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Because Michael Bay understands a new Transformers movie is only as good as the actors in it, he has finally completed the long and arduous search for the two teenage Transformers 4 leads. Spoiler: They’re good looking!

It’s been a long time since Mark Wahlberg was announced in the lead role of Transformers 4, and during that time, things were looking good. Sure, none of us were really looking forward to a new Transformers, but it was hard not to get a modicum of excitement after imaging Mark Wahlberg talking to a gigantic robot, furrowing his brow in confusion at all the unbelievable things he was seeing.

Sadly, reality has intervened, because it turns out Wahlberg isn’t alone on his journey, and his companions are two models high schoolers. The newest members to the Transformers saga (and supposedly the winners of the car wash) are relative newcomers Brenton Thwaites and Nicola Peltz. Petlz honed her skills in The Last Airbender and Thwaites will be in the upcoming Maleficent from Disney. Thwaites will play the Shia LaBeouf to Peltz’s Megan Fox, so anyone worried there won’t be a romance in the newest film can breathe a sigh of relief. And where does Wahlberg factor into this? He is the father of Peltz’s character, and likely doesn’t approve of his daughter’s biker boyfriend. Could they be forced to put aside their differences and learn to work together to stop the robot uprising? Hey, let’s not get ahead of ourselves!

Besides this news, there isn’t much else out about Transformers 4. Ehren Krueger is currently doing a bad job of writing the script, after which the film will start filming early next year. We should begin to hear about little things like “plot” and the more important “which robots are smashing into each other” by next spring.

For now, enjoy this teaser image. The utter lack of effort that went into it sums up the Transformers series quite nicely.

[Source: SlashFilm]

-Jeremy