'Transformers 5: The Last Knight' Stars Returning From First 'Transformers' Film, Final Casting Revealed

The 2017's "Transformers: The Last Knight" is bringing back a few familiar faces from the 2007's first Transformers installment. Josh Duhamel will return as Lieutenant Colonel William Lennox, and Tyrese Gibson will also return in the movie as fellow soldier Robert Epps.

Gibson himself confirmed that he'll be appearing in "Transformers: The Last Knight" next year during the recent BET Awards. He had previously expressed his interest to be part of the fifth Transformers movie, and now it is official, according to Cinema Blend.

Robert Epps and William Lennox were one of the many major characters introduced in Transformers who joined forces with the Autobots to defeat Decepticons. Both characters earned promotions and joined NEST (Non-biological Extraterrestrial Species Treaty) in "Revenge of the Fallen". The two went on separate ways as Epps retired from being a soldier of NEST and took a position working on the spaceship Xantium at a NASA launch site using his military skills, while Lennox stayed with NEST as a Colonel in "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" installment.

2014's  "Transformers: Age of Extinction" had many robots in returning in a lot of disguises while new characters evolved in the said film. "Transformers: The Last Knight" cast include Mark Wahlberg, Isabela Moner, who will play the film's female lead, Izabella; Jerrod Carmichael, Mitch Pileggi, Laura Haddock, Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime and Anthony Hopkins whose role is still under wraps but rumored to be Merlin, as per Comingsoon.net.

2017's "Transformers: The Last Knight" producers have no plans to repeat that creative choice completely but has just opted to bring back a few familiar faces. The 2017 movie already shot some scenes in Cuba and is now in the middle of principal photography in Detroit and London. Tyrese posted a shot on his Instagram with Director Micheal Bay. The plot for the upcoming movie is still within keeps.

The Transformers franchise started in 2007, followed by "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" in 2009, "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" in 2011, and "Transformers: Age of Extinction" in 2014. Plans for the franchise includes a Bumblebee spin-off film set on June 8, 2018, and the sixth Transformers movie will debut on June 28, 2019. Transformers' fifth movie, "The Last Knight", will hit the theaters on June 23, 2017.

 Rumor has it............ Nah.... Robert Epps is back!!!!!! #T5 summer 2017 just got even more interesting...... @MichaelBay aka #MrImAlwaysAwesome

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