Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2′ Casts Brian Tee as Shredder

[Vicky82]

Ok I'm confused

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/tm...ee-1201480798/

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2″ has cast Brian Tee (“The Wolverine”) as iconic villain Shredder, Variety has learned exclusively.

He’ll join Megan Fox (April O’Neil), Will Arnett (Vern Fenwick), Stephen Amell (Casey Jones) and Tyler Perry (Baxter Stockman) in the Paramount sequel. Michael Bay will once again produce with his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form. David Green is set to direct from a script by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec.

The 2014 reboot of the beloved franchise brought in more than $485 million worldwide on a budget of $125 million. Tohoru Masamune played the villain in the 2014 movie.

Tee recently finished filming NBC drama pilot “Love is a 4 Letter Word” from director George Tillman Jr. and writer/producer Diana Son. He’ll next be seen in Universal’s “Jurassic World,” playing the role of Takashi Hamada.

Tee is repped by Abrams Artists Agency, manager Lisa DiSante-Frank, Sabrina Hutchinson Public Relations and attorney Mark Johnson of Behr, Abramson, Levy.

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2″ will hit theaters on June 3, 2016.

[TigerClaw]

Oh man, I posted about this the same time you did, and I cant delete the thread.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

Oh man, I posted about this the same time you did, and I cant delete the thread.

Done .

[Candy Kappa]

Interesting. Maybe the ooze from the canister he broke in the first film rejuvenated and healed his scars? Hopefully this means Oroku Saki appearance in a suit and just just him running around in his Shredder exoskeleton.

[Andrew NDB]

Not entirely surprising. They were in a rush to find an Oroku Saki that would pass at a glance during the first "film"'s reshoots... now they probably want to actually have an Oroku Saki with better acting chops. To better order around Bebop and Rocksteady or talk about turtle soup again or whatever further wackiness is planned that I have no interest in.

Mr. Tee was pretty fun and venomous as the villain in Tokyo Drift. If this was a real Turtles movie I wouldn't be against him at all... with this, I just pity him.

[bushido]

Why not keep the same actor ? What a mess !

Edit : Agree with you Andrew NDB. That's a good explanation.

[turtlefanforever]

Such a star studded cast, such a sh*tty script. It's movie 43 all over again

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by Vicky82

Ok I'm confused

What's so confusing about it? They've recast the character is all.

While I generally enjoyed Tohoru Masamune in the role and liked the fact he was the only one who did actual research into the franchise, not that anyone would listen to him but I really liked that if he had his way he'd have liked to see the full Saki origin from the original comics but the fact that he was quickly cast at the last minute as essentially a minor role (which is what Shredder was in the finished product) I think there was always a danger they'd procure a bigger name for the sequel.

Of course there's something of an irony of them ditching an actor who hasn't done much mainstream work when the director is someone who hasn't done much mainstream work.

[Vicky82]

Originally Posted by Galactus

What's so confusing about it? They've recast the character is all.

While I generally enjoyed Tohoru Masamune in the role and liked the fact he was the only one who did actual research into the franchise, not that anyone would listen to him but I really liked that if he had his way he'd have liked to see the full Saki origin from the original comics but the fact that he was quickly cast at the last minute as essentially a minor role (which is what Shredder was in the finished product) I think there was always a danger they'd procure a bigger name for the sequel.

Of course there's something of an irony of them ditching an actor who hasn't done much mainstream work when the director is someone who hasn't done much mainstream work.

I didn't expect Shredder to be re casted and thought Tohoru Masamune was returning.

Can they recast April next

[Powder]

What happened to Tohoru Masamune? Too bad, he seemed very grateful to have the role, & I liked him in it, bad script aside. This guy's good, but like Andrew said, it's a waste of talent.

[TigerClaw]

I'm not familiar with Brian Tee, I hope hes good with the martial arts, Considering hes playing such a high profile role.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

I'm not familiar with Brian Tee, I hope hes good with the martial arts, Considering hes playing such a high profile role.

He's played Liu Kang from Mortal Kombat. He'll be fine.

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

He's played Liu Kang from Mortal Kombat. He'll be fine.

Oh, From the Mortal Kombat webseries? I haven't seen the 2nd season of that.

[IndigoErth]

Shredder, you're so young!

Wait, wait... this guy is still in his 30s and we're to recall he raised William Fichtner's character, Eric Sacks.



He might make a good Shredder, it's nothing against him at all. But seriously, screw it, clearly we're dealing with an alien Krang Shredder here.

[TigerClaw]

This is interesting, Cause all this echoes what happened with Secret of the Ooze, Since they recast the Shredder in that.

[CyberCubed]

At least he's Asian. Every time I think about how bad this movie franchise is, I still "thank god" they didn't go with the white Eric Sachs Shredder.

[Powder]

Supposedly the original dude was confirmed weeks back, right? & this dude's a lot younger? Are we supposed to believe that the mutagen, rather than turning him into Super Shredder, made him youthful & stronger?

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by Powder

Supposedly the original dude was confirmed weeks back, right? & this dude's a lot younger? Are we supposed to believe that the mutagen, rather than turning him into Super Shredder, made him youthful & stronger?

Maybe we won't see his face either, The last Shredder, We couldn't see his face, since they intentionally hid it with low lighting.

[IndigoErth]

Maybe we're seeing him as younger Shredder in flashbacks?




Anti-aging mutagen, the new "stupid rich" scheme. Oil of Shredder Olay.

[newhire13]

I wonder if he'll be Oroku Saki and if they'll say The Shredder from movie 1 was his grandfather or father or something. This movie already feels like a soft reboot.