It didn't take long for this rumor to be debunked. Fox, currently busy filming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as April O'Neil, recently found her name rumored for a cameo appearance as Mikaela in Transformers 4 starring Mark Wahlberg and actress Nicola Peltz. Both films are being produced by Bay with Jonathan Liebesman handling directing duties on Ninja Turtles while Bay steers the Transformers ship himself. It should really come as no surprise that this particular rumors turned out to be untrue as it began due to an instagram hashstag snafu of all things. Still, Bay had to set the record straight when asked, stating, "No. Because it's a totally different story. It's with Mark Wahlberg and his daughter. It's the same [world]. You have the three movies, but there's a reason why there's a new cast. And it's explained very clearly when you see it, and it's going to feel natural. So it's not like we're starting over or anything like that." The fourth installment picks up four years after the events of Dark of the Moon. Actor Shia LaBeouf and Fox replacement Rosie Huntington-Whiteley are unlikely to return as well, but there have been more substantial rumblings about a cameo appearance from Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson.
More recently, Bay reiterated the above sentiments on Twitter.
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