Claim: Transformers: Dark of the Moon is part of a trilogy.
Evidence: Transformers : Dark of the Moon is a 2011 American science fiction action film directed by Michael Bay and based on the toy line of the same name created by Hasbro.
It is the third installment in the live-action Transformers film series , and is the sequel to 2009 's Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen.
It is also the first film in the series not to be co-produced by DreamWorks.
Like the first film , it was nominated for Best Sound Editing , Best Sound Mixing , and Best Visual Effects at the 84th Academy Awards.
It was followed by Transformers : Age of Extinction in 2014.
A fifth film , titled Transformers : The Last Knight is set to be released in 2017.