Thursday, March 07, 2013

TMNT Creator On Fox Playing April

When asked by JoBlo to comment on the recent casting of Megan Fox as April O'Neil in the upcoming live-action "Ninja Turtles" reboot at Paramount, the comic's co-creator Peter Laird
did not sound all that happy:

"I think it is safe to say that there are probably hundreds of better choices for the role of April O'Neil. Of course, her name has promotional value, and maybe that's what they want. Who knows? I can't get myself too worked up about it."


Casting is currently underway with mostly relative unknowns, being tested for the four mo-cap turtle roles.

Jonathan Liebesman is directing from a script by Kevin Eastman, Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec.

Laird has also expressed disappointment over the choice of director Liebesman.

Brad Fuller Andrew Form, Galen Walker and Scott Mednick would co-produce with Michael Bay

The pic was delayed over script issues--originally slated for release in December 2013 it is now targeting a May 2014 release.

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