Transformers: Age of Extinction is a 2014 American science fiction action film based on the "Transformers" toy line. It was released on June 27, 2014, in IMAX and 3D. It is the fourth live-action "Transformers" film series. Like its predecessors, "Transformers" and "", "" and "Transformers 4" is directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg. The film's story is set four years after the events of the third film.