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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 2 Updates, Set Photos, And More!

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The following are a collection of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 casting updates, a bunch more set photos that reveal some things and then some, and more!

Cinemablend reckon Krang will be causing problems for Raph, Leo, Donny and Mikey in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. The sequel is still shooting in New York, and according to the site a scene was recently filmed “involving a number of extras and the character’s arrival on Earth through a portal of some sort.” Krang actually first debuted in the original animated series back in the ’80s but has since gone on to be a mainstay in TMNT canon. He’s usually depicted as an uneasy ally of Shredder (Brian Tee), and provides him and his cronies with the alien tech they need to defeat the Turtles.

It looks like Karai will have a larger role in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, as Deadline report that the character has been recast, with Brittany Ishibashi replacing Minae Noji. Karai’s origins are never alluded to in the first movie, but there have been several variations of them over the years. In classic TMNT lore she’s depicted as being either the daughter or granddaughter of Shredder, but in the new animated series for example, she’s is actually Splinter’s daughter, who’s stolen and raised by Shredder to believe that the Turtles’ sensei is the one responsible for the death of her mother.

Ishibashi most recently appeared in TV shows such as Grace And Frankie, Bones and Emily Owens, M.D., as well as features Everything Before Us and The Harvesting.

Megan Fox (Transformers) and Stephen Amell (Arrow) were spotted filming scenes for Teenage Mutant  Ninja Turtles 2 late last night in New York.
The vigilante ‘Casey Jones’ (Amell) is usually sporting a goalie’s mask and intrepid Channel 6 News reporter ‘April O’Neil’ is usually wearing a yellow jacket, but in order to sneak into the headquarters (One Police Plaza) of the New York police department they wore dark clothes and matching baseball caps.
Check out a video with Fox and Amell and a photo of Will Arnett (‘Vernon Fenwick’) who was also on hand for filming.

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Below you can get your first look at Brian Tee as our new Shredder (sans helmet), and Brittany Ishibashi as Karai as they prepare to shoot a scene for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. In TMNT lore, Karai is usually portrayed as either Shredder’s daughter or granddaughter, but we’re not sure if that’ll be the case here as no mention was made of it in the first movie. There’s also a snap of (presumably) a masked-up member of the Foot Clan.

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Some more images from the set of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 have found their way online, and they give us our first look at Shredder’s fan-favourite henchman… before they’re turned into a humanoid warthog and rhino that is. As you can see, that’s Gary Anthony Williams with a pink mohawk as Bebop, and engaging him in sure-to-be stimulating conversation is WWE superstar Sheamus (real name Stephen Farrelly) as Rocksteady. We also have better shots of Brian Tee as Shredder and Brittany Ishibashi as Karai.

We’ve had an official image of the Arrow actor in his Casey Jones hockey mask, and now some new BTS pics provide another look at him as he takes on the Turtles.

These appear to be close-up shots from a scene that was filmed a couple of weeks back, which seemed to feature the first meeting between fan-favourite vigilante Casey Jones and the Turtles. Things got a little heated if Raph’s sai sticking out of that metal is anything to go by! We also have some more pics from the scene in which April (Megan Fox) meets Vern (Will Arnett) and his date Alessandra Ambrosio (Alessandra Ambrosio).

Lastly, Megan Fox has returned yet again on set with the questionable schoolgirl outfit. Who knows how this will play out in TMNT 2 and why it has to be worn is probably the more asked question out of the two.

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2″ will hit theaters on June 3, 2016 and stars Megan Fox (April O’Neil), Will Arnett (Vern Fenwick), Stephen Amell (Casey Jones), Brian Tee (Shredder), Tyler Perry (Baxter Stockman), Laura Linney, Gary Anthony Williams (Bebop), Brittany Ishibashi (Karai) and Stephen Farrelly (Rocksteady) 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.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 2 | A NEWS ROUNDUP

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Cowabunga! A bunch of news, set photos & videos, and more have been released online for the upcoming sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2! We have a Bebop casting, an old face returning, and a bunch of other things for you!

Though Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 is currently filming in both Buffalo and New York City, the sequel almost set up shop in another New York locale: Syracuse.

According to producer Brad Fuller, the film seriously considered filming in the town just east of Buffalo while scouting Upstate New York location. Another contestant was Rochester, which is nestled between Buffalo and Syracuse. But according to Fuller, TMNT2’s production ultimately chose Buffalo for the city’s Kensington Expressway, which provided the right environment for a particular scene.

“There are high walls on the side of the highway and that is great for the story and it looks really cool,” Fuller told Syracuse.com. Filming in Buffalo began last week, as the crew filmed numerous car chase scenes with the Turtles’ battlewagon. The main cast however, remained in New York City to film their portions.

According to the Buffalo News, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 will bring as much as $9 million to the small city after receiving a 40 percent tax credit for choosing to film there.

According to Deadline, Bebop will be played by Gary Anthony Williams in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. No word on who will play his rhinoceros partner in crime Rocksteady just yet, but it’s assumed both characters will be fully CGI once the mutations take place. Before his transformation though, Bebop will apparently be “a punk street thug member of a ragtag gang of misfits who acts as if he’s intellectually superior, but isn’t.”

Laura Linney is playing a member of New York’s finest in the movie, and will probably be tasked with tracking down the awesome foursome and bringing them to justice. Are there any notable female cops in TMNT lore? 

Also spotted on set was Arrow’s Stephen Amell who’ll play Casey Jones, with Raphael actor Alan Ritchson.

Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard and Pete Ploszek along with Ritchson were on set too, with their CGI turtle suits.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 production crew has been split in two. One team is filming with the principal actors in New York City, while the other crew is filming an elaborate car chase scene up in Buffalo, New York.

The first set of videos features the main cast filming scene at the NYC set with a large green screen behind them. The first video shows that there is some tension between Will Arnett’s character Vernon Fenwick and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, April O’Neil (Megan Fox) and new team member Casey Jones (Stephen Amell). How did this develop since the first film is anyone’s guess. You have to assume it has something to do with the fine clothes and new supermodel girlfriend Vern has been seen wearing and with, respectively.

The next slew of videos showcases the extensive car chase scene that is being filmed on Route 33 in Buffalo. After watching all of the videos I believe I have a good idea of what is going in this scene, sort of. There is a truck being escorted by men on motorcycles. That truck appears to be prisoner transport vehicle that the police commonly use. So we could assume that there is a prisoner inside. It might be a Turtle. As the scene unfolds there are two stuntmen that use welding torches. They appear to be trying to open up the roof to help whoever is inside to escape. Their bulky outfits suggests that they are in fact Turtles, and at some point one of them loses their footing and hangs upside down as the transport vehicles keeps on moving along.

Following all of this are two sporty 3-wheeler vehicles, Polaris Slingshots. And chasing behind them is the Ninja Turtles’ “Battlewagon,” which is a reinforced sanitation truck.

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“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2″ will hit theaters on June 3, 2016 and stars Megan Fox (April O’Neil), Will Arnett (Vern Fenwick), Stephen Amell (Casey Jones), Brian Tee (Shredder), Tyler Perry (Baxter Stockman), Laura Linney and Gary Anthony Williams (Bebop) 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.