Empire Magazine, the same group that brought us our
first look at the final Optimus Prime render for their January 2014 issue, brings us a slew of new stuff tonight. First off, we have higher resolution images of the set images we had originally posted yesterday evening.
Secondly on tonight's agenda, we have the names of the human cast's characters. They are as follows:
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Mark Wahlberg as
Cade Yeager, an inventor.
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Nicola Peltz as
Tessa Yeager, Cade's daughter.
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Jack Reynor as
Shane Dyson, Tessa's racer boyfriend.
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Stanly Tucci as
Stanley, whose role is unknown at this point.
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Sophia Myles as
Darcy, a geologist.
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Li Bingbing, who's character goes unamed and is ominously described as the "
CEO of Chinese Transformers".
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Kelsey Grammer as
Harold Attinger, who is described by Empire as the "
big bad of the non-robot cast".
Rounding out this update, Empire Magazine sheds some light on the setting of
Age of Extinction. If you would like to remain spoiler free, this is the end of the article for you. For those who wish to know the outset, continue at your own risk!
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SPOILER ALERT ===
To paraphrase Empire Magazine, this is what we know:
after the third film, the Earth is scarred, and the Transformers have disappeared, but Earth's population remains suspicious of their surroundings, expecting everyday objects to change form and attack them. The Witwicky family has moved on with their lives. When the inventor Cade Yeager unearths an ancient Transformer (a Dinobot, perhaps?), the war between Autobots and Decepticons begins anew.That about wraps it up for tonight. For those who made it this far, post your thoughts in the Energon Pub! Remember to keep it spoiler free for those who wish to remain so!