Anthony Hopkins Joins and Megan Fox Might Return

Sir Anthony Hopkins has been confirmed to play an unspecified role in Transformers 5, but it seems easy to narrow down after the introduction of three new Transformers for the movie. One of those is called “The Creator” who, as his name implies, seems to be tied to how the Transformers came to be, and it sounds like the ideal character for Hopkins to bring to life.

The other possible role is, of course, Merlin, which feels even more ideal, to be honest.

Megan Fox arguably owes Transformers her shot to fame for giving her her breakout role as Mikaela Banes. After starring in the first two films with Shia LaBeouf, she was removed from the third after publicly comparing director Michael Bay to Hitler in the press (among other things).

However, there’s a rumor that Fox could be returning to the Transformers franchise to add another familiar face, as well as continuity, to the film. Fox and Bay seem to be on friendly working terms again, since the actress was cast to play April O’Neil in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films, which Bay produced.