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News Credits: 67 · by **El Duque** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:31 pm

If you have high blood pressure you might want to avoid this rumor, because it comes with a rather sizable pinch of salt. ComicBookMovie.com is reporting that Transformers 4 is rumored to have already been greenlit and action star Jason Statham is in consideration for the new male lead. Shia LaBeouf has stated on several occasions that Dark of the Moon would be his last Transformers film, and as many of you already know Jason Statham is romantically tied to DOTM's new leading lady Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Does this connection add validity to this rumor? If this came to fruition would it be a continuation or the existing storyline or a reboot? Only time will tell, but for the moment this should most definitely be treated as a rumor.

"One of the stars being mentioned is Rosie’s boyfriend Jason Statham," says a Hollywood insider.

"It’s clear the franchise still has huge potential but with a new leading man capable of taking Transformers in a new, darker direction. Jason could be just the man to do that and his relationship with Rosie would be an added bonus in marketing the movie."

News Credits: 58 · by **First Gen** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:46 pm

News Credits: 1 · by **Hoistimus** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:47 pm

Seeing that I'm working on collecting all of Statham's movies (haven't seen the Crank ones yet but I've enjoyed everything else) I'd be OK with this. Problem would be having him drive GMs instead of Audis..

by **Sunspot** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:50 pm

No that doesn't work for me. We've had enough of brainless action and explosions, which are just Statham's speciality. His emotions range from stone-faced to stone faced with teeth showing. His movies are what we'd like Transformers to stear away from.

News Credits: 13 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:50 pm

Well, I like him as an actor, he's pretty good. My favorite movie of his is Death Race, and I think he'd be a really good fit for the action parts. They might need a serious dramatic actor (It's TF, but still... ) to carry the story.

As for TF4 itself, I figured there wold be 1, but I thought they might have waited 5-6 years. I was actually wondering if they would go the Indiana Jones route and wait 20 years for #4, with Bay and Shia coming back anyway.

News Credits: 62 · by **DavidT** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:58 pm

I love Jason Statham movies and he's a pretty good action star, but if they were to use him, it would need to be a reboot for me to like it. I think Christian Bale would be a better choice for an aged Sam! Plus Bale already has experience working with robots LOL... Loved Terminator Salvation!

by **OptiMagnus** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 12:01 am

Eh...I don't know. I really liked Shia, actually. I thought he and Rosie were better lead roles together than with Megan Fox. I'd like to see Rosie come back with a similar role, but all these romantic swaps are going to get confusing. I just don't think this guy can work. Plus, we have all these dead characters on the Decepticon side and one important Autobot.. There would end up being...too many new characters, but I could think of a few names to throw in.

News Credits: 2 · by **hellkitty** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 12:02 am

I love Statham to death and he can carry both a ridiculously high-action stunt movie and actually act. What's more, he has a sort of wry sense of humor I adore.

I think he might be fun in a TF movie, but...not as a continuation of this series. First...there's no one left to kill unless the plot of TF-4 is "Hatchling Stomping". Or Unicron, who's always been a lame villain.

But as a totally new reboot, with a new director?

Yeah, I'd give it a shot.

HK, feels the urge to watch The Expendables again.

by **trence5** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 12:12 am

Only if he's voicing Springer!

News Credits: 58 · by **First Gen** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 12:15 am

Sunspot wrote:No that doesn't work for me. We've had enough of brainless action and explosions, which are just Statham's speciality. His emotions range from stone-faced to stone faced with teeth showing. His movies are what we'd like Transformers to stear away from.

Probably the best comment Ive read here in a while. hahaha

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