Shredder Cast? Sounds like Col. Schrader

*NinjaPug* · 05-09-2013, 05:56 PM

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Adds William Fichtner

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday May 9, 2013 @ 4:39pm PDT

EXCLUSIVE: He’s not playing a turtle in Paramount’s reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but William Fichtner is on board for the movie. Details on the actor’s role are sketchy, but Fichtner is said to be playing a lead with iconic stature in the Turtles’ mythology. A lead in last year’s Nat Geo TV movie Seal Team Six: The Raid On Osama Bin Laden, Fichtner was a semi-regular on the last two seasons of HBO’s Entourage and also appeared on The West Wing as well as in 2008′s The Dark Knight. Turtles is the third blockbuster in a row* the actor has coming up now joining his villainous Butch Cavendish in Disney’s The Lone Ranger*with Johnny Depp and his appearance in the Neil Blomkamp-directed Elysium alongside Matt Damon. Both those movies are coming out this summer, while Turtles is being released on June 6, 2014. As for the Turtles themselves, as Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr revealed in March, Hunger Games: Catching Fire’s Alan Ritchson will play Raphael in the Jonathan Liebesman-directed*movie, Pete Ploszek*will play Leonardo,*Jeremy Howard*will play Donatello, and*Noel Fisher*will play Michelangelo. Megan Fox is set to play the lead female role in the movie that her Transformers director Michael Bay is producing. Fichtner is repped by Intellectual Artists Management.

*Slap-Happy* · 05-09-2013, 06:00 PM

Someone change this title.

1984TMNT · 05-09-2013, 06:02 PM

Interesting....dude is a good actor, so we'll see what they do with him. Praying this isn't linked to "schrader". I wouldn't see him as a good fit for that or an actual "Shredder", so I dunno.

*Slap-Happy* · 05-09-2013, 06:03 PM

I'll be honest, Schrader is one of the lesser problems I had with that script.

*Powder* · 05-09-2013, 06:03 PM

He'd certainly be a good Rat King...

Once again, casting choices made hear in response a resounding "Huh?" from the collective fanbase.

Azrael Macool · 05-09-2013, 06:03 PM

Well, I'm still being optimistic. I really like this guy... I don't want him to be Colonel Schrader, but, we don't even know his part yet.

leolao · 05-09-2013, 06:08 PM

he could be Baxter Stockman, Rat King or April's Boss

*chrisdude* · 05-09-2013, 06:14 PM

Schrader makes sense with the Foot we have. I'm down.

1984TMNT · 05-09-2013, 06:15 PM

I could easily see him as a Baxter Stockman type, though, I'm sort of hoping that character isn't in this movie....

poprob · 05-09-2013, 06:21 PM

I'm betting on him being an Utrom/Kraang in human form.

Giancarlo Esposito from Breaking Bad/Revolution is the ONLY logical choice for someone to play Baxter. I'd absolutely love to see him in that role down the line.

zak_the_neutrino · 05-09-2013, 06:21 PM

If its not shredder then what other iconic character to the turtles lore can it be? It's gotta be shred head.

*MikeandRaph87* · 05-09-2013, 06:23 PM

Colonel Schrader? Who might that be? Some made up character for this movie I had not heard reported yet you all are talking about?

*CyberCubed* · 05-09-2013, 06:25 PM

Burne Thompson maybe?

*NinjaPug* · 05-09-2013, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Burne Thompson maybe?

The article says he's playing a lead. Hopefully Burne isn't a lead.

*CyberCubed* · 05-09-2013, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NinjaPug

The article says he's playing a lead. Hopefully Burne isn't a lead.

They called Vernon a lead too.

Bob · 05-09-2013, 06:35 PM

And we have our Colonel Schrader. I just hope they've changed his name or at least make it clear enough that he's not a substitute for Shredder so we can then get a proper version of him in a sequel.

*NinjaMan* · 05-09-2013, 06:35 PM

Hmm wonder how they will tie him and Splinter's history together?

*CyberCubed* · 05-09-2013, 06:36 PM

He doesn't strike me as main villain material.

*chrisdude* · 05-09-2013, 06:36 PM

If Deadline's source is correct, and he's playing "a lead with iconic stature in the Turtles’ mythology," that makes for a pretty short list of possibilities. Doesn't necessarily mean villain, though. But i think he'd be a good fit for Schrader.

If he's Schrader, he doesn't need to be tied to Spliter's story. Because he's not Shredder.

*CyberCubed* · 05-09-2013, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisdude

If he's Schrader, he doesn't need to be tied to Spliter's story. Because he's not Shredder.

Why give him such a similar name and have him command the Foot though if they intended to use Shredder?

Saving the main villain for a sequel that's at least 3 years away from this one doesn't sound like a smart idea. By that point the Nick cartoon could be in its waning phase.

05-09-2013, 05:56 PM	#1
NinjaPug Foot Elite Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 4,390	Shredder Cast? Sounds like Col. Schrader ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Adds William Fichtner By DOMINIC PATTEN \| Thursday May 9, 2013 @ 4:39pm PDT EXCLUSIVE: He’s not playing a turtle in Paramount’s reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but William Fichtner is on board for the movie. Details on the actor’s role are sketchy, but Fichtner is said to be playing a lead with iconic stature in the Turtles’ mythology. A lead in last year’s Nat Geo TV movie Seal Team Six: The Raid On Osama Bin Laden, Fichtner was a semi-regular on the last two seasons of HBO’s Entourage and also appeared on The West Wing as well as in 2008′s The Dark Knight. Turtles is the third blockbuster in a row* the actor has coming up now joining his villainous Butch Cavendish in Disney’s The Lone Rangerwith Johnny Depp and his appearance in the Neil Blomkamp-directed Elysium alongside Matt Damon. Both those movies are coming out this summer, while Turtles is being released on June 6, 2014. As for the Turtles themselves, as Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr revealed in March, Hunger Games: Catching Fire’s Alan Ritchson will play Raphael in the Jonathan Liebesman-directedmovie, Pete Ploszekwill play Leonardo,Jeremy Howardwill play Donatello, andNoel Fisher*will play Michelangelo. Megan Fox is set to play the lead female role in the movie that her Transformers director Michael Bay is producing. Fichtner is repped by Intellectual Artists Management.

05-09-2013, 06:02 PM	#3
1984TMNT Stone Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 566	Interesting....dude is a good actor, so we'll see what they do with him. Praying this isn't linked to "schrader". I wouldn't see him as a good fit for that or an actual "Shredder", so I dunno. __________________ Try to rely on YOUR, Turtle Power!

05-09-2013, 06:14 PM	#8
chrisdude Foot Elite Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: North Carolina Posts: 2,708	Schrader makes sense with the Foot we have. I'm down. __________________ PSN/Miiverse: MikeFarber

05-09-2013, 06:15 PM	#9
1984TMNT Stone Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 566	I could easily see him as a Baxter Stockman type, though, I'm sort of hoping that character isn't in this movie.... __________________ Try to rely on YOUR, Turtle Power!

05-09-2013, 06:21 PM	#10
poprob Foot Soldier Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 127	I'm betting on him being an Utrom/Kraang in human form. Giancarlo Esposito from Breaking Bad/Revolution is the ONLY logical choice for someone to play Baxter. I'd absolutely love to see him in that role down the line. __________________ POP ROB DOT COM: http://www.poprob.com Instagram: poprobdotcom

05-09-2013, 06:00 PM	#2
Slap-Happy Bad Boy Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,911	Someone change this title.

05-09-2013, 06:03 PM	#4
Slap-Happy Bad Boy Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,911	I'll be honest, Schrader is one of the lesser problems I had with that script.

05-09-2013, 06:03 PM	#5
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,945	He'd certainly be a good Rat King... Once again, casting choices made hear in response a resounding "Huh?" from the collective fanbase.

05-09-2013, 06:03 PM	#6
Azrael Macool Random Punk Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 47	Well, I'm still being optimistic. I really like this guy... I don't want him to be Colonel Schrader, but, we don't even know his part yet.

05-09-2013, 06:08 PM	#7
leolao Random Punk Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: LA Sewer Posts: 32	he could be Baxter Stockman, Rat King or April's Boss

05-09-2013, 06:21 PM	#11
zak_the_neutrino Foot Soldier Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 118	If its not shredder then what other iconic character to the turtles lore can it be? It's gotta be shred head. __________________ NAAHH! THIS PLACE IS DULLSVILLE MAN LET'S CUT OUT!!!

05-09-2013, 06:23 PM	#12
MikeandRaph87 Jedi Master Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: JLA Satellite Headquarters Posts: 11,188	Colonel Schrader? Who might that be? Some made up character for this movie I had not heard reported yet you all are talking about? __________________ Michelangelo: This looks like a job for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Raphael: Sheesh, Mikey this ain't a cartoon!

05-09-2013, 06:25 PM	#13
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,805	Burne Thompson maybe?

05-09-2013, 06:35 PM	#16
Bob Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: UK, England Posts: 546	And we have our Colonel Schrader. I just hope they've changed his name or at least make it clear enough that he's not a substitute for Shredder so we can then get a proper version of him in a sequel.

05-09-2013, 06:35 PM	#17
NinjaMan Mad Scientist Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,579	Hmm wonder how they will tie him and Splinter's history together?

05-09-2013, 06:36 PM	#18
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,805	He doesn't strike me as main villain material.