Michael Bay is staying in the robot business for longer than anyone anticipated.

The director has not only announced that he's tapped a complete unknown to star in Transformers 4 opposite Mark Wahlberg, but he's just dropped the bombshell news that he's working on not only a fourth entry, but two more sequels that will make up a whole new trilogy!

So who's the newbie who'll presumably be teaming with the Autobots in the next great battle to save earth from the Decepticons?