First BTS TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 2 Show Stephen Amell, Blonde? Megan Fox, And More!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 have officially started filming, and what better to kick off production than seeing some brand new set photos featuring Arrow’s Stephen Amell as Casey Jones and Megan Fox who respires her role as April O’Neil from the first film in the franchise! Even though the set photos doesn’t reveal Stephen Amell suited up, it does give us something to speculate!

Tyler Perry (Gone Girl) and Megan Fox (Transformers) were on hand.

Perry is playing mad scientist Baxter Stockman. Below, is our first look at him in costume. You can see him wearing a bow tie, which is something the character is known for wearing in previous iterations. The character is also known for joining forces with Shredder; creating mutant hunting robots called Mousers and transforming into a mutant fly. How much of that will be used in the film is anyone’s guess.

Megan Fox was back on set, but this time her character April O’Neil was spotted wearing a blonde wig. I’m guessing April has the platinum locks so that the Channel 6 News reporter can go undercover.

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@olv second night filming with #TMNT2 #halfshell #TylerPerry #MeganFox pic.twitter.com/n0OYdSJOqE
— Shelly (@shellygelli) April 29, 2015

stephen e megan nas filmagens de #TMNT2 pic.twitter.com/6mU6j6tKHv
— kevin (@stephamell) April 28, 2015

Also, a Buffalo news station reports that equipment is being brought in as filming will be taking place there soon. Check out the video below to find out if the new Turtle van will make an appearance.

“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) 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.

Tyler Perry To Play Scientist Baxter Stockman In TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 2

Tyler Perry is set to join the cast of Paramount and Michael Bay’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2,” in which he’ll play scientist Baxter Stockman.

Megan Fox and Will Arnett are on board to reprise their roles in the sequel, while “Arrow” star Stephen Amell was recently cast as Casey Jones. David Green is directing.

Plot details and other returning cast members have yet to be confirmed.

In previous iterations of the franchise, Stockman was responsible for the creation of the Mousers, machines meant to seek out and destroy sewer rats. The villainous Shredder learns of this invention and hires Stockman as his own scientist with the intent of using the Mousers to destroy Splinter, mentor to the Turtles.

Michael Bay is producing along with his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form. Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec are penning the script. Production is set to start next month.

The “Turtles” franchise is one of Paramount’s top properties following the success of last summer’s latest outing, which earned $191 million domestically.

Best known for his “Tyler Perry Presents” films for which the multihyphenate acts as writer, producer, director and sometimes star, Perry has recently branched out to dramatic roles in other projects, and was last seen playing Ben Affleck’s lawyer in Fox’s “Gone Girl.”

Source: Variety