William Fichtner Not Playing Shredder

[Shark_Blade]

http://screenrant.com/teenage-mutant...otage-preview/

According to Paramount and producer Andrew Form, William Fichtner is not playing Shredder. He’s playing Eric Sachs, who works for Shredder, but Shredder, who will be wearing a mechanized samurai suit in the film, is an entirely different character. There is some evidence to back this up – in the most recent trailer, Fichtner says to a shadowy figure, “We’re taking your armor to the next level.” It should be noted, however, that Fichtner himself told the press last year that he was playing Shredder, so perhaps there’s more to this story.

So no more "white washed" Shredder, or whatever the hell some people ranted before.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Man, I don't know what in the world is going on with this movie. I bet at some point Sachs was supposed to be the Shredder, but they changed it.

At least they wised up.

[Bry]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

http://screenrant.com/teenage-mutant...otage-preview/

So no more "white washed" Shredder, or whatever the hell some people ranted before.

Can you stow the attitude, please? "William Fichtner is the Shredder" is exactly how it was presented to the general public by the actor himself, and the studio didn't correct it. The name Eric Sachs is even specifically an American sound-alike of Oroku Saki. People had every reason to take these details at face value, so the "nyah nyah, told you so" routine is uncalled for.

That said, it remains to be seen how this will pan out. "Sachs is the Shredder" could have been misdirection in the first place, or what the producer said here could be the misdirection as far as we know. No way to know for sure at this point.

[Le Glorieux Tortue]

So we see now that Oroku Saki just has a quirky thing where he only hires people with similar names to his

Derek Taki next in line!

[The Boston Ninja Turtle]

hmmm not buying it...at least not in the sense that this was the plan all along...and Bry is right we were told..William was shredder...by him and others


now movie worries now are what kind of jumbled mess will this be to try to please everyone

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

So no more "white washed" Shredder, or whatever the hell some people ranted before.

agreed with bry..you didnt need the snark, and youve been doing it a while people have different tastes it happens people are allowed to complain

[NinjaPug]

He may not be the original Shredder in this but there's no way he doesn't end up wearing the Shredder armor by the end of the film. I still wish we were getting an adaptation closer to Mirage but it's not necessarily a bad idea.

[Xiewin]

Nothing about this film makes sense...

[MrTMNT2012]

It was a bit stupid to pull a Mandarin on such an iconic character like Shredder, but hey, whatever shuts up the haters.

[Matt2310]

im still hoping sachs is either krang or chrell... im 100% OK with that

[Shark_Blade]

People need to chill. It's those that were fooled that are offended I reckon.

Who cares, we're here to discuss this bit of info. I bet he's the Kraang.

[Le Glorieux Tortue]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

People need to chill. It's those that were fooled that are offended I reckon.

Who cares, we're here to discuss this bit of info. I bet he's the Kraang.

I don't think it's "fool" that is the right word

If an actor is saying he or she is playing a character you do trust what they say and not automatically connect it to being a ruse

Do not lie, you yourself thought this was the case too, at least before that "armor to next level" trailer

[terrorblade]

If anyone watched Spectacular Spider-man, they did the same thing with Green Goblin. Even though everyone knows Norman Osborn is the Green Goblin the show will really convince you that it was Harry under the mask. Maybe they were trying to pull the same thing but didn't expect that the TMNT fans don't want to be played so they start showing hints of Oroku Saki or maybe they just changed it altogether. They probably learned their lesson now: No twist, No surprises = No fanboy rage( or maybe not, should have been no noses too, am I right?)

[Bry]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

People need to chill. It's those that were fooled that are offended I reckon.

People would be chill if you didn't antagonize them in the first place. You say stuff like "whatever the hell some people ranted before" and people are gonna get defensive. Don't shoot snark at people if you don't want them shooting back.

And it's not being "fooled" if you take information officially presented to you at face value. I get that sometimes the powers that be have to lie to keep a surprise, but you can't act like folks are unreasonable for reporting on and responding to that official information for what it is. They gave them the exact information they intended to.

Here's a hypothetical, though: what if the producer's comments were a red herring and Fichtner either is or becomes the Shredder in the movie? Because that's totally possible.

[plastroncafe]

I've got my money down on Fichtner not being Shredder like Neeson wasn't Ras al Ghul.

[Shark_Blade]

Originally Posted by Le Glorieux Tortue

I don't think it's "fool" that is the right word

If an actor is saying he or she is playing a character you do trust what they say and not automatically connect it to being a ruse

Do not lie, you yourself thought this was the case too, at least before that "armor to next level" trailer

Yup.

Originally Posted by Bry

People would be chill if you didn't antagonize them in the first place. You say stuff like "whatever the hell some people ranted before" and people are gonna get defensive. Don't shoot snark at people if you don't want them shooting back.

And it's not being "fooled" if you take information officially presented to you at face value. I get that sometimes the powers that be have to lie to keep a surprise, but you can't act like folks are unreasonable for reporting on and responding to that official information for what it is. They gave them the exact information they intended to.

Here's a hypothetical, though: what if the producer's comments were a red herring and Fichtner either is or becomes the Shredder in the movie? Because that's totally possible.

*snore* ... I was fooled into thinking he's the Shredder at one point too but you don't see me get offended. Some haters honestly..

Get on topic people, Fichtner is not playing Shredder.

[Galactus]

Well in that case thank you for lying to us.

Although I have a suspicion that when Fichtner said it he was being honest as far as he knew at the time. I don't blame him but the people making the movie for creating this mess.

[Shark_Blade]

Yeah his early interview video back then when he got casted as Shredder was pretty underwhelming, he didn't elaborate much of why he wanted to play Shredder and such.

Now thinking back, I reckon he's keeping inside details from spoiling us heh. Sneaky.

[HeroTurtlesFan]

Ha ha.

I suspected they were doing a "R'as Al Ghul / Henri Ducard" -type thing, but fans will go OTT on the barest bones of information.

[The Turtle Terminator]

Yes. Yes. YES!

[Sumac]

Ha-ha-ha. What the heck?
Couple of months ago they've said Fichtner is Shredder and he himself have said it. Now they seemingly say that he is not. It seems I was right and PD's marketing definitely led by monkeys, who couldn't make up their minds. This is just a mess.
I find it funny, how "stoked" persons try to shoulder the blame on everyone else, but PD for this misinformation. Pathetic.