Smallville's Aquaman Alan Ritchson Cast As Raphael
 

http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/hung...ninja-turtles/

Just saw this. Words fail me.:roll:

Alan Ritchson To Play Raphael In ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’
 

Well, its begun. I said we'd be hearing about casting real soon. Some guy called Alan Ritchson is playing Raph. With filming less than a month away the rest of March should be pretty heavy with casting news. This is the article from Deadline Hollywood:

Motion-capture is the best way to go, IMO. Can't wait to see what the designs are like.

Too slow again. Oh well......

This guy is 6' 2". It’s going to be motion-capture, so Raph is obviously going to be pretty big.

Never heard of him.

Aquaman is playing Raphael! NIIICCCCEEE! Hope he brings justice to the role and make Raphael his own just like Rob Paulsen, Josh Pais, Sean Astin and Nolan North(among other Raphaels) did.

For those wondering who is this guy,Alan Ritchson was a singer on American Idol, Thad Castle on Blue Mountain State and Aquaman on Smallville(a very cool Aquaman at that and part of the reason why I am a big fan of Smallville).

The only question is which Raphael is he doing: the sullen loner Raphael with anger problems from the comics,2K3, movies and most incarnations of Raphael or the 80s joker Raphael who broke the 4th wall from the 80s cartoon and aborted script.

I recall that the article from The Hollywood Reporter about Megan Fox being cast said that the Turtles would all be relative unknowns. So I wouldn't expect any big (or even known) names for the Turtles. Just a gut feeling, but I think they may get a veteran to play Splinter.

will greg cipes voice Mikey? found this on Bays forum: http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum...854#post205854

never heard of this Alan Ritchson guy, will look him up.

Greg Cipes should play Mikey, because his Michelangelo rocks.

Well, this guy seems to do primarily athletic roles. I appears they will be casting the same actors for mocap and voice. I guess that's best. They can capture his face and kind of overlay a beak.

Right, the 2012 actors(tied with 1990 movie cast and 2007 movie cast) are the voices I hear when I read the turtle comics now.

For those wondering who is this guy,Alan Ritchson was a singer on American Idol, Thad Castle on Blue Mountain State and Aquaman on Smallville.

We would need an account to see those links.

Alan Ritchson as Raphael?? He's an ok singer. Didn't make it past the Hollywood round. But he's put out a couple albums. Guess he'll also put a song on the movie soundtrack. At least Alan's cute and I loved him as Aquaman in Smallville.

http://www.flicksandbits.com/wp-cont...n-ritchson.jpg

What difference does it make if he's cute? He's playing an anthropomorphic turtle.

so i just looked him up to see what his voice sounds like.. can't really picture him as raph. also really really hope he does NOT do a song for the movie!

Haha! Yes! :tsmile:

I doubt Cipes will be in this. Judging by the build of this guy, they're getting the same dudes to do voice and motion capture.

Oh. Right. Good point.

Duder is 6'3". The hell?

I am guessing Raphael is going to go from being the shortest in the Nick toon to the tallest in this film?? :tlol: