Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

Transformers: Age of Extinction is a 2014 American science fiction action film based on the Transformers toy line. It is the fourth installment of the live-action Transformers film series and a sequel to 2011’s Dark of the Moon, taking place five years after its events.

Like its predecessors, it was directed by Michael Bay and written by Ehren Kruger, with Steven Spielberg and Bay as executive producers. It stars Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Sophia Myles, Bingbing Li, Titus Welliver, and T. J. Miller. It does not feature the human cast from the previous three films, and instead introduces a new cast of human characters and many new Transformers, including the Dinobots. Returning Transformers include Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ratchet, Brains, Leadfoot, and Megatron (now known as Galvatron). The film was released on June 27, 2014, in IMAX and 3D.^[4]

Transformers: Age of Extinction received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics but was a massive box office success, grossing over $1.104 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 2014, the second-highest-grossing film in the Transformers series, the 19th film to gross over $1 billion, and the 29th-highest-grossing film of all time. It was the sole film to gross over $1 billion in 2014.

A sequel, The Last Knight, was released on June 21, 2017, with Wahlberg and Tucci returning and Bay directing.