Director Michael Bay has announced that Chinese pop star Han Geng will join the cast of Transformers 4.

Bay wrote in a post on his Website, "He's one of Asia's top stars in the worlds of music, television and movies and has become one of the most influential entertainers in China... Welcome Han Geng to the cast of Transformers 4."

Han also expressed his excitement on his Twitter page.

Han's character in the film is still unknown, but one of China's portals Sohu.com cited an unnamed producer of the film as saying that he will be seen by the global audience, and that Transformers 4 will not follow Iron Man 3, which invited Chinese actress Fan Bingbing to its cast, but only kept her in its China-only version.

Transformers 4 is slated for release on June 27, 2014. Han will join Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, and another Chinese actress Li Bingbing.

Han was formerly known as the only Chinese member of the South Korean pop group Super Junior. He began a solo career in 2009 and won the Worldwide Act award at the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards.

(CRIENGLISH.com July 15, 2013)