The April O'Neil Thread

[Road Warrior]

Discuss the character and who you think should play the role.

[eddy]

I think Amy Acker would make a good April.

http://www.popcultureshock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/AA03.jpg http://images.wikia.com/tmnt/images/e/e1/April.jpg

[terry78]

I'd like to see what MEW could do with red hair. Only because she'd bring some credence to it.

In essence, April should be attractive and cute, but not like supermodel hot. Unless there are some actresses that can pull that off.

[Road Warrior]

Is April gonna be a reporter or lab assistant? Depending on which interpretation they go for, we'd have a better idea of the casting. But regardless, it's a Michael Bay production. April WILL be played by a supermodel type.

[Blue Sugar]

As long as it's no great looking but generic actress I'm satisfied. Rather take a generic looking but great actress.

Personally I am a huge fan of Judith Hoag in the first live-action film. She isn't model hot but she did damn great as April.

[terry78]

Googling her only opens up a plethora of images of her in that yellow jumpsuit with the zipper down to her navel.

[Carnage27]

Deborah Ann Woll if they go the reporter route.

Jane Levy if they go scientist/intern.

[GREEN =w= DAY]

Cobie Smulders

[Octoberist]

http://i.imgur.com/Arqj9.jpg

[Mindreaper21]

Like I said before, Mary Elizabeth Winstead

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad55/joonleefever2027_bucket/mary-elizabeth-winstead-maxim-linge.jpg

...as a brunette though.

[<(o_o)>]

As long as it's no great looking but generic actress I'm satisfied. Rather take a generic looking but great actress.

Personally I am a huge fan of Judith Hoag in the first live-action film. She isn't model hot but she did damn great as April.

I had a big crush on Judith Hoag as April Oneil back in the day.:hrt: Wish she had of returned for the other movies. Paige Turco was much more attractive & wasn't a bad April but they didn't didn't give her the red hair.:(

[Octoberist]

It's funny how as a kid, I thought that Paige Turco was cuter.

But then I saw all of the films again recently, without a shadow of a doubt, Judith Hoag was more attractive (Paige was cute too). But Judith had the cuter face, but I guess as a kid it was her frizzly hair I didn't like. But it was the 80's.

With Paige, she had less to do, while Judith's April was a great 'mediator' between the audience and the Turtles.

[RKO]

Pic

That looks like Gemma Arterton.

[jaymes_e06]

I remember missing Judith so much when they replaced her. She's a cougar that I could tame now. :o

[craigdbfan]

http://i.imgur.com/Arqj9.jpgThis guys does some great work.

[Eddie Dean]

Kate Mara

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/9872/99151923.png

[<(o_o)>]

Kate Mara

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/9872/99151923.png

I like her much better as an actress & think she is much more hotter than her overrated sister Rooney Mara.

[ShredderX]

MEW for the WIN !!!!!

[BruceWanner]

Ellie Kemper

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5711/kemperblog.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/100/kemperblog.jpg/)

[Octoberist]

I love Ellie. I'm so happy for her success because i remember she was on youtube on the time doing comedy skits.

[Call Me Darkman]

Michael Bay won't cast any of these actress. Start thinking of Brooklyn Decker or Kate Upton.

[Sky Captain]

I like Anna Kendrick, though I don't think she'd be a traditional April. Which could turn out to be a good thing.

[louiebling$]

I like Anna Kendrick, though I don't think she'd be a traditional April. Which could turn out to be a good thing.

Was just gonna suggest her myself...great choice :up:

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff506/foforks/Anna%20Kendrick/Anna-_436x600_FFK.jpg

[Octoberist]

I love her too. She has the spunk.

[The /]

Wow, I would have never thought of Anna Kendrick. Very nice suggestion. I think she could go a great job. I actually like all of the suggestions made in this thread so far, but I think what's it really going to come down to is what interpretation of April the filmmakers go with for the film. Depending on which route they go, April may be older or she may be younger.

I like Mary Elizabeth Winstead and I think she'd do great, but she gets suggested for everything when it comes to comic book films these days.

[Ipodman]

Probably gonna be some random Victoria Secret model...

[Eddie Dean]

Anna Kendrick would be great.

[Project862006]

3 choices i think would be just fine for April

Anna Kendrick
Bryce Dallas Howard
Mary Elizabeth Winstead

[That person]

Michael Bay won't cast any of these actress. Start thinking of Brooklyn Decker or Kate Upton.

Michael Bay probably won't be in charge of casting. Haven't seen any of Liebesman's stuff, so I don't know how he tends to cast. I can still hope for MEW or someone better though.

[terry78]

He did stick Rosamund Pike in Wrath. She's not too sucky.

[GREEN =w= DAY]

Ellie Kemper

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5711/kemperblog.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/100/kemperblog.jpg/)

she comes off as too dorky for the role of April

[louiebling$]

Michael Bay probably won't be in charge of casting. Haven't seen any of Liebesman's stuff, so I don't know how he tends to cast. I can still hope for MEW or someone better though.
Well exec producers do have a say in their films......Shia mainly got the gig in TF because Spielberg has a hard on for him

[Call Me Darkman]

Just look at Bay's producer films for reference point. We got Jessica Biel in the remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, for example.

[jaymes_e06]

Yeah we will only probably get an actress if we're extremely lucky but in most likely we'll get some model that they give a line or two.

[batlovescatDC]

Kate Mara would be a great April. Dianna Agron, from the Michael Bay produced I Am Number Four, would also be a really good choice.

http://amominredhighheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/goldenglobes_diannaagron001.jpg

[obin_gam]

Just look at Bay's producer films for reference point. We got Jessica Biel in the remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, for example.
I thought Biel was great in TCM (which is a great movie aswell) so to me, what you're saying is that he casts perfectyl when he's producing :)

[Rodrigo90]

JENNlFER LAWRENCE!!!!

[Donut]

JENNlFER LAWRENCE!!!!

Is that the cool thing to do now ? To want Jennifer Lawrence for every female role ? & quite possibly if a character is non human. Then get Jennifer Lawrence ? Even as The Alien Turtles themselves ?

[terry78]

^He could have said Michael Fassbender.

[Rodrigo90]

Is that the cool thing to do now ? To want Jennifer Lawrence for every female role ? & quite possibly if a character is non human. Then get Jennifer Lawrence ? Even as The Alien Turtles themselves ?

Yup. I'm following the trend of suggesting her for every role possible :hehe:

[DarkSovereignty]

in that case john hamm. yeah, I went there.

[Rockstar]

Jensen Ackles for April.

Jim Caviezel for April.

[jaymes_e06]

Eff everyone else. I sent Bay a video of me washing a car in nothing but a g-string so pretty confident any day I'll be getting that call... :awesome:

[DarkSovereignty]

if you look anything like your avatar you most likely will.

[jonathancrane]

Eff everyone else. I sent Bay a video of me washing a car in nothing but a g-string so pretty confident any day I'll be getting that call... :awesome:
Edit:
Good luck: he is quite contradictory. He walked out of the premiere of one of the films he produced - Friday the 13th - because he was offended by the amount of sexual content....which really does not make any sense, considering he produced it, and should have had an idea of what a Friday the 13th film normally contains...he likes to exist in the fringe between conservatism and eroticism. He's content to objectify women with the closeups and scant/tight clothing, but when it shows a woman in a position of pleasure onscreen, he wants to erase any association with the film.

He has some serious psychological baggage.

[BruceWanner]

How about Christina Hendricks?

[GREEN =w= DAY]

How about Christina Hendricks?

:wow::wow::wow:

i'd love that! she is my ideal woman - red head, beautiful face, and a banging curvaceous body

[That person]

Yeah, that'd be amazing in multiple ways.

[DarkSovereignty]

especially with bay's panache for making any frame with a woman in it as sexually charged as possible. I know he's not directing but i can dream can't I?

[louiebling$]

After Seeing Cabin In The Woods
Kristen Connelly is Too Perfect for April

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e153/thizzkid707/71543-29873.jpg

[Brian2887]

I really, really dig the idea of Anna Kendrick.

http://www4.images.coolspotters.com/wallpapers/33292/anna-kendrick-mobile-wallpaper.jpg

[Cassandra Cain]

Probably gonna be some random Victoria Secret model...

God, I hate you Bay.

[venom892]

While April should be good looking, I don't feel she should have a super model look. I hope she isn't a reporter but instead a scientific assistant as more recent incarnations. She could even provide Donny with equipment every now and then. She should have a girl next door look. Anna Kendrick is actually a good fit.

[jaymes_e06]

If she weren't already taken I'd suggest Emma Stone but that ship has sailed since she's Gwyen Stacey.

[venom892]

Well I mean Chris Evans has been both Cap and Human Torch. Ryan Reynolds has been plenty of comic characters. Harrison was two iconic characters. If she was up for it, Emma could be April as well.

[Blue Sugar]

Emma Stone would be awesome.

[Rodrigo90]

Lindsay Lohan...

[MarvelKnight]

Might be an odd choice, but Milla Jovovich would be solid in my eyes.

[Cassandra Cain]

I hope she isn't a reporter but instead a scientific assistant as more recent incarnations. She could even provide Donny with equipment every now and then.

I'm kind of hoping that myself. We've had plenty of adaptions of her as a reporter (the cartoon series and the film franchise)...I'd rather this time they actually stay true to the source and portray her as the lab assistant that she was in the original comic book. It be nice to see something different for a change (although I did dig the fighter angle given to her in TMNT-- nobody really likes a damsel in distress anyway :yay:).

[OP84CC82]

Jen Lawrence.

[Rodrigo90]

Alice Eve!

[Blackman]

Even though I think she's suggested too much when it comes to roles I think Mary Elizabeth Winstead would be a good choice for April

[scifiwolf]

I'm all for Anna Kendrick. She brings a style of acting to her characters that I see as very April.

[Blackman]

I think Anna Kendrick looks too young. She looks like she could still be in high school

[scifiwolf]

I don't think so. She played mid-late twenties (she turns 27 in two months) very well in Up in the Air. I think she's perfectly capable of portraying an intelligent scientist or news reporter.

[Blackman]

I don't think so. She played mid-late twenties (she turns 27 in two months) very well in Up in the Air. I think she's perfectly capable of portraying an intelligent scientist or news reporter.

Im not doubting she's a good actress. I've liked her in a lot of the things I've seen her in, but imo she still looks too young to portray April.

[whetteon]

I really, really dig the idea of Anna Kendrick.

http://www4.images.coolspotters.com/wallpapers/33292/anna-kendrick-mobile-wallpaper.jpg

:woot::hrt:

[DarknessOfDeath]

Well...the more I think about it even though it probably won't happen and I don't think she'd be that type of an actress in terms of working for Bay (though maybe - I dunno), Cobie Smulders could pull off the journalist aspect since she has played one on How I Met Your Mother. Plus I think she can pull off the red hair... but now that she's Maria Hill in the Marvel films so far...its unlikely so I guess she's better off just known as Robin Scherbatsky and Maria Hill.

[DarknessOfDeath]

After Seeing Cabin In The Woods
Kristen Connelly is Too Perfect for April

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e153/thizzkid707/71543-29873.jpg

Well played...I like. :o

Probably gonna be some random Victoria Secret model...

You and me both ;)

[DarknessOfDeath]

Cobie Smulders

Last post but man!! Minds think alike. And you have taste in really hawt smoking Canadian women.

Now that I think about it, Cobie or Malin Ackerman would be fine but eh, I don't think I can see them working for Bay but in a way, Bay is just...Bay. Not saying he's bad or anything but the stuff he says and degrades others is just plain wrong and stupid and I hate to see that happen to Cobie and Malin cause they are both ...wait for it...awesome!

Btw, I still think that Kristen Connelly could work too. No idea who she is and yes I've seen her in Cabin in the woods. Was she the one that survived at the end?

[DarknessOfDeath]

Actually, I lied...what about Alyson Hannigan? She's got the red hair already...uh..she's incredibly funny as hell and she's hawt and...I think she'd be good. Or..she can be a female turtle...haha..and maybe not. You know...she kinda reminds me of a beautiful female turtle...its most definitely the eyes. Yup...her eyes. So that could work...but nah, I think she'd be better off with playing April... who knows really, the woman can do anything.

[thorstone]

http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/amanda-peet-spirit-hollywood-premiere-PIpTLb.jpg

I see Amanda Peet in my mind.

[dutchmarvel]

Natalie Imbruglia

http://loft965.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/natalie-imbruglia.jpg
2010

Another bigger picture.. from this year.. (2012)
http://downloads.xdesktopwallpapers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Natalie%20Imbruglia%20Blue%20Eyes%20And%20Wet%20Li ps%20Face%20Closeup.jpg


Then the movie also have singer for a suporting song for the movie.

[Darth Rockwell]

Cobie Smulders

I have to agree with this. I think she would make a great Reporter April.

[Frodo]

http://i.imgur.com/Arqj9.jpg

This is great. It's what April would have looked like in 1985-88. It almost looks like a still from a film or something.

[Chrisbarnes182]

That looks like Gemma Arterton.

Cobie Smulders

Either of these 2

[B.A. Baracus]

Cobie Smulders all the way, shes practically April in How i met your mother anyway.

[Chrisbarnes182]

Cobie Smulders all the way, shes practically April in How i met your mother anyway.

Very true.

[Superman Prime]

I really, really dig the idea of Anna Kendrick.

http://www4.images.coolspotters.com/wallpapers/33292/anna-kendrick-mobile-wallpaper.jpg

*Nods*

[Human Torch]

For some reason I think kaley cuoco would be a natural as April.

[Midnight Black]

Emma Stone
Kaley Cuoco
Kristen Connelly from Cabin in the Woods

In no particular order all get my vote.

Anna's not bad, but I don't get a sexy vibe from her at all. I would like April to be a smart, sassy, somewhat awkward girl, but also possess some form of sexiness.

[ShredderX]

My vote goes to Bryce Dallas Howard, or either Lacy Chabert

[Cassandra Cain]

As long as April isn't a teenager going off to a popular newstation internship and doesn't play a prominent character at all, I don't care who plays her. :yay:

[wampa1]

http://i.imgur.com/Arqj9.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img856/5351/tumblrmbe17nbw9h1qeksb7.png

[ShredderX]

6847

[ShredderX]

^^^^Click on image above for larger pic.

[TheAQU4M4N]

So far it's Anna Kendrick or kayley cuoco for me.

[Midnight Black]

Emma Stone
Kaley Cuoco
Kristen Connolly from Cabin in the Woods
Bryce Dallas Howard
Mary Elizabeth Winstead

I need a woman who is funny, sassy, and sexy...or can at least pull off sexy to some degree. Anna Kendrick is not sexy lol.

[ShredderX]

I would go with Kaley over Anna. She seems more like the " April " type.

[ShredderX]

Emma Stone
Kaley Cuoco
Kristen Connelly from Cabin in the Woods
Bryce Dallas Howard
Mary Elizabeth Winstead

I need a woman who is funny, sassy, and sexy...or can at least pull off sexy to some degree. Anna Kendrick is not sexy lol.

I agree, Anna Kendrick is not sexy at all. I forgot about Mary Elizabeth Winstead. She would make a good April too. Not really feeling Emma Stone. So I say

Kaley Cuoco
Bryce Dallas Howard
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Lacey Chabert

[Blackman]

i really like the idea of Kristen Connelly as April

[Midnight Black]

I forgot lacey. I would take Lacy, but I'm not sure how she would look as a redhead or auburn lol. What about Amanda Seyfried or rachel McAdams?

[ShredderX]

Amanda, no. Rachel seems too fiesty to be April. She's more of a Lois Lane type.

[Midnight Black]

But wasn't April always fiesty? I agree I would have loved to see Rachel as Lois in the new superman. I like Amy Adams, but I just don't see her as Lois yet, I'm sure I will be wrong. However, I think Rachel McAdams would have made a great Lois too.

[ShredderX]

April was fiesty to a point, but mostly nosey and a nuisance. No way near Lois Lane's level. Not really sure if Amy Adams can pull off Lois like I think Mcadams could if she were given the chance. I do agree with you on Cuoco. Everytime I watch her deal with the for nerds on " Big Bang ", I think about how she would deal with being around the turtles.

[Midnight Black]

April was fiesty to a point, but mostly nosey and a nuisance. No way near Lois Lane's level. Not really sure if Amy Adams can pull off Lois like I think Mcadams could if she were given the chance. I do agree with you on Cuoco. Everytime I watch her deal with the for nerds on " Big Bang ", I think about how she would deal with being around the turtles.


Hahaha...that's where I was drawing my inspiration for Cuoco as being April. I love the Big Bang and her interaction with them, just seems like it would translate well to a Turtles movie. Plus, since she is pretty and sexy without being overly sexual (big boobs, curvy, stereotypical blonde pretty) it would smooth over the "hot girl" factor for families and moms if given a PG-13 rating when bringing their kids. Think in contrast to Meagan Fox in Transformers.

I agree April is more of a nosey and a nuisance than Lois, so she doesn't have to be as feisty and tomboyish, especially with 4 adolescent new york turtle males.

[Project862006]

seems Elizabeth Olsen was approached for what i assume was for April
http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/12/01/52/2628282/9/628x471.jpg
Olsen had been on the lookout for a franchise pic with Paramount showing interest for her on "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" reboot and testing for "Captain America: Winter Soldier," for a role that eventually went to Emily VanCamp.http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118065783/

[the last son]

can she act though

[the last son]

I can see personality wise stone as april but her forehead is way too big

[Octoberist]

can she act though

Yes, she's an amazing actress.

[GREEN =w= DAY]

she's cute

would she be playing reporter April or lab geek April though?

[chelo248]

TMNT: We Are Bringing Megan Fox Back Into The Family

http://michaelbay.com/2013/02/21/tmnt-we-are-bringing-megan-fox-back-into-the-family/

[GREEN =w= DAY]

TMNT: We Are Bringing Megan Fox Back Into The Family

http://michaelbay.com/2013/02/21/tmnt-we-are-bringing-megan-fox-back-into-the-family/

REALLY hope it's not for the part of April. and if it is... :cmad:

all that's left now is for Bay to cast Shia Ladouche as Casey Jones :doh:

[Blackman]

F***

f***

f*** f*** f***

[Symbiotic]

Bay, you idiot.

[Dragon_316ca]

And she's playing April, according to Josh Dickey (Variety).

[Blackman]

F***

[quixote_coyote]

there is now 0% chance of this movie being even slightly good. shes is such an awful awful actress.

[antsman41]

this film is f^*$ed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chelo248]

And she's playing April, according to Josh Dickey (Variety).

Here is the article....

After pushing production to do more work on the script, Paramount's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" reboot looks back on track as the studio has tapped Megan Fox to star as April O'Neil.

Jonathan Liebsman will direct with Michael Bay producing through his Platinum Dunes banner. Michael Bay tweeted the news on his blog.

Original 1984 Mirage Studios' comicbook "TMNT" centered on four turtles who are turned humanoid through contact with radioactive slime, and trained in martial arts by their humanoid rat master. Bay stirred controversy with fans of the comicbook-based franchise when he said the reimagined series would have alien elements.

The reason for the original delay was because the filmmakers and studio felt they wouldn't be ready for a October 2012 shoot date.

Prior to the holidays, the studio began meeting with actresses such as Jane Levy, Anna Kendrick and Elizabeth Olsen and the studio will now aim to find its male lead.

The studio, Bay and Fox have a relationship going back to when the two worked together on the first two "Transformer" films.

The ICM Partners repped Fox was last seen in Universal's "This Is 40.""
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118066448/

[Blackman]

F***


I mean seriously....f***

[Mindreaper21]

Uh-oh

[terry78]

I'm still holding out that she may just be playing another female role alongside April. I don't hate Fox at all, but don't feel she would be right for the role. I want Emmy Rossum.

[<(o_o)>]

Can we get some Red Haired Megan Fox manips just in case she is playing April?

[Blackman]

Guys guys guys seriously....f***

[Stringer]

Lost all hope for this movie already. She doesn't even look good anymore. Just ugh!

[spidergeek232]

WTF is wrong with Bay!?! He should've casted Anna Kendrick!!

[Stringer]

I mean it takes a special kind of fool to ruin an entire movie with one casting move.

[Dude of Steel]

I'm assuming this won't be Reporter April. Then again, Lab Geek April makes even less sense. Either way, Megan Fox was a bad choice.

[Mindreaper21]

Can we get some Red Haired Megan Fox manips just in case she is playing April?

http://assets.gearlive.com/celebrities/blogimages/lindsay-lohan(33).jpg

Meh...more or less

[zeptron]

TMNT: We Are Bringing Megan Fox Back Into The Family

http://michaelbay.com/2013/02/21/tmnt-we-are-bringing-megan-fox-back-into-the-family/


T8k-obRa90k

[CaptainCraig]

Megan Fox....there just are no words. Not even the F-word is strong enough to convey the nonsensical nature of this casting.

Amy Acker
Emmy Rossum
Courtney Ford
Sarah Roemer

for starters that would make a better April!

[Donut]

**** you Michael Bay

[the last son]

I guess I'm in the minority but I don't judge anything until a trailer is released. Now transformers did suck but I never liked them period. I'll hold out hope until I see a trailer

[Midnight Black]

I hope she isn't playing April....maybe April's older sister or a foot clan ninja or some model that is saved by the turtles....not a total lost....If she gets naked then that would save the film IMO and I could live with the Alien Salamanders from Planet X

[terry78]

The issue is that the character of April in a live action movie is basically the lead human role. Casey Jones would be supporting, as would any other human allies or villains. She's the forefront aside from the turtles themselves so you really can't afford to **** up the casting.

[BenReilly]

She's playing April. Both Variety and Hollywood Reporter have confirmed it.

[terry78]

Did he even do a screen test of anyone else?


I do see on that Variety link that Olson, Jane Levy and Kendrick were all considered.

[SpideyFan866]

Why is everyone ****ing and freaking out?

Megan Fox isn't a bad actor. She's far from the best, but I think she could be, at worst, okay given the material.

Plus she beat out Jane Levy, Anna Kendrick, and Elisabeth Olsen, 3 very good actresses, for the role. That's gotta mean something.

[terry78]

Raping our respective childhoods I suppose. Getting a reboot and we all had an idea in our heads regarding what we wanted in the first live action April since 1990. Yes, we are nerds.

[ThePowerCosmic]

http://assets.gearlive.com/celebrities/blogimages/lindsay-lohan(33).jpg

Meh...more or less

You don't know how much that just made me laugh. :lmao:


It's actually hilarious to me that Fox got the part. I'm not surprised at all with Bay producing, this is just the type of hack s**t he would do. This is the same reason why Transformers 4 will be some more bulls**t.

[bullets]

Why is everyone ****ing and freaking out?

Megan Fox isn't a bad actor. She's far from the best, but I think she could be, at worst, okay given the material.

Plus she beat out Jane Levy, Anna Kendrick, and Elisabeth Olsen, 3 very good actresses, for the role. That's gotta mean something.


The only advantage she has on those other actresses might be that she has worked in front of special effects. I can't see else this would of happened. I'm just in shock right now.

[SpideyFan866]

The only advantage she has on those other actresses might be that she has worked in front of special effects. I can't see else this would of happened. I'm just in shock right now.

Im in shock too.

Im just gonna sit back and wait.

Who knows, she might be good.

and let us not forget. Michael Bay isn't directing this.

Jonathan Liebesman is.

[Eddie Dean]

The cinematic genius behind Battle Los Angeles and Wrath of the Titans!

[jonathancrane]

Bay does not cast women because of their talent; he casts them so he can sexualize them. Fox's acquisition of the role does not indicate talent, but, the reconstruction of her relationship with Bay, following its previous destruction on the second Transformers film.

I wish somebody else was handling the franchise; Bay's involvement presupposes an inevitable serving of sexism, racism, homophobia, and possibly jingoism.

Do not get me wrong: I am not crying about violated childhoods; reboots are inevitable, and if in the right hands, can be terrific, such as Abrams' Star Trek. But, Bay does not care about artistry or handling mythologies important to people: he cares only about money, not artistry.
With that said, the Nostalgia Critic covered Bay's flaws in his most recent and excellent review. I highly recommend it.

[GREEN =w= DAY]

i love Megan Fox. she's hot and seems like a down to earth person, but her acting sucks. i was hoping she'd be playing another human character, like a friend of April's, but now i see she is in fact playing April :down:

i sincerely doubt she'd be playing lab geek April and will most likely be a reporter. at least that's more believable.

[SpideyFan866]

Bay does not cast women because of their talent; he casts them so he can sexualize them. Fox's acquisition of the role does not indicate talent, but, the reconstruction of her relationship with Bay, following its previous destruction on the second Transformers film. I wish somebody else was handling the franchise; Bay's involvement presupposes an inevitable serving of sexism, racism, homophobia, and possibly jingoism.
Do not get me wrong: I am not crying about violated childhoods; reboots are inevitable, and if in the right hands, can be terrific, such as Abrams' Star Trek. But, Bay does not care about artistry or handling mythologies important to people: he cares only about money, not artistry.
With that said, the Nostalgia Critic covered Bay's flaws in his most recent and excellent review. I highly recommend it.

But again. He's just producing it.

Jonathan Liebesman is directing it. That's not saying much, but still. Michael Bay isn't directing it.

These are all the movies that Michael Bay and his studio, Platinum Dunes, have produced.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
The Amityville Horror (2005)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
The Hitcher (2007)
The Unborn (2009)
Friday the 13th (2009)
Horsemen (2009)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).

Are these films masterpieces? No. Are some of them good, at at least decent? Yes.

Point is though is that none of those have the Bayisms people are so worried about.

People need to stop freaking out.

[SpideyFan866]

i love Megan Fox. she's hot and seems like a down to earth person, but her acting sucks. i was hoping she'd be playing another human character, like a friend of April's, but now i see she is in fact playing April :down:

i sincerely doubt she'd be playing lab geek April and will most likely be a reporter. at least that's more believable.

Why would she be lab geek april?

No one wants to see lab geek april.

[the last son]

battle la has to be the worst movie ever made

[ThePowerCosmic]

I couldn't even sit through it.

[ThePowerCosmic]

But again. He's just producing it.

Jonathan Liebesman is directing it. That's not saying much, but still. Michael Bay isn't directing it.

These are all the movies that Michael Bay and his studio, Platinum Dunes, have produced.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
The Amityville Horror (2005)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
The Hitcher (2007)
The Unborn (2009)
Friday the 13th (2009)
Horsemen (2009)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).

Are these films masterpieces? No. Are some of them good, at at least decent? Yes.

Point is though is that none of those have the Bayisms people are so worried about.

People need to stop freaking out.

Nothing we've heard about this film so far has been good news. People have a right to be worried, seems like the Turtles are getting butchered. To wait and see is the best approach, but this movie seems like it's just...wrong.

[Stringer]

She's definitely not leading lady material either. She's pure eye candy and doesn't even look half as good as she used to.

[I SEE SPIDEY]

The movie was already doomed because of the director and producer. I don't see why it's shocking that an at best mediocre actress is going to play the female lead?

The only thing that's surprising is that Fox and Bay made up.

I wouldn't be surprised if Taylor Kitsch or Sam Worthington was cast as Casey Jones to be honest.

[Cassandra Cain]

Christ, this movie never had a chance. I guess I'll be looking forward to a third reboot franchise, you know, if that ever happens. :argh:

[geetard]

I'm definitely not too enthusiastic about this news.

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I hope she is playing the scientist verson of April because I need a good laugh.

It's interesting that the people on the internet message boards and regular moviegoers do not think that Fox is a good actress but the runners of the geek websites think that she is an underrated gem. So I expect their responses to be much more positive about this casting choice.

[ThePowerCosmic]

lol!

[venom892]

I read this news on the hype facebook and my heart sank. I bet you guys she won't even dye her head red. Her casting pretty much cements what type of direction they are going in here and I'm not even surprised. Seems to me Liebesman is just a hired gun and probably has no vision for the franchise. I was actually reading the IDW comic earlier today and thinking how great a job it has done of blending all the elements from the Comics, films and cartoons in one great package. Seems this movie won't be doing that in the slightest.

[jmc]

Megan Fox as April = :(

[ThePowerCosmic]

Megan Fox playing a scientist. If that isn't hilarious, I don't know what is. :lmao:

[Visceral]

Well now i'm interested in the project.

[747]

Holy frick, Megan Fox as April. I could not be more disappointed or underwhelmed.

[Mindreaper21]

Megan Fox as April = Megan Fox.

[jmc]

Why is everyone ****ing and freaking out?

Megan Fox isn't a bad actor. She's far from the best, but I think she could be, at worst, okay given the material.

Plus she beat out Jane Levy, Anna Kendrick, and Elisabeth Olsen, 3 very good actresses, for the role. That's gotta mean something.

The others weren't hot enough?

[venom892]

Not hot, just couldn't be sexualized the way Fox will be. I can already imagine one of the turtles making a crude comment about April.

[ThePowerCosmic]

Guys, Megan Fox. As a scientist. Lmao!

Now this movie's getting attention, and not the good kind.

[Mindreaper21]

Megan Fox with a Brooklyn accent is even funnier. Her best line in the movie would be "Hey, yo, science n' stuff"

[ThePowerCosmic]

Oh god, I'm dying over here.

For some strange reason though, I can imagine people walking out of the theater going, "The best thing about that movie was Megan Fox.". This movie has the potential to be that horrible.

[the last son]

Fox is really not that bad of an actress. No one ever ask her to do much. Let me train her, and tell her how looks fade and it's time to get to business. Her on screen charisma is decent and that is half the battle all the other stuff can be corrected. She needs dedication which again her roles have not called for. If given the chance I believe she can be an above average actress

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Megan Fox as April = :(No you just don't like her acting because you are either a jealous woman or a man who is mad at her because she hasn't gotten nude yet!!!

No JMC you couldn't possibly just have the opinion that she is a mediocre to bad actress with an annoying baby voice. Sorry I'm just channeling her fans/defenders.

Personally I'm not bothered with this casting because I already knew this movie would suck because of the dreadful, braindead director and producer. So I'm not coming from a place of disappointment or passion when I say that Fox is not a leading lady from what I've seen. She was fine in Jennifer's body and I'm sure okay in side roles and is better than some good actresses when it comes to working with tons of stuff that is not there but she isn't a good actress. She is gorgeous though and will always get roles in something because of that fact. But as soon as she turns 35 she will not get anymore leading roles in blockbusters unless she learns how to act and gets rid of that screechy girly voice.

[ThePowerCosmic]

Is this the forced acceptance stage now? Came earlier than I expected.

[the last son]

Just trying to be positive. I like Fox and while I don't like the casting I hope she realizes her potential and starts to really grow with her roles

[I SEE SPIDEY]

She's not going to learn how to act by playing in a Ninja Turtles movie.

At least she is playing a professional once.

I do feel for the people whom were looking forward to a decent, fun family film though. Bad director and mediocre lead actress does not mean good things are ahead. I'm sure the CGI turtles will look great though.

[jmc]

No you just don't like her acting because you are either a jealous woman or a man who is mad at her because she hasn't gotten nude yet!!!

No JMC you couldn't possibly just have the opinion that she is a mediocre to bad actress with an annoying baby voice. Sorry I'm just channeling her fans/defenders.

Personally I'm not bothered with this casting because I already knew this movie would suck because of the dreadful, braindead director and producer. So I'm not coming from a place of disappointment or passion when I say that Fox is not a leading lady from what I've seen. She was fine in Jennifer's body and I'm sure okay in side roles and is better than some good actresses when it comes to working with tons of stuff that is not there but she isn't a good actress. She is gorgeous though and will always get roles in something because of that fact. But as soon as she turns 35 she will not get anymore leading roles in blockbusters unless she learns how to act and gets rid of that screechy girly voice.

I think she's as hot as they come but doesn't mean a thing in this regard. I terms of her being nude, there's a lot of good photoshoppers out there. :awesome:

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I think she's as hot as they come but doesn't mean a thing in this regard. I terms of her being nude, there's a lot of good photoshoppers out there. :awesome:heh.

[Frodo]

I'm just kind Meh about the whole project in general so I'm not outraged she was cast. I think Kendrick would have been good but whatever. Megan is really hot and i've never been one of those fans whos hated guts. I'm not expecting the grapes of wraith from Bay so ...eh. I do wonder what she'll look like as a red head .

[bullets]

Im in shock too.

Im just gonna sit back and wait.

Who knows, she might be good.


I'm sure her casting won't be the worst mistake. I just don't think shes right fir the role of April O Neil or Karai for that matter.

[GREEN =w= DAY]

Megan Fox playing a scientist. If that isn't hilarious, I don't know what is. :lmao:

this is kind of like Denise Richards playing a nuclear scientist in The World Is Not Enough :woot:

[The Infernal]

Wow. And I thought this movie couldn't get any worse. lol

[pr0xyt0xin]

Are you ****ing kidding me? Horrifying.

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[Mace Dolex]

Well she is pretty enough to be April, what's the big deal I mean it's not like a concept of teenage mutant ninja turtles can be taken seriously right?

[the_ultimate_evil]

......

[the_ultimate_evil]

Wow really. Damn this is gonna suck. I guess they are going for the transformers style casting :csad:

I bet some of the hard core tmnt message boards are going into meltdown

[Mindreaper21]

Wow really. Damn this is gonna suck. I guess they are going for the transformers style casting :csad:

I bet some of the hard core tmnt message boards are going into meltdown

They're all like...
tciQxPDlmBc

[Octoberist]

It is what it is.

Though..when Megan Fox beats great actresses like Anna Kendrick and Elizabeth Olsen, it's a big WTF. I'm sure Fox will do fine though she'll look distracting because she doesn't have the natural beauty that (or at least, what I perceived) April has.

[craigdbfan]

I'm happy about this. April O'Neil is supposed to be this buxom fantasy girl for young boys and whether people like it or not Megan Fox meets that criteria.

I'm also among the few who actually thinks her acting isn't half bad. She's similar to Channing Tatum in the sense that I feel they grow and get better with each outing/chance they get at a film. While Megan hasn't had as many projects at Tatum I do feel that she has the capacity to grow into a better actress.

The worst news out of all of this is that apparently Liebesman is still the director for this. Now that is a scary thought right there. I wanted to give him a chance seeing as I sort of enjoyed Battle L.A but I've heard nothing but bad things about Wrath of the Titans although I'm not sure whether that was mainly due to Liebesman or Mazeau (the writer). I digress.

All in all I think this isn't necessarily a bad start as long as they mostly scrapped that horrid piece excuse of a script. That wasn't TMNT at all.

[Octoberist]

In reality, the worst news is not Megan Fox but Liesbesman is still involved, the world's most mediocre director. So mediocre that he can't even generate buzz.

[747]

Not only is Megan not a particularly good actress. I also hate the thought of an, in the general sense and opinion, uber sexy April.

[Lencho01]

Maybe because I didn't pay much attention to how she looked in the original show, but I never viewed April as the buxom fantasy girl. Other than that show and how fans choose to remember her, I can't think of a time where she officially was supposed to look like that. And when you look at the other actresses mentioned, they seem more in line of what I expect April to look like as far as "hotness" or "sexiness" goes.

Anyway, after looking at the Hollywood Reporter article, I forgot about Bay and Fox's falling out. The fact that it was mentioned, seems a to be a pretty big issue as to why she was even considered.

[Nathan]

*sigh* I didn't think it was possible to care less about this project. But this news did it.

[culver3vlr22]

In reality, the worst news is not Megan Fox but Liesbesman is still involved, the world's most mediocre director. So mediocre that he can't even generate buzz.

Have to agree all his films are just terrible. I can see if a great director and writer was involved I can see them getting Megan to act her ass off.


But we know the script sucks we know the plot the whole everything with this movie is going to be bad.


But I will remain open to this film I am not the type person to jump to my opinion of something I havnt seen. Trailers, posters, and promotion will help me come to more of an opinion.


I still think Megan fox is one of the most beautiful women ever. But she's god awful in everything.

[craigdbfan]

Maybe because I didn't pay much attention to how she looked in the original show, but I never viewed April as the buxom fantasy girl. Other than that show and how fans choose to remember her, I can't think of a time where she officially was supposed to look like that. And when you look at the other actresses mentioned, they seem more in line of what I expect April to look like as far as "hotness" or "sexiness" goes.

Anyway, after looking at the Hollywood Reporter article, I forgot about Bay and Fox's falling out. The fact that it was mentioned, seems a to be a pretty big issue as to why she was even considered.Like I said the majority of easily excitable boys regardless if that includes you or not made April O'Neal into this fantasy item back in 1987. Granted there have been other incarnations that have made her into a more "modest" looking woman/girl, they've tried to stay away from the more curvaceous figure that the animators insisted on giving the character in 87 but that's the one that stuck with the public.

A simple google image search of her name will give you that. Whether it's simple fan art or girls dressing up like her at conventions. It's not the April from the first film or the recent incarnations of her but rather the one from 1987.

That image stuck and I can see why Bay is going for that in terms of mass appeal. He's going with imagery that will stick.

[Octoberist]

Have to agree all his films are just terrible. I can see if a great director and writer was involved I can see them getting Megan to act her ass off.


But we know the script sucks we know the plot the whole everything with this movie is going to be bad.


But I will remain open to this film I am not the type person to jump to my opinion of something I havnt seen. Trailers, posters, and promotion will help me come to more of an opinion.


I still think Megan fox is one of the most beautiful women ever. But she's god awful in everything.

If I had to compare, I think Liesbesman like is a slightly more talented 'John Moore'. That's not a compliment.

[PyroChamber]

I thought Megan Fox was done with anything having to do with Michael Bay.

[craigdbfan]

I thought Megan Fox was done with anything having to do with Michael Bay.They kissed and made up.

[culver3vlr22]

If I had to compare, I think Liesbesman like is a slightly more talented 'John Moore'. That's not a compliment.

Both directors are not good.

In fairness I kinda liked "Darkness Falls" when I was a kid when it came out.

[dark_b]

are we going to ignore that she had plastic surgery from 2009 to 2011? and that she had even more work done to her face from 2011 to 2013?

she looks like a plastic freak.

[craigdbfan]

are we going to ignore that she had plastic surgery from 2009 to 2011? and that she had even more work done to her face from 2011 to 2013?

she looks like a plastic freak.Talk about greatly exaggerating.

This is how she looks like right now.

http://i.imgur.com/lHP9FOv.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/d7EhHOc.jpgA freak? No where even close. Massive exaggeration there dark_b even for you.

[Nathan]

You want plastic freak? Look at the walking blow up doll they got to replace her in Transformers 3.

[dark_b]

Talk about greatly exaggerating.

Massive exaggeration there dark_b even for you.of course it is. she is playing April in a TMNT movie. this is a big shock for me today. April needs to be energetic. Megan Fox doesnt have the energy and charisma.

she is wrong. she is wrong on an intergalactic level. the space just got 40% smaller.

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[dark_b]

You want plastic freak? Look at the walking blow up doll they got to replace her in Transformers 3.she is a silicone cyborg. she doesnt count.

[johnrain]

Anna Kendrick would have made a lovely April.

[culver3vlr22]

She's pretty far from a plastic freak. She's had some work done and that's ok.

[scifiwolf]

Anna Kendrick Anna Kendrick Anna Kendrick. That was such a slam dunk, obvious, no-brainer right there. Megan I think could be fine with the right director to guide her, but Liesbesman is not that director. I'm still holding out some hope for this project (I don't want to be completely miserable), but I'm so severely disappointed right now.

[jmc]

Well she is pretty enough to be April, what's the big deal I mean it's not like a concept of teenage mutant ninja turtles can be taken seriously right?

I'd like to think at least one TMNT flick could be taken seriously. :(

[SpideyFan866]

I'm happy about this. April O'Neil is supposed to be this buxom fantasy girl for young boys and whether people like it or not Megan Fox meets that criteria.

I'm also among the few who actually thinks her acting isn't half bad. She's similar to Channing Tatum in the sense that I feel they grow and get better with each outing/chance they get at a film. While Megan hasn't had as many projects at Tatum I do feel that she has the capacity to grow into a better actress.

The worst news out of all of this is that apparently Liebesman is still the director for this. Now that is a scary thought right there. I wanted to give him a chance seeing as I sort of enjoyed Battle L.A but I've heard nothing but bad things about Wrath of the Titans although I'm not sure whether that was mainly due to Liebesman or Mazeau (the writer). I digress.

All in all I think this isn't necessarily a bad start as long as they mostly scrapped that horrid piece excuse of a script. That wasn't TMNT at all.

Agreed fully with this post.

Seeing as though they cast Fox for April, I wouldn't mind seeing her husband, Brian Austin Green, play Casey Jones. He would be an awesome pick.

Talk about greatly exaggerating.

This is how she looks like right now.

http://i.imgur.com/lHP9FOv.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/d7EhHOc.jpgA freak? No where even close. Massive exaggeration there dark_b even for you.

This too.

Honestly, I think she looks better now than she did in like Transformers. Maybe it because she's older or because she had a baby, but I think she looks great. She does it for me more know than she did then oddly enough.

[Ipodman]

Wait... Whoa!?? :wow:

[zeptron]

I'm quite intrigued that Megan Fox would be booted from the last Transformers film and then brought back under a different project that Bay's involved with. Obviously it wasn't Bay himself who didn't like her anymore.

But I really wish they'd use an actress who can actually portray someone that's not "Megan Fox in a movie", whether or not she'll be as critical a character as April.

[Lone]

Well at least if the movie's ******, we still get some eye candy.

[dark_b]

eye candy? but the actress who would play April was always going to be hot. in 2013 in a blockbuster? she would be hot .

but why Megan Fox?

[Blackman]

Thats another thing there are some hot actresses who are also good actresses that would be better.

[the_ultimate_evil]

Well at least if the movie's ******, we still get some eye candy.

hey guess what, eye candy means **** all, the transformers had eye candy and they sucked.

but hey look

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/1984/annakendrick20120925060.jpg

there you have eye candy, and she can bloody act

[SpideyFan866]

hey guess what, eye candy means **** all, the transformers had eye candy and they sucked.

but hey look

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/1984/annakendrick20120925060.jpg

there you have eye candy, and she can bloody act

That is a very unflattering pic of Kendrick.

[Blackman]

I actually didnt like Kendrick for April she looks too young. But i wouldnt have been mad if she got it

[Project862006]

The cinematic genius behind Battle Los Angeles and Wrath of the Titans!
http://i.imgur.com/1tLiwWx.jpg

[Project862006]

i will say fox is much more attractive than the other girls imo

but olsen,levy,kendricks all have girl next door cute thing going

but maybe thats what april needs

[dark_b]

i will say fox is much more attractive than the other girls imo

but olsen,levy,kendricks all have girl next door cute thing going

but maybe thats what april needs
they were never in a Bay produced movie where they would use cinematic lighting and make up to make them look like the sexiest girl on the planet.

[Midnight Black]

I like Fox, I just think she is wrong for this role...at least how I pictured April in my mind for a reboot.

I could name at least 5 or so other actresses that I would have liked to see in the part, but oh well. I guess Bay is trying to make it up to her for cutting her from the third film.

[mjdiddy1]

I'm laughing at a lot of the suggestions on the board saying, "Bay shoulda got her, Bay shoulda picked her." The reality is that this is a TMNT movie and which of those actresses number 1 truly auditioned for the part, number 2 which one would truly want the part. Like in the original, which actress said "I want to be April O'Neil'...not Elizabeth Shue, not Drew Barrymore, not Pam Anderson, not Lea Thompson or what ever up and coming starletts then only Judith Hoag and Paige Turco and even Judith didn't want to play the role and went to do commercials....commercials. So just put it perspective and breath because 8 out 10 times we will all see this movie in either the theaters, DVD, or online.

[culver3vlr22]

Kendricks is better choice than fox even tho I've only seen her in 50/50. She was pretty good in that. Fox is better looking tho.

[SpideyFan866]

Kendricks is better choice than fox even tho I've only seen her in 50/50. She was pretty good in that. Fox is better looking tho.

I like Kendricks, but honestly, I don't think she would fit as April O'Neil.

Though, it really just depends on the interpretation.

Had they been going for the computer programmer version of her version of April in the 2003 - 2009 series and from the comics, she would have fit.

However, they are going for the reporter April O'Neil and, based on the leaked script, this film is being inspired very heavily by the 80s cartoon based on just the character selection and settings alone (Kraang, Bebop and Rocksteady, the Technodrome, Dimension X).

With that being said, that calls for the drop dead gorgeous, uber hot April who's constantly a damsel in distress.

IMO, Megan Fox can fit that.

With that being said though, she should still be a good and hopefully interesting character.

[Marvin]

By this forums logic, we should be placing the blame of Megan Fox being cast in Transformers squarely on Spielberg.

[Nathan]

With that being said, that calls for the drop dead gorgeous, uber hot April who's constantly a damsel in distress.

I thought we finally moved away from that, with all the recent comic book movies. Would be a shame if they went back to it with Turtles.

[SpideyFan866]

I thought we finally moved away from that, with all the recent comic book movies. Would be a shame if they went back to it with Turtles.

Well, at least in this case, its not necessarily disrespectful to the character.

April was like that in that show.

Now I made it sound worse than it was, but yeah. I see your point.

[Nathan]

I wish they would either adapt the 2003 cartoon or the new comic, that apparently combines elements from every TMNT incarnation. I just don't want them to base it too much on the 80's cartoon. It was fun at the time, but there have been so many better versions of the Turtles since then.

[Lencho01]

Like I said the majority of easily excitable boys regardless if that includes you or not made April O'Neal into this fantasy item back in 1987. Granted there have been other incarnations that have made her into a more "modest" looking woman/girl, they've tried to stay away from the more curvaceous figure that the animators insisted on giving the character in 87 but that's the one that stuck with the public.

A simple google image search of her name will give you that. Whether it's simple fan art or girls dressing up like her at conventions. It's not the April from the first film or the recent incarnations of her but rather the one from 1987.

That image stuck and I can see why Bay is going for that in terms of mass appeal. He's going with imagery that will stick.

Yeah, I know that image stuck because... heterosexual males. I don't know how kids who grew up with the 2k3 series viewed April or how they do now. Same with the most recent show too. Likely in a few years it'll be more sexualized since that's what tends to happen to female characters as straight boys get older.

But, then based on the other stuff we heard about the film, I'm not sure how much anything TMNT-related has influenced this. So, this could just be a case of Bay wanting someone "hot" and trying to fix his relationship with Fox which could also lead to other future collaborations.

Acting talent seems to be less of a factor and if that really is the case, then they should've gone with the porn star. I bet Paramount would've let Bay do it if he wanted...

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[Stringer]

They're going to have to do some amazing things with the turtles if they want people to look past the blandness of Megan Fox in a lead role. Plain and simple.

[Nathan]

I don't even hate Megan Fox, I thought she did just fine in the first two Transformers Movies and never understood all the b**ching. But she does have a certain cold aura surrounding her, that just doesn't fit April.

[TheAQU4M4N]

please don't cast Shia as Casey now, then i'll officially lose interest in anything TMNT, sorry AMNT

[Lencho01]

I have a feeling we won't see Shia in any big films for some time.

[Nathan]

Doesn't he do smaller films now? What Movie did he sign on again, where he actually has to have sex?

[terry78]

Oh, Shia is in deep **** now after that outburst with Alec Baldwin on Broadway.

[Nathan]

What did he do?

[Frodo]

So where has Megan been ? I mean, the last thing I remember her being in was Jennifer's Body.

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

So where has Megan been ? I mean, the last thing I remember her being in was Jennifer's Body.

I heard about her being in some Adam Scott movie last year called Friends with Kids, but I think it was a limited release sort of thing, she did like one ep. of her husband's show Wedding Band, I never saw it & she was apparently in This is 40.

[Donut]

Megan Fox playing a scientist. If that isn't hilarious, I don't know what is. :lmao:

They should name her Halloween if she is a scientist in this one. Like that whole Christmas thing in that 007 movie

[terry78]

I feel like this is Bay kind of throwing her a bone after the Transformers/Spielberg/Nazi thing.

[spider-neil]

To be fair Megan fox may be news reporter (80's cartoon) or an art collecter like the animated movie rather than a scientist.

[SpideyFan866]

So where has Megan been ? I mean, the last thing I remember her being in was Jennifer's Body.

The last film she was in was This Is 40, and apparently, she was pretty good in it.

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Lets face it people this is the type of film she should be doing.
This movie was never going to be high art so why not hire her? She has to and wants to act in something so why not be eye candy in a peice of CGI fluff. She's never going to be taken seriously or get roles in real films so this is her only option. I say good for her and it's nice that she seems more settled than other starlets.

Anna Kendrick is an Oscar nominee coming off of the hit movie Pitch Perfect and Olsen is the female lead in Spike Lee's Oldboy remake and she's gotten critical acclaim for some of her other roles. Their careers are going to be fine.

Bay is just trying to recreate that er Transformers "magic" so it's understandable why she beat out better actresses. I wouldn't be surprised if this movie were a hit. Not a Transformers style hit but like a 135 to 150mil hit.

[Liam_H]

If they don't overtly make her seem like a sex toy again then it should be fine. Unless they're aiming at the 13-18 age range.

[Nathan]

Maybe Bay will give Liebesman tips how to film ass shots.

[I SEE SPIDEY]

If they don't overtly make her seem like a sex toy again then it should be fine. Unless they're aiming at the 13-18 age range.I would be shocked if Fox isn't put in the tightest and shortest clothes in the universe. This is being produced by Bay, not Nolan so yeah I doubt we are going to be seeing a super covered up April for most of the movie's runtime.

[TheAQU4M4N]

I heard about her being in some Adam Scott movie last year called Friends with Kids, but I think it was a limited release sort of thing, she did like one ep. of her husband's show Wedding Band, I never saw it & she was apparently in This is 40.
she was in This is 40, she was actually bearable in that film.

[Cassandra Cain]

Lets face it people this is the type of film she should be doing. This movie was never going to be high art so why not hire her? She has to and wants to act in something so why not be eye candy in a peice of CGI fluff.

Bay is just trying to recreate that er Transformers "magic" so it's understandable why she beat out better actresses. I wouldn't be surprised if this movie were a hit. Not a Transformers style hit but like a 135 to 150mil hit.

And this is what makes me sad. Sure there are some parts of TMNT that are rather comical and of course it's unrealistic, but this shouldn't be an excuse to not take the franchise seriously. Perfect example: the Batman franchise. It was heavily fluffed and campy in the 60s, until Burton came around and brought it back to its dark origins. A man dressing up in a bat costume and taking out criminals on his own terms seems like a silly idea, just like vigilante mutated turtles, but it wasn't meant to be treated as a joke even though the concept is kind of funny. The Turtles comics was dark and we fans appreciate it more than Hollywood ever will. Thus I agree: this movie was doomed to begin with for those of us who actually take it seriously.

[DarknessOfDeath]

Worst casting choice ever!

[pr0xyt0xin]

Ewwwhewhewhew!! *whines*

[culver3vlr22]

This is slowly ruining my weekend. How can paramount do this to me!....

[BlueLightning]

Sigh... whatever. I still have the original film to watch.

[Cassandra Cain]

Sigh... whatever. I still have the original film to watch.

And this remains the best TMNT film adaption to date (and unfortunately, it looks like it always will).

[ThePowerCosmic]

To be fair Megan fox may be news reporter (80's cartoon) or an art collecter like the animated movie rather than a scientist.

I know, it's just that the possibility of her playing a scientist is hilarious. I could see her as a news reporter or an art collector. Preferably the news reporter.

[scifiwolf]

If they make April very much an Erin Andrews type, then Megan might work (I don't mean that as any kind of knock against Erin).

[Figs]

This news is excellent.

[GREEN =w= DAY]

looking forward in seeing Megan Fox as a redhead

[Nathan]

I'm crossing my fingers that this'll stay in development hell.

[WarrenPeace2012]

This would be my pick. Ya know, if she wasn't all cracked out. She was a decent actress, better than Fox anyday. She was an actual redhead and at one point had a smokin body. You don't really need an A-Lister to play April, but you need someone better than Megan Fox...which isn't that hard to find. So my new picks would be either Jane Levy or Kaley Cuoco
http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k450/warrenpeace2012/LindsayLohan5_zps2c5d4f41.jpgThink in contrast to Meagan Fox in Transformers.

It's funny how you mentioned her...lol

[Compi716]

Isn't that a pre-coke Lindsay Lohan?

[Mindreaper21]

Lindsay sort of looks like a redhead Megan at this point. Lindsay's just been riding the ugly train a lot longer. If Megan is going to be April, she needs to make some major changes to her look. If not, then our final hope is that she screws up this opportunity and get's replaced.

[terry78]

I'm willing to wait and see what they do, but I was hoping we had another Paige Turco scenario, where the actress was attractive and somewhat cute but not like supermodel hot. Deviantart and cosplay versions this ain't.

[WarrenPeace2012]

Isn't that a pre-coke Lindsay Lohan?

Yep, that's when she was naturally beautiful and not on the powder. Now she's a hot mess. It's a shame