Judith Hoag spotted on set of TMNT 2.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

They should bring in Elias Koteas to play Casey's Father.

No, it should be Schwarzenegger.

[bushido]

Originally Posted by neatoman

No, it should be Schwarzenegger.

Et tu Casey ?

[Autbot_Benz]

Originally Posted by turtlefanforever

So we are aware they're ruining her career too?

this isn't ruining her career she mostly known as April so it makes sense to be in this.

[***First of Two Latin Kings***]

Since there will probably be four or five of these movies like they did with Transformers, I WOULD like to see Elias Koteas, Paige Turco, and the guy who was in the taxi in the first movie (who was also Raphael's body and voice actor) all be in future movies.

[plastroncafe]

Holy Crap!
The return of Ms Hoag! Something I'm actually interested in seeing!
Someone check the weather in Hell, make sure it's not snowing.

[Vicky82]

Originally Posted by ***Doo Doo Acureds***

Since there will probably be four or five of these movies like they did with Transformers, I WOULD like to see Elias Koteas, Paige Turco, and the guy who was in the taxi in the first movie (who was also Raphael's body and voice actor) all be in future movies.

Maybe they should get Robbie Rist and Corey Feldman to have cameos too

[plastroncafe]

Ain't It Cool News has a page about this today:

New Pics From The NINJA TURTLES Sequel Shoot Reveal…

With a nice new pic too:
Scratch that, it's just a different cut of a previously posted pic.

[TrickOrTreater]

Originally Posted by graphic_content

http://i.imgur.com/6jXnBya.jpg

Megan can you get the hell out of the way please? I can't see Judith completely.

[The Boston Ninja Turtle]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

They should bring in Elias Koteas to play Casey's Father.

nah man it should be an uncle or cop....i like Elias to much to have to want to hate his character since casey father is usually made a drunk...know what i mean

[Autbot_Benz]

Originally Posted by The Boston Ninja Turtle

nah man it should be an uncle or cop....i like Elias to much to have to want to hate his character since casey father is usually made a drunk...know what i mean

fine by me just get him in one of these movies

[Galactus]

Honestly I couldn't care less if Judith Hoag is in this.

It's clear her casting is purely to manufacture some goodwill in a movie series that is desperately in need of some. She's the best live action April we've had but her being in this is by no means indicative of a turn in quality afterall actors have to take anything they can get until they make it big.

These kind of things are neat but wont sway anyone anymore than Kevin Eastman's continued endoresements or their cutsey references to previous versions so blatant you expect the actors to wink at the camera all the while actually ignoring the story and characters we want to see.

So we've got Vern, Carmello Anthony, Alessandra Ambrosio, Laura Linney's character and a cameo from assorted NBA players all in a movie in which the biggest complaint about it's predecessor was the focus on anything but TMNT related stuff. Anyone else think they are just making things worse?

[graphic_content]

Originally Posted by Galactus

So we've got Vern, Carmello Anthony, Alessandra Ambrosio, Laura Linney's character and a cameo from assorted NBA players all in a movie in which the biggest complaint about it's predecessor was the focus on anything but TMNT related stuff. Anyone else think they are just making things worse?

im with you on this part...Vern, ill take, but the rest of them?! what were they producers thinking adding MORE humans to this movie.

if they think adding ball players, models, and Laura Linney was gonna draw a bigger audience to a TURTLE movie...they need to reconsider their business model.

who goes to a TMNT movie to see Laura Linney? Ball Players? ... show me that target demographic, please enlighten me.

[plastroncafe]

The people behind this movie know they've got their target demographic in the bag, what they're trying to do is diversify that demographic.

[IndigoErth]

Not to mention the creators of it clearly must not have an ounce of any ability to feel that they or the audience can relate to the Turtles.

Cripe, they have actual actors on set seen and portraying them, that should make it that much easier to shoot it in a way that you're treating the Turtles like people and the stars of it via their actors. But no.

"We don't understand the subjects, so just load it up with other stuff we do understand."

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by graphic_content

im with you on this part...Vern, ill take, but the rest of them?! what were they producers thinking adding MORE humans to this movie.

if they think adding ball players, models, and Laura Linney was gonna draw a bigger audience to a TURTLE movie...they need to reconsider their business model.

who goes to a TMNT movie to see Laura Linney? Ball Players? ... show me that target demographic, please enlighten me.

To be honest under normal circumstances I'd be curious about someone like Laura Linney in a movie like this.

Having Judith Hoag in there is wise in the sense that at least some people remember and like her portrayal of April in the classic movie will be more willing to give the sequel the benefit of the doubt and think "well gee if the first April likes it must be good". Sadly for them I don't think there's enough of those kind of people to make a difference but like Linney's casting I wouldn't necessarily see it as something negative in itself.

The problem is since the last movie which not only the had the turtles and Splinter but also Shredder vying for screentime and Karai reduced to a background character even having Megan Fox pretty much the focus even when they were around then it's very bad omen to have the sequel overloaded with so many other characters and stories particularly as they've set themselves to accomplish more storywise than the first.

Really if you think about last years movie only needed to have an origin for the turtles and Splinter, meet April and have some conflict with Shredder. Anything else of just extra and yet it was those extras that took priority and shortchanged what people wanted to see.

This year we need an origin for Casey, establish a connection between him and the main cast, Baxter Stockman, an origin and conflict with Bebop and Rocksteady and some kind of Shredder conflict...and that's before getting into fans hopes they'll somehow correct that origin but even now we've got even more extras that seem to be priority over the stuff we need to see.

You're right that it isn't a good business model for the long term. Last years movie was successful but not successful (or liked) enough for them to coast on the idea that they'll get better as the go. There's a lot of fans that didn't really care for it but still defend the Platinum Dunes movie in the belief there was enough there to improve. If the sequel falls into the same pitfalls then I think that faith will waver.

[NYShell]

Even though my expectations are even lower after seeing the first one, I can't wait to see Judith Hoag in this flick. It's kind of hitting me that she'll now have had 2 roles in the TMNT universe.

[Andrew NDB]

"Half Shell"? This should be sutitled: "TMNT: Placate Fans." Because doing crap like putting 1985 on a license plate and giving Judith Hoag a walk-on cameo means anything in a film with no script that's some kind of toy-driven hyper-realization of all the horrors of the Fred Wolf show.

[TrickOrTreater]

Originally Posted by Galactus

Honestly I couldn't care less if Judith Hoag is in this.

It's clear her casting is purely to manufacture some goodwill in a movie series that is desperately in need of some. She's the best live action April we've had but her being in this is by no means indicative of a turn in quality afterall actors have to take anything they can get until they make it big.

These kind of things are neat but wont sway anyone anymore than Kevin Eastman's continued endoresements or their cutsey references to previous versions so blatant you expect the actors to wink at the camera all the while actually ignoring the story and characters we want to see.

So we've got Vern, Carmello Anthony, Alessandra Ambrosio, Laura Linney's character and a cameo from assorted NBA players all in a movie in which the biggest complaint about it's predecessor was the focus on anything but TMNT related stuff. Anyone else think they are just making things worse?

Originally Posted by Galactus

Having Judith Hoag in there is wise in the sense that at least some people remember and like her portrayal of April in the classic movie will be more willing to give the sequel the benefit of the doubt and think "well gee if the first April likes it must be good". Sadly for them I don't think there's enough of those kind of people to make a difference but like Linney's casting I wouldn't necessarily see it as something negative in itself.

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

"Half Shell"? This should be sutitled: "TMNT: Placate Fans." Because doing crap like putting 1985 on a license plate and giving Judith Hoag a walk-on cameo means anything in a film with no script that's some kind of toy-driven hyper-realization of all the horrors of the Fred Wolf show.

No yeah that's pretty much exactly what they're doing. 100% without a doubt. It's just more bullsh*t pandering that the hacks behind this movie can point to and say "see!? we care about you f*cking nerds!! We put the original movie April into a scene or two, and Bebop and Rocksteady, and Foot clan that kinda look like Foot ninjas!! Now enjoy more Megan Fox and Will Arnett staring at her ass! Oh and the good-looking dude from Arrow and some model are in it too! Look Megan Fox in a blonde school girl costume! *waves hands fast*"

But...then I saw Judith in that suit in that one picture and...some of those feelings just kinda went away for a minute. And it was nice.

But then reality came back and I want to beat this movie to death with a shovel.

[THGhost]

Yep, confirmed. More pics (large):

Spoiler:

[Jester]

Just keeps getting more beautiful with age.