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A lot more than meets the eye: Four new 'Transformers' movies on the way
The "Transformers" movie franchise has been raking in money (and mostly bad reviews) since 2007, but it's not anywhere near finished.
Hasbro Studios President Stephen J. Davis announced on Saturday that there are plans in the works, not just for a fifth "Transformers" but for a sixth, seventh and eighth.
The most recent, last year's "Transformers: Age of Extinction" made more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office (the first four have grossed close to $4 billion), so it's no wonder Hasbro and Paramount Pictures want to keep their cash cow going, whether the star is Shia LaBeouf, Mark Wahlberg or someone else. After all, the CGI robots are the real draw.
As for whether Michael Bay will return for a fifth time in the director's chair, that's still up in the air.
The news trended quickly over the weekend and Twitter users made their views known:
Hasbro confirms not one, not two, not three, but four more Transformers movies on the way. God have mercy on our souls.
— Bob Repass (@BobTrek)
Four more Transformers films? I honestly don't know if I have that much hate left in me.
— Dawn of the Ed (@EdwinJDavies)
Adele: New album is a 'make-up record'
(CNN)It's been almost five years, Adele, and your fans are growing restless. But this may help whet their appetites.
Music fans eager for news about the British singer's long-awaited third album, reportedly due by the end of the year, got a surprise update Wednesday from the reclusive Adele herself.
In a personal statement posted on her official social media accounts, Adele hinted that the album, apparently titled "25," will explore her journey to adulthood and self-acceptance.
"My last record was a break-up record and if I had to label this one I would call it a make-up record," she said. "I'm making up with myself. Making up for lost time. Making up with everything I ever did and never did.”
The 27-year-old singer also offered an apology of sorts for the delay in readying the new album, which has been rumored to be coming, oh, any time now since about 2013.
"25 is about getting to know who I've become without realizing," she said. "And I'm sorry it took so long, but you know, life happened."
With "25," Adele also continues her pattern of titling her albums after the age she was when she was writing and recording them.
Released in early 2011, Adele's sophomore album, "21," sold more than 11 million copies in the U.S. alone and is the biggest-selling record this decade. The album swept the 2012 Grammy Awards, winning album of the year and song of the year for "Rolling in the Deep.”Since then Adele has kept a low profile, giving birth to a son with businessman Simon Konecki in 2012 and resurfacing for occasional projects such as the theme song to the James Bond movie "Skyfall," which won her an Oscar.
But now it appears the publicity machine for "25" is gearing up. Wednesday's statement followed a teaser promo, likely for for a new Adele song, that aired last weekend on British TV
