in a way that most people don’t.”

Transformers 4 opens in the UK on 27 June 2014.

Source: Collider