‘TMNT 2’ details, ‘dumb and fun’ Bebop, Rocksteady, Stephen Amell on Casey Jones
At the 2016 WonderCon panel for the new TMNT film, stars Megan Fox and Stephen Amell, alongside producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller previewed what to expect from the sequel with new director David Green. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows will add even more comic book characters, details and fun.
Producer Brad Fuller stated, “The beauty of working with [Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles] is that there’s so much in canon to pull from.” He added that there were a number of characters they wanted to put in the first movie. Now in the sequel, they have the chance to put them all in. There are five new characters in the sequel: Bebob, Rocksteady, Baxter Stockman, Krang and Casey Jones.
“This film is about acceptance. Movie one was about family. This movie’s called Out of the Shadows. Turtles living in the shadows,: Foam explained. “It’s really about them dealing with who they are and accepting that.”
Fans are excited about adding On Bebob and Rocksteady will Foam joking: “Dumb and fun. That was our mandate”
“We call them the idiots. The knuckleheads. These are the guys in a ballroom brawl that if they hit you it’s going to hurt but it’s easy to dodge them. They’re Shredder’s henchmen and they bring a lot of comic relief to the movie.”
Check out their new character posters below.
Arrow star Amell spoke about his excitement at joining the Turtle family, saying it was ”surreal.”
“Casey Jones has a beef to settle with two of the people the Turtles are after: Bebop and Rocksteady. So Casey unwillingly goes along with the Turtles to find them,” he says. “He’s a little suspicious of the Turtles.
“When we meet Casey in the movie, he is far from a vigilante carrying a hockey stick He’s a correction’s officer. But he does have a hockey stick….I mean I know them. My wife and I watched the original movie with Elias Koteas as Casey Jones. But other than that, I did my own thing,” the actor stated.
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