Josh Duhamel announces his return to the "Transformers" franchise. After being absent in the fourth movie "Transformers: Age of Extinction", the 43-year-old actor is now set to reprise his role as Lieutenant William Lennox that he portrayed in the first three films when Shia LaBeouf still played the main hero.

Duhamel tweeted, "Lieutenant Colonel Lennox reporting for duty. Let's do this. #transformers." He quickly got a warm welcome from the new male lead, Mark Wahlberg. "@joshduhamel welcome back to the #transformers family. This is gonna be good," Wahlberg wrote, to which Duhamel replied, "Thanks. Looking forward to it. Don't forget to bring your golf clubs. #transformers."

Duhamel also had a banter with director Michael Bay who jokingly asked, "Do you remember your way around set or need some pointers?#transformers." Duhamel jovially responded, "@michaelbay Great to be back. I think I remember ... the big trailer's mine, right?"

The upcoming fifth installment titled "Transformers: The Last Knight" is coming to U.S. theaters on June 23, 2017. A Bumblebee spin-off film will follow in 2018 before "Transformers 6" arrives in 2019.