Transformers 4 Is Returning to Michigan.

No more Shia LaBeouf, thank God. There was 2 huge actors up for the lead. FOLLOW the link for more details and who ended up with the lead role.

Mark Wahlberg won the lead role from Jason Statham.

The Michigan Film Office announced the feature film "Transformers 4" has been approved for a $20 million incentive from the state on nearly $82 million of projected in-state expenditures. The project is expected to hire 368 Michigan workers with a full time equivalent of 339 jobs.

"Transformers 4" which is expected to film this spring in metro Detroit, opens soon after the end of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," where a great battle left a city torn - but with the world once again saved.

It is the third film in the series to use Detroit as a backdrop. The first "Transformers," released in 2007, and "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," released in 2011, also filmed in metro Detroit.

The Film Office says so far this fiscal year, 13 projects have been awarded a total of $30,962,806 on $120,172,305 of approved production expenditures for the year. These projects are expected to create 1,190 Michigan hires with a full time equivalent of 559 jobs.