Due to the setting of “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,” the seventh film of the Transformers series, Mark Wahlberg will not be present. The movie’s setting contradicts the introduction of Wahlberg’s Cade Yeager character in the previous Transformers movie, “Transformers: The Last Knight,” which takes place in the 1990s. Therefore, Wahlberg’s absence is explained by the plot and the particular era in which the film is set. This indicates that his character is unimportant to Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ plot.