Last month, a rumor started floating around about Mark Wahlberg and Michael Bay having early conversations on “Transformers 4.” Bay quickly quashed the scuttlebutt saying he was in talks on another film project with the actor. The pair are currently working on the upcoming “Pain and Gain” co-starring Dwayne Johnson and Rebel Wilson and yesterday, Bay took to his website again to provide an update – and perhaps a change of heart:

“I squashed a rumor that was on the internet last week. It was about Mark Walhberg. Mark was rumored to be staring in Transformers 4. We are working on another movie together, not T4. I had such a great time working with Mark on Pain and Gain, and he gave such a great performance – well let’s say that very internet chatter gave me some ideas. We are at the inception of our story process right now on T4. Let’s say some ideas are gaining traction with me and my writer – so I’m here to say thanks internet chatter.”

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