Transformers 4", set to open on June 27, 2014, will be headlined by new leading man Mark Wahlberg and villainized by Kelsey Grammer.

Orwell biographer Michael Shelden told NPR that the NSA's collection of phone records was in line with the author's concerns.

“Three militants were killed when they opened fire on police officers who tried to stop their Priora car,” the spokesman said.

The warning comes amid a fresh wave of violence in Afghanistan, believed to have been carried out by the Taliban.

The two-minute trailer features plenty of elves but the real highlight is the first look at Smaug, the deadly dragon.

Oil prices were pressured by OPEC's disclosure that its members boosted production by 106,000 barrels a day in May.

Donald De Line ("Pain and Gain") will produce through his De Line Pictures banner, while Will Simmons ("Murder City") will write the script.

Rosneft will take a 66.67-percent stake in the project, with ExxonMobil holding the remaining 33.33 percent, the Russian giant said.

"Jobs" follows the co-founder of Apple from his early years as a hippie to becoming one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of our time.