Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 2014 American 3D science fiction action comedy film based on the franchise of the same name. A reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film series, the film is directed by Jonathan Liebesman, and stars Megan Fox, Alan Ritchson, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Noel Fisher, Will Arnett, Danny Woodburn, William Fichtner, Johnny Knoxville, and Tony Shalhoub.

The film was announced shortly before Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Peter Laird sold the rights to the franchise to Nickelodeon in 2009. It was produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Michael Bay's production company Platinum Dunes, and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The film was released on August 8, 2014,^[4][5] and received generally negative reviews,^[6] with critics commenting on the unoriginal plot, characters, acting performances, and lack of focus on the titular characters, though the depiction of the Turtles, visuals, and Arnett's performance were mildly praised. It was a box office success, however, grossing over $485 million worldwide, and becoming Nickelodeon Movies' highest grossing film.^[7] It was nominated for five Golden Raspberry Awards at the 35th edition, including Worst Picture and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel, with Fox winning for Worst Supporting Actress. A sequel is scheduled to be released on June 3, 2016.^[8][9]

Plot[]

April O'Neil is a news reporter for Channel 6 Eyewitness News in New York City investigating a crime wave by a clan of thieves called the Foot Clan. After her latest lead; a dock worker, refuses to give her information, she returns to the dock at night only to witness the Foot raiding the cargo containers. They are attacked by an unseen vigilante, which April fails to capture on her phone's camera but notices a symbol left behind. However, April's supervisor Bernadette Thompson and her co-workers are oblivious to her beliefs of the vigilante's existence. At a charity event she is covering for the company Sacks Industries, she expresses her gratitude to her father's lab partner before he died, Eric Sacks.

Frustrated by the vigilante, the Foot Clan's leader Shredder has them hold a subway station of people hostage in order to draw him out. April goes to the scene for evidence, but ends up becoming a hostage herself. The lights go out, and four figures appear, taking out the clan and freeing the hostages. April tracks them to a rooftop, and manages to take their picture, but she passes out when she is confronted with four Anthropomorphic mutant turtles. When she comes to, she finds that they had wiped her phone and advise her not to tell anyone of them before leaving. As they leave, she manages to hear Raphael and Leonardo's names. She returns to her apartment and remembers a project her father was working on in 1999; "Project Renaissance" involving four turtles named Leonardo, Donatello, Michaelangelo, Raphael, and a rat she called Splinter. Unable to convince Bernadette of the turtles' existence, April is dismissed. April has her coworker Vern Fenwick drive her out to Eric Sacks' estate where she confides in him about what she has discovered. Eric believes her and reveals that he hopes they can unlock the secrets of a mutagen they had been experimenting with to cure disease in the populace thought lost in the fire.

Punishing them for venturing to the surface, Splinter goads Mikey into revealing they met April, and he demands to have her meet them. When they bring her to their sewer lair, Splinter explains that April had saved them all from the fire and freed them into the sewers. The mutagen being experimented upon them caused the five of them to grow into more humanoid attributes, and Splinter took on the role of their father, using April's father as an example. After finding a book on Ninjitsu in a storm drain, he proceeded to teach himself, then the turtles in the fighting style. April reveals that she told Sacks, whom Splinter says betrayed her father and killed him, just then, the Foot attacks. They fight valiantly until Shredder arrives, who defeats Splinter as he is trying to keep his turtles from entering a fight with Shredder, knowing Shredder is a far superior warrior than the four mutants. A series of explosives bury Raph in rubble while the other turtles are captured. April comes out of hiding and she and Raph decide they need to save the others. Finally convincing Vern of the turtles' existence, he drives them to Sacks' estate and break in as the others are being drained of their blood in order to create an antidote to a deadly virus that Sacks hopes to flood New York with, in order to become rich from all the people seeking his cure. Raph is beaten down by Shredder while April and Vern free the others by injecting them with adrenaline. They escape the compound in pursuit of Sacks, but are followed by heavy machines and trucks. The group manages to survive the onslaught through teamwork, though Vern's van is destroyed.

In the city, Sacks and Shredder plant a device on a high radio tower to flood the city. April and Vern face Sacks in the lab, while the turtles fight Shredder on the roof. During the fight, the support for the tower collapses and the turtles try to hold it up and keep it from falling and infecting the city. April arrives and confronts Shredder with the mutagen, in the struggle, the tower collapses and the turtles pull April onto it with them as Shredder falls to the streets as the police converge on him. Believing they're about to be destroyed, the turtles confess their innermost secrets, Raph gives an impassioned speech of his love for his brothers before they land harmlessly on the street. They vanish before the humans find them and return to the sewers, where they give Splinter the mutagen and he begins to recover.

Sometime later, April meets with Vern who has a new loaner car from the news station, he tries and fails once again to ask April out on a date. The turtles appear in a special modified "Turtle Van" and Mikey accidentally blows up Vern's new car with a rocket. As the police respond to the explosion, the turtles leave, but not before Mikey tries to serenade April with "Happy Together".

Cast[]

• Megan Fox as April O'Neil
  • Malina Weissman as Young April O'Neil
• Will Arnett as Vern Fenwick
• William Fichtner as Eric Sacks
• Alan Ritchson as Raphael (motion-capture performer and voice)
• Noel Fisher as Michelangelo (motion-capture performer and voice)
• Pete Ploszek as Leonardo (motion-capture performer)
  • Johnny Knoxville as Leonardo (voice)
• Jeremy Howard as Donatello (motion-capture performer and voice)
• Danny Woodburn as Splinter (motion-capture performer)
  • Tony Shalhoub as Splinter (voice)
• Tohoru Masamune as Shredder
• Whoopi Goldberg as Bernadette Thompson
• Minae Noji as Karai
• Abby Elliott as Taylor
• Taran Killam as McNaughton
• K. Todd Freeman as Dr. Baxter Stockman
• Paul Fitzgerald as Dr. O'Neil
• Derek Mears as Dojo Ninja

Production[]

Development[]

In October 2009, following the news of Nickelodeon purchasing all of Mirage's rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles property, it was announced that Nickelodeon would produce a new film through corporate sibling Paramount Pictures with an expected release date sometime in 2012.^[10] In late May 2010, it was announced that Paramount and Nickelodeon had brought Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners Bradley Fuller and Andrew Form on to produce the next film that will reboot the film series. Bay, Fuller, and Form would produce alongside Walker and Mednick.^[11] For the script, the studio originally hired Matt Holloway and Art Marcum to write the film for close to a million dollars. According to TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman, the John Fusco version was a little too edgy for what Paramount wanted.^[12] A year later, the studio turned to writers Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec to rewrite the script.^[13][14] In February 2012, Jonathan Liebesman began negotiations to direct the film, beating out Brett Ratner.^[15] Later in March, it was announced that Paramount had pushed back film's release date to Christmas Day 2013.^[16] In early March 2012, Bay revealed at Nickelodeon's 2012 upfront presentation that the film will be simply titled Ninja Turtles and that the turtles would be "from an alien race".^[17][18] News of Bay's creative change was met with criticism from within the fan community.^[19]

In response to the announcement, actor Robbie Rist, who voiced Michelangelo in the first three films, wrote to Bay accusing him of "sodomizing" the franchise. Rist later remarked that he could have been out of line since Bay makes more money than he does.^[20] In response to the feedback, Bay issued a statement asking fans to calm down since a script had not been revealed, his team was working closely with the creators, and would include all the elements that made them fans to begin with.^[21] Both Brian Tochi, who voiced Leonardo in the first three films, and Judith Hoag, who played April O'Neil in the first film, have voiced their support towards the creative change.^[22] TMNT co-creator Peter Laird expressed his thoughts on the change asking fans to take Bay's advice and wait until more of Bay's plan is made available. Laird also stated that he felt the "ill-conceived plan" could be a "genius notion," as it would allow fans to have the multitude of bipedal anthropomorphic turtles that they have been asking for. He would point out that while the concept of a turtle-planet backstory made for a great run-of-the-mill science fiction story, it had no real place in the Ninja Turtles universe.^[23]

Franchise's co-creator Kevin Eastman stated that he had been invited behind the scenes of the film, and concluded that he was officially on board with the project and that, although he could not say much, he believes it to be "awesome".^[24] Via Twitter, Corey Feldman, who voiced Donatello in the first and third films, voiced his support for the film saying that he loves Bay's remakes and he is eager to reprise his role.^[25] In response to the backlash, Liebesman stated that he was glad to hear about the fans' response, since he and Eastman had been locked in a room working on ideas that, from his own perspective as a fan, everybody would love.^[26] While he would not confirm whether or not Bay's comment did represent the film's premise, he did stress on the ooze itself and its background in the original comic, reminding that the ooze was the product of alien technology. In regards to how the Turtles would be rendered, Liebesman would not say exactly what visual direction would be taken, but he did state that he enjoyed Weta Digital's work in Rise of the Planet of the Apes. He also pointed out that the film would not be exclusively about action but will also focus on brotherhood, friendship, and responsibility.^[27]

In late March 2012, Bay posted on his website explaining the title change and stressing that nothing had changed regarding the Turtles. He stated the reason the title was shortened was a request by Paramount to make the title "simple". He continued that the Turtles were the same as fans remember and regardless of the title change they still act like teenagers. He urged everyone to give everybody who was involved a chance, as they had the fans interest at top priority and would not let anybody down.^[28] On June 12, 2012, Eastman revealed some of the things for the film stating that April would not be 16 years old like in the 2012 cartoon series, he feels Ken Watanabe would make a great Shredder, he would like to bring Reyes back as a Foot lieutenant, and martial arts wise they are looking at Fist of Legend and The Raid: Redemption.^[29] Three days later, it was reported that production for this project had been shut down. While the release date had been pushed back five months, the work stoppage for the film was said to be "indefinite".^[30] However, other sources said that the film would be released on May 16, 2014 due to problems in that script that need to be corrected.^[31][32] In July 2012, Eastman called it "easily the best Turtle movie yet".^[33] Kevin Eastman stated that the movie is creating its own story but has to be true to the source material or else they will get "murdered".^[34]

In August 2012, an early version of the script, dated January 30, 2012, titled "The Blue Door" and written by Appelbaum and Nemec, was leaked online. It featured major changes to the origins: the Turtles hail from another dimension that consists of turtle warriors, Splinter is an alien from the same dimension as well, Shredder is "Colonel Schrader", a government agent who is secretly an alien who can grow blades from his body, "The Foot Clan" is just "The Foot", an elite Black Ops unit led by Col. Schrader, Casey Jones is an 18-year-old security guard/amateur ice hockey player that finds the Turtles and is the focus of the film, April is also 18 and is having relationship troubles with Casey because she is moving to New York due to an internship at CBS, Raphael is the comic relief instead of Michelangelo, and Michelangelo falls in love with a turtle woman from his home planet.^[35] A cease and desist order was sent by Paramount Pictures to a website that was hosting the script.^[36] Peter Laird read the script and commented on his blog that "all true TMNT fans should be grateful to the new 'powers that be' that they did not allow this wretched thing to go any further."^[37] In response to The Blue Door, Bay stated that the draft had been written before he and Platinum Dunes joined the project and was promptly rejected some time before.^[38] On January 12, 2013, Production Weekly revealed the film would start filming in April 2013 in New York.^[39][40] The following month, the studio pushed back the film's release date until June 6, 2014, and a new writer, Evan Daugherty, was brought on board.^[41] On August 15, 2013, Paramount postponed the release date to August 8, 2014 in order to avoid competition with family-friendly films released in June 2014 as well as one of Paramount and Michael Bay's other releases, Transformers: Age of Extinction.^[42]

Casting[]

In mid-February 2013, actress Megan Fox was reported to be cast as April O'Neil,^[43] marking her first collaboration with Bay since her remark comparing him to Adolf Hitler.^[44] Bay confirmed Fox is back in good terms with him as early as April 2011.^[44] Jessica Biel had expressed interest in playing the part.^[45] In regards to Fox's casting, Laird commented that he felt there were better choices to play April, but that he would prefer not to get too worked up over the issue.^[46]

A month later, it was reported that Alan Ritchson, Pete Ploszek, Jeremy Howard and Noel Fisher were cast as Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello and Michelangelo respectively.^[47][48] In early April, Will Arnett was cast in a role that was being kept secret until leaked photos revealed that he had been cast as April's cameraman and rival, Vern Fenwick.^[49][50] Soon after that, actor Danny Woodburn joined the cast as Splinter.^[51]

In early May, William Fichtner was cast in the film as a lead with iconic stature in the Turtles' mythology, marking his third collaboration with Bay following Armageddon and Pearl Harbor.^[52] That same month, former Saturday Night Live star Abby Elliott was cast in the film.^[53] Also, it was revealed that Whoopi Goldberg appeared on set, and that she is portraying Bernadette Thompson, a female version of Burne Thompson.^[54] On June 22, 2013, Fichtner revealed to the Huffington Post that he is playing a character named Eric Sacks.^[55][56] In October 2013, William Fichtner revealed that Bebop and Rocksteady would not be appearing in the film.^[57] In March 2014, it was revealed that Abby Elliott would be playing April O'Neil's roommate.^[58] In April 2014, Elliott revealed that her character will be named Taylor, and on April 3, actors Johnny Knoxville and Tony Shalhoub joined the film as the voices of Leonardo and Splinter respectively.^[59][60]

Filming[]

Principal photography commenced March 22, 2013 in Tupper Lake, New York.^[61] Shooting began in April in New York City and at Jones Beach State Park in Wantagh on Long Island, New York under the code words "four squared" (4SQ).^[62] On April 20, 2013, the film was renamed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.^[63] On April 29, 2013, Michael Bay retracted comments that the turtles would be aliens.^[64] Early set photos were made public showing the turtles' actors in black and grey motion capture suits, complete with life-sized turtle shells, with each actor wearing arm bands and accents of their corresponding turtle's signature color.^[65] Brazilian cinematographer Lula Carvalho, who was invited to work in the film during production of the 2014 remake of RoboCop, described the process as "demanding much imagination and participation of the visual effects supervisor", given that despite their presence on the set the actors would effectively be replaced by computer-generated creatures.^[66] Production for the film wrapped on August 6, 2013.^[67] Additional filming occurred in January and April 2014.^[68][69][70]

Visual effects[]

The visual effects of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were handled by Industrial Light & Magic, who had previously worked with Michael Bay before, doing the special effects for the Transformers film series. To make sure the digital turtles had more nuanced facial expressions, the technicians employed a new motion capture system that captured the actors' faces with two high-definition cameras, which captured roughly 1 terabyte of data per day.^[71] Along with a more realistic design, the effects artists wanted the Ninja Turtles to be "charming, intimidating and individually recognizable".^[72] Thus each had a distinctive body figure resembling their personalities and physicality. According to effects supervisor Pablo Helman, “Donatello is more like a Basketball player, Raph is more like a football player and Mikey is a very short Messi and plays soccer.”^[73]

Release[]

The release date was moved around several times until it was set for August 8, 2014.^[4] The film premiered on July 29, 2014 in Mexico City.^[74][75][76] Premiere events also occurred in Los Angeles and New York City.^[77][78] On September 12, 2014, the film was released in IMAX 3D for a one week limited engagement.^[79]

Marketing[]

A teaser trailer for the film was shown at Cinema Con on March 24, 2014^[80] before its public release on March 27.^[81] The trailer reached over 31.4 million views on YouTube in its first week.^[82] On April 13, 2014, the first TV spot for the movie was released.^[83] A second version of the teaser trailer was released on April 30, 2014.^[84] Footage of the film was shown at CineEurope with an introduction from Megan Fox.^[85] On June 18, 2014, Playmates Toys announced they have a new product line of toys based entirely on the film, including action figures, vehicles and role play gear.^[86] Nickelodeon Consumer Products also announced a complete merchandise lineup of movie-based products that will be available in all major retailers from July 2014 through the holiday season.^[87] On June 23, 2014, Paramount gave fans the opportunity to see new posters and a new trailer by voting for their favorite turtle on Twitter.^[88] The following day, Paramount released a new trailer which includes the single "Reptile's Theme Song" by Skrillex.^[89][90] A second TV spot for the film was released on July 3, 2014.^[91] On July 7, 2014, Pizza Hut announced a new advertising campaign for the film, which included the return of the chain’s Cheesy Bites Pizza, social media contests themed around the film, and a television advertisement featuring the new movie incarnations of the characters.^[92] On July 10, 2014, four motion posters of the turtles were released and new TV spot debuted that day as well.^[93][94] Another new TV spot was released on July 15, 2014.^[95] An extended behind-the-scenes featurette was shown after the 2014 Kids' Choice Sports Awards.^[96] On July 21, 2014, a single titled "Shell Shocked" by Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, and Ty Dolla $ign featuring Kill the Noise and Madsonik was released, as it is part of the movie's soundtrack.^[97] An extended TV spot debuted the following day.^[98] Paramount promoted the film on July 24, 2014 at San Diego Comic-Con International.^[99][100] Five new TV spots were released that day as well.^[101] The music video for the song, "Shell Shocked" debuted on July 28, 2014.^[102] On August 1, 2014, Paramount debuted eleven new TV spots for the film.^[103] On August 4, 2014, Pentatonix released a new song titled "We Are Ninjas" and a music video as part of the promotion for the film.^[104][105]

In Australia, a poster was released which featured the four turtles jumping from an exploding skyscraper as promotion for its September 11 release.^[106] The poster offended many people since the World Trade Center was destroyed back in 2001 during the September 11 attacks.^[106] Paramount apologized and removed the poster.^[107]

Box office[]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles grossed $191.2 million in North America and $293.8 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $485 million, against a budget of $125 million.^[3]

On its opening day, the film grossed $25.6 million, including $4.6 million from Thursday night showings.^[108][109] In its first weekend, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles opened in first place with $65.6 million,^[110] which exceeded Paramount and box office analysts's predictions of a $40 to $45 million opening,^[111] and achieved the fourth highest weekend debut for the month of August.^[110] The movie remained at the number one spot in its second weekend by grossing $28.5 million (down 56.5%),^[112] but slipped to number two for its third weekend (grossing $16.7 million, down 41.4%), as Guardians of the Galaxy reclaimed the top spot.^[113]

The film led the foreign box office during the weekend lasting from October 31 through November 2, 2014, by grossing $34.7 million ($26.5 million coming from China).^[114]

Critical reception[]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles received generally negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 21% based on 132 reviews, with a rating average of 4.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Neither entertaining enough to recommend nor remarkably awful, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles may bear the distinction of being the dullest movie ever made about talking bipedal reptiles."^[115] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 31 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".^[6] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a B grade on a scale of A to F.^[116]

Kyle Smith of the New York Post gave the film one out of four stars, saying "The comedy-action mash-up is as weird as if the Dark Knight took a break from belting the Joker to plug Pizza Hut and bang out a hiphop beat on his nunchucks."^[117] Sandie Angulo Chen of the Washington Post gave the film two out of four stars, saying "While this reboot is fun, it's also forgettable and occasionally infuriating."^[118] Joe Neumaier of the New York Daily News gave the film zero stars, saying "Even youngsters may wonder why any hint of charm or fun has scurried away. Those new to the franchise may withdraw their head into their neck, turtle-like."^[119] Rafer Guzman of Newsday gave the film two out of four stars, saying "Rougher and slightly funnier than the 1990 original, but still harmless junk at best."^[120] Peter Howell of the Toronto Star gave the film one and half stars out of four, saying "Not much of an effort is made to differentiate the personalities of the turtles, who all frankly look as grotesque as a Terry Gilliam cartoon."^[121] Nicolas Rapold of The New York Times said "Attached to this movie, the title no longer sounds zany; it looks like a series of keywords."^[122] Mark Olsen of the Los Angeles Times said "There is something half-hearted about the entire film, as if those behind it were involved not because they wanted to make it, not because they should make it, but just because they could."^[123] Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C+, saying "Too-brief thrills only shine a harsher light on the film's laborious pacing and cringeworthy one-liners spilling from the maws of the ninja teens."^[124]

Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review, saying "Liebesman relies on his genre-film resume to keep events moving at a brisk clip and the motion-capture process employed to facilitate live-action integration with cutting-edge VFX looks superior onscreen."^[125] Justin Chang of Variety said the film is "Neither a particularly good movie nor the pop-cultural travesty that some were dreading."^[126] A.A. Dowd of The A.V. Club gave the film a C+, saying "What the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles lacks is not fidelity, but a spirit of genuine boyish fun -- the sense that anyone involved saw more than a very specific shade of green in the freshly digital scales of these 30-year-old characters."^[127] Soren Anderson of The Seattle Times gave the film one out of four stars, saying "If ever there was a movie that should not have been made, this is that movie."^[128] Drew Hunt of Chicago Reader said "The light, comedic tone is weighed down by unimaginative pop-culture references and half-witted one-liners."^[129] Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Republic gave the film two out of five stars, saying "It's just kind of a mess, as unfocused and immature as the four mutant turtles at its core. Stuff happens, stuff blows up and this is probably a good time to mention that Michael Bay produced the film."^[130] Alonso Duralde of The Wrap gave the film a negative review, saying "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a movie that takes its characters and its premise seriously, until it doesn't, and that operates at two speeds: tortoise (ponderous) and hare (head-spinning)."^[131]

Nancy Churnin of The Dallas Morning News gave the film a B, writing "The turtles (engagingly voiced by Alan Ritchson, Noel Fisher, Johnny Knoxville and Jeremy Howard) look terrific" and "The best part is that the film has heart".^[132] Adam Graham of The Detroit News gave the film a B-, saying "There's enough turtle power to please kids and fans of the original series."^[133] Steven Rea of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film two out of four stars, saying "The kind of cliched, misfit crimefighters-versus-demented villains scenario that Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird happily parodied when they came up with the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic books way back in the 1980s."^[134] Tom Russo of The Boston Globe gave the film one and a half stars out of five, saying "The repartee, as ever, is weak. Even with all the extra layers of digital detail, it's still tough to keep these four straight."^[135] Cliff Lee of The Globe and Mail gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying "For having gone to the trouble of making a self-descriptive movie called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, its producers seem ultimately unsure about its most basic concept."^[136] James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles doesn't so much provide brainless enjoyment as it pummels the viewer into submission. "Shell-shocked" is a reasonable description of the experience."^[137] Chris Cabin of Slant Magazine gave the film one out of four stars, saying Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles only leaves one with the dim afterglow of forced normalcy, of a film so overworked to ensure mass-market appeal that it loses the charming oddness and loose goofiness that has allowed these characters, and their "frothy" appeal, to endure."^[138]

Accolades[]

Home media[]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was released on Digital HD on November 25, 2014 and was released on DVD and 2D and 3D Blu-ray on December 16, 2014.^[139][140] The film topped the home video sales charts in its first week and achieved the highest ratio of disc sales to theatrical tickets sales its first week in stores.^[141] It retained the top spot on the home video sales chart in its second weekend.^[142]

Soundtrack[]

The film's score was composed by Brian Tyler. The soundtrack was released by Atlantic Records on August 5, 2014.^[143]

All music composed by Brian Tyler.

Video games[]

Magic Pockets released a Nintendo 3DS game based on the film on August 8, 2014 to coincide with the movie.^[144] A mobile game, also based on the film, was released on July 24, 2014.^[145]

Sequels[]

Fichtner revealed in an interview that he has signed on for three TMNT films.^[146] Noel Fisher also revealed in an interview that all four of the turtle actors have signed on for three films as well.^[147]

Liebesman and Fuller have confirmed that Casey Jones as well as Bebop and Rocksteady will appear in the sequels.^{[148][149][150]} There are also plans for Krang and Dimension X in the sequels as well.^[151] On August 10, 2014, Paramount announced that a sequel will be released on June 3, 2016, with Michael Bay returning as producer and Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec coming back as screenwriters and executive produers.^[8][9] Fox and Arnett are expected to return in the sequel along with the character Shredder.^[150]

In December 2014, it was revealed that David Green, director of Earth to Echo, is in talks to direct the sequel.^[152][153] In January 2015, Fuller and Form told that the sequel will start filming in New York in April 2015.^[154]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

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