'Empire' Unveils 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' Pics Featuring Mark Wahlberg and Michael Bay

Thanks to Empire, we got our first real look at the new version of Optimus Prime in Transformers: Age of Extinction. Turns out the magazine also debuted a bunch of pics from Michael Bay's upcoming movie. Besides an untransformered version of Optimus Prime, there aren't any Transformers in these pics — just Bay, Mark Wahlberg, Jack Reynor and Nicola Peltz.

Empire also delivered a bit of info on Transformers: Age of Extinction's plot:

This fourth film in the franchise is something of a fresh start, and sees an Earth scarred by the events of the last three films but moving on after the disappearance of all giant robots (although we're guessing that everyone gives their car a suspicious look in the morning, lest it suddenly turn into a giant mechanoid). In particular, Shia LaBeouf and family have moved on and we have some new leads. 

When Mark Wahlberg's inventor, Cade Yeager, discovers a buried Transformer, the stage is set for the return of the giant beasties. There will also be some business with Cade's daughter Tessa (Nicola Peltz); her secret racing driver boyfriend Shane; Stanley Tucci's Joshua; his geologist assistant Darcy (Sophia Myles); "the CEO of the Chinese Transformers", played by Li Bingbing; and Kelsey Grammer's Harold Attinger, the film's non-robot big bad.

A buried Transformers? That's code for Dinobot, right?

Transformers: Age of Extinction hits theaters on June 27, 2014.