After much internal struggle, I have decided to come clean with all of our loyal Nerd Readers. We here at Nerd Bastards are secretly aligned with Michael Bay and have dedicated our souls to helping him destroy both your mind and childhood via spreading the disease that is the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. In what we and Bay refer to as “Stage 4”, we’re circulating some more TMNT set pics. This time around, you can see the actors who play the titular turtles all gussied up in their motion-capture suits, along with what appear to be a few of Shredder’s Foot Soldiers. Check it all out below.
And now, you will forget everything I have said while still retaining those images in your mind. Continue your life as normal and don’t forget to buy tickets to Michael Bay’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles when it arrives on June 6th, 2014.
A yellow jacket, that is. And the lack of April O’Neil in yellow wasn’t the biggest complaint we heard yesterday when we saw the first images of Megan Fox filming for The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. That honor goes to the fact it’s Megan Fox AS April O’Neil, followed by her not being a red head/them choosing not to make her a red head.
What will we find to complain about today? Somehow, I feel confidant just the fact it’s Megan Fox will get most of the ire, but maybe some of you are disappointed they’re going with a jacket over the whole yellow jumpsuit.
Personally, my feelings about Fox being cast as O’Neil aside, the jacket’s a good choice. It’s exactly the kind of nod to her most iconic outfit fans appreciate without having to see a movie where the starring actress is wearing, basically, a hazmat suit.
The film’s logo has also been revealed via a snapshot of one of the one set chairs, and it confirms the title will indeed be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Emphasis on the turtles.
What do you think of the logo? Kind of a generic, reptilian look, isn’t it?
No, no yellow jumpsuit, but here’s hoping we’ll see her don April O’Neil’s iconic outfit at some point in the film. From these pictures, courtesy of Screen Crush, there’s not really a whole lot we can learn. It’s Megan Fox, so check one for pretty girl, and she’s dressed for an exercise segment she’s filming for Channel 6 news.
Any thoughts? Other than how much you like Fox in her tight fitting exercise outfit?
Michael Bay and Jonathan Liebesman’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is set to open June 6, 2014.
Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.
ABOVE: Fem Gambit by cosplayer Nadyasonika. Mon Ami, what a fantastic cross-gender cosplay! [ObviousWinner]
Because you’re all out there eagerly awaiting any and all news regarding the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Transformers 4 flicks, we here at the Nerd Bastards have tuned our mental powers into the network. Today, we bring you a few more quotes from the mouth of childhood-wrecker Michael Bay. He speaks a little bit on some changes and un-changes with the upcoming films.
Concerning the mutant-ness of the turtles in the TMNT reboot:
There was that quote saying that we’re making [the Ninja Turtles as] aliens. We’re not. It’s the ooze! It’s from the original source material. These are from the original writers, and I never went out to correct myself in the press. I do listen to the fans and I do want this to be authentic. I think they’re going to be really happy with this movie. When I see the digital stuff, the turtles look great.
Well, at least that’s a relief. But you still have Megan Fox playing April, you turd, and that may be a sin that is unforgivable.
And he had this to say about how he wasn’t satisfied by the way our beloved Transformers looked and so decided to play God:
You know there are a couple of historians of Transformers. I would do my designs of the robots and they’re like, ‘What if you just add a little bit more ears to Optimus?’ But they’re really hands off. We’ve redesigned them in ‘Transformers 4,’ and there’s some really cool s-t in it. I’m literally redesigning every character, top to bottom. There’s a reason why they’re redesigned, but it’s also to keep it new and fresh to me. I think the fans will appreciate some of this new stuff we have in the movie and some of the new characters.
Well, plus 3 points to your geek-karma for the turtles and minus 20 for pimping the robots. Still not good enough, Bay!
If you really must see them, look for TMNT to release on June 6th, 2014 and Transformers 4 shortly after that on June 27th.
Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.
Above: This shot has been making the rounds all week, but I think there’s not better way to kick off your weekend than to bask in the glow of knowing these feet will be running together in the Doctor Who‘s 50th Anniversary. [@BBCDoctorWho]
04-19-13 • Comics, FilmPosted by Adam A. Donaldson
It’s only been a bee in our bonnet for, like, ever, but apparently, someone working on the new film version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtleshas seen the light.
News out of CinemaCon in Las Vegas this week seems to indicate that the powers that be at the studio Paramount, or Michael Bay, or director Jonathan Liebesman have learned their lesson. Paramount debuted a new logo for the movie formally known as Ninja Turtles, and it read, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”
Hallelujah. The lack of “Teenage” and “Mutant” in the title reinforced both the rumor, and the information culled from the allegedly leaked script of the project, that the Turtles were going to be alien in the flick, and not teenage mutant Earth turtles who learned the martial arts skills from a mutant rat. There’s been a lot of discussion about how awesome/terrible this was going to be depending on the point of view of who is being talked to, but the scale definitely tipped on the side of terrible.
So is this a surprising development? Well, a cast member of the new film said last week that fans shouldn’t believe everything they’ve read on internet, but has that turned out to be the case here? Or maybe the producers heard the screaming and yelling, and decided to clear the table.
What do you think, Bastards? Excited about the film now, or are you still dubious?
04-15-13 • Comics, Film, TVPosted by James Daniels
As TMNT fans the world over enjoy the unique warm feeling that comes from slowly-building nerd rage, the Film That Should Not Be has cast yet another role:
That’s Danny Woodburn, known to mundanes for recurring roles on Seinfeld and Bones, and to nerddom for an excellent cameo as diminutive crime boss and Rorschach nemesis Big Figure in Zack Snyder’s Watchmen (he was also in one of my favorite movies of all time: Death To Smoochy). Woodburn will be portraying Master Splinter, according to The Hollywood Reporter, shattering my hopes that they’d make the Turtles’ rodent mentor tall and badass like in the new Nickelodeon series. In any case, he’s too good for this crap sandwich – kinda like how John Turturro was too good for the Transformers films.
In other Bayturtles news, Alan Ritchson, the reboot’s new Raphael, had some words for (again) THR regarding the experience of making this….well, “contentious” film:
“We are shooting. It’s been an interesting process, this live-action-motion-capture thing. There’s just a lot of technology involved so there’s some kinks to work out. So we’ve had some trial runs, we’ve started shooting some. We’re also in this phase right now that is sort of developmental….We’re learning a lot of the fight choreography. We’ve got these unbelievable stunt trainers that work us every day to the bone. It’s been a great process. We’ll pick back up with principal photography soon.”
And there’s more: Apparently he’s distressed by the reputation his movie has already earned itself on the internet…y’know, due to articles like this one:
“The frustrating thing for me since I’ve signed on is that you hear that it’s already got a reputation, this movie that hasn’t come out yet. I think people assume they know what it’s going to be about, and those people are wrong. The assumptions, everything you read online is wrong and it’s frustrating because you want to tell everybody how great it is, and you can’t really say why, but it is. It’s so much better than people think and it’s going to look way better than anybody can imagine. I can’t wait for people to see this. I think it’s going to live up to and exceed everybody’s boyhood dreams of being a Ninja Turtle. I grew up with it too and I want to see it come to life in the best way possible.”
In other words: Everything I’m telling you, and every other writer on pretty much every website like this has been telling you, is wrong….and I’ve wasted both your time and my own by writing this.
Huh.
Here’s Ritchson’s full interview with THR, in case you have a yen to see and hear him explain why I don’t know what I’m talking about.
04-02-13 • Comics, Film, TVPosted by Jason McAnelly
Michael Bay’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot – you either hate it or… you just don’t like it very much. But it is still coming, whether you want it to or not. Now, more news on the faces that will be involved in the flick, another casting addition in the form of Arrested Development’sWill Arnett.
There’s no word thus far on what role he’ll be playing, other than he will definitely not be Casey Jones. And while that’s a relief, the idea that he’d be jumping in the shoes of either Shredder or voicing the revered Splinter is just as nightmarish. Since casting has been vague thus far, it’s also a possibility that he might end up doing voice work for one of the turtles, which seems to fit a little better at least.
So there you have it, one more chapter in this tale of woe. Love Arnett or hate him, I don’t reckon he’ll be enough to keep this film from being anything more than your typical Bay-produced stomachache.
Check out Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (or don’t) when it hits theaters June 6th of next year.
The horror that is Micheal Bay‘s reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles continues to haunt the nightmare’s of TMNT fans everywhere, but the latest news out of the production is actually pretty good news. Alan Ritchson (The Hunger Games, Smalleville as Aquaman), has been cast as Raphael, the red bandana mask wearing, sai welding ninja turtle.
At least Ritchson won’t have to wear some bulky rubber suit, he’ll be doing performance motion capture and voice overs, much like the Hulk or Planet of the Apes characters. One can only hope that if Warner Brothers ever gets their act together on a Justice League movie, that Ritchson will still be available to play theKing of the Sea.
This casting has been the only ray of hope for this NerdBastard. The reboot is being directed by Jonathan Liebesman. I’ve got mixed feelings about his past work, I did like Battle Los Angeles, but the same guy brought us Darkness Falls, the story of:
A vengeful spirit has taken the form of the Tooth Fairy to exact vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years earlier. Her only opposition is the only child, now grown up, who has survived her before.
Yeah, the tooth fairy gone bad. I’d rather watch the Rock’s Tooth Fairy, both versions are horrible horror stories.
What other actors do you think should fill out the cast? We’ve already talked about Megan Fox‘s casting as April. Who might play the other turtles and their Sensi Splinter? There is still the villains to cast as well, Shredder, Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady.
TMNT is scheduled to hit theaters on June 6th, 2014.
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