Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

My fan cast for a live action, dark, gritty take of the Turtles.

By Treebeard - May 12, 2011 02:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Fan Fic

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My take on this reboot, i would have it be dark, violent and gritty, the way Eastman and Laird intended all those years ago. The rating would be a hard PG-13 to an R, but more likely the former based on they would try to make it as kid appropriate to increase sales.
Anyways, the film would follow a similar plot of the original live action movie, where April O'Neil is doing an ongoing report on the acts of violence by the group The Foot. Raphael would go and meet the vigilante Casey Jones, teaming up with him to rescue a young girl kidnapped by The Foot.Basically introducing all the characters. The over all villain would be the Shredder (naturally) but the main protagonist who the Turtles would kill in the end would be Slash, the Shredder's own personal Anti-Turtle. Baxter Stockman would make a cameo as the scientist who helps Shredder create Slash. I haven't casted him in this, as he will be the main protagonist in the sequel and i want it to be a surprise!
There will be sequels featuring other TMNT villains from the comics as well as cartoons that i will post in the future.

And now, the cast:



Jared Padalecki as Leonardo
as seen in Supernatural, House of Wax

I think Padalecki has a very sincere, yet commanding voice and would do perfectly as the leader of the turtles.

Corey Feldman as Michaelangelo
as seen in The Goonies, The Lost Boys

Feldman originally played Donatello in the original film, but his personality always reminded me more of Mikey. I think he fits the goofball perfectly.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Donatello
as seen in Inception, 3rd Rock from the Sun

JGL always struck me as a highly educated guy, i think he would bring the perfect balance of humor and smarts to Don.

Sam Witwer as Raphael
as seen in Being Human, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Witwer plays the brooding, outcast part to a tee. He was the only person i could think of to play this part.



James Franco as Casey Jones
as seen in Pineapple Express, Spider-man

Franco is an amazing actor, proving so to me by his performance in 127 Hours. And look at his hair in Pineapple, He looks EXACTLY like Casey Jones. Again thats LOOKS ha ha not acts.



Bryce Dallas Howard as April O'Neil
as seen in The Village, Spider-man 3

BDH is gorgeous and she IS April in my mind! Perfect!



Ken Watanabe as Splinter
as seen in The Last Samurai, Inception

Watanabe is a phenomenal actor, his calm and wise voice would be perfect next to Mako RIP.



Ian Anthony Dale as Oroku Saki/Shredder
as seen in The Hangover, Mortal Kombat Rebirth

Dale is a great actor and he is ripped and could play the Shredder amazingly well!



Jackie Earl Haley as Slash
as seen in Watchmen, A Nightmare on Elm Street(Remake)

Haley has one of the creepiest voices i've ever heard! he could easily create a gritty, dark voice for this villain.

And there you have it.


Also this is what i picture them making the turtles look like!



So what do you all think?

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AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 5/12/2011, 3:13 AM
Pretty cool!:)

Only in my mind The Shredder should be smaller guy and quick and vicious fighter like Turtles like he was in the original comics. Dale reminds me of the cartoon Shredder.
Thats why my choice as The Shredder would be either Tadanobu Asano or Hiroyuki Sanada.
But anyway great cast!:)


Shadow11
Shadow11 - 5/12/2011, 5:25 AM
I agree that the TMNT franchise needs to be rebooted from scratch, and to make it darker and more grittier, but to still have that sense of humor, that laughter behind it
Retardo
Retardo - 5/12/2011, 8:13 AM
Dude this is a pretty sweet cast, just not too keen on Casey and April, but other than that this is on point! Keep it up!
Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 5/12/2011, 8:41 AM
I like your cast and I agree for a serious movie, but the turtles should be completely CGI.
This is how the turtles should look:
ager
ager - 5/12/2011, 9:47 AM
Feldman was the choice of Donny in the original movie... dont like the Casey. love those pics. ur turlt looks awesome but the one right above me makes them look cleaner i like it very much
BigG
BigG - 5/12/2011, 10:01 AM
A bit unsure with some of ur choices, but Ken Watanabe as Master Splinter? Spot on dude. Spot [frick]ing on.
Treebeard
Treebeard - 5/12/2011, 11:44 AM
thanks for the feedback everyone! i also do agree that the turtles should be CGI i didn't put that in there :P haha as well as Slash and Splinter. i just want them to base the look of the turtles off that last picture! also, i would love if they all wore red bandanas like the original comics.
also @ ager i know Feldman was Donnie i wrote that in the article
Optimus83
Optimus83 - 5/12/2011, 1:23 PM
Bryce Dallas Howard is a good April O'Neil, James Franco on still I have my doubts, I find it more convincing Taylor Kitch (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and Ken Watanabe as I think it would be better instead Shredder voice of the wise sensei Splinter
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/12/2011, 1:47 PM
smokahontas @ WOW awesome man, deff a big thumbs from me, very cool! ; )
ager
ager - 5/12/2011, 3:26 PM
gaw!! howd i miss that you did oops sorry
Treebeard
Treebeard - 5/12/2011, 6:13 PM
thanks LEEE i really appreciate it! means the world! haha and @ ager it's all good bro no worries it made me laugh haha
TheDorkKnight
TheDorkKnight - 5/12/2011, 6:27 PM
Great cast.. I think it's [frick]in perfect! Your vision of how they should look is sick but where's the eyes??! :D
yankeemanf
yankeemanf - 5/12/2011, 8:08 PM
i think this cast is great tho i have always pictured vin diesel doing a great raphael if given the chance and the rest i like a lot but i dont like the way ur turtles look i agree with @mrsuperheromoviefan that they should all be cgi but they dont look that great in his pic eitha
Treebeard
Treebeard - 5/12/2011, 9:39 PM
@ Kjiro thanks man! haha and their eyes are just a tad more on the sides of their head i believe hahahah
@ yankeemanf i tried to cast younger voice actors who could pass for teenagers and also Vin Diesel isn't that great of an actor hahaha and i completely agree they should be CGI i just want them to model the turtles after the picture
AHK92
AHK92 - 5/13/2011, 8:35 AM
Pretty cool, as long as it was like the recent cartoon I would definetly watch this! Great stuff!
STARKILLER21
STARKILLER21 - 5/13/2011, 9:21 PM
Really good specially Sam Witwer as Raphael I can see him as the voice as Raph. Feldman I don't know I can see him as Mikey but he already voiced Don on the 1st film. It's my opinion not yours still good and Franco as Jones is good I think Jensen Ackles should be Casey but I see Franco more of Casey then Ackles.
Treebeard
Treebeard - 5/13/2011, 9:41 PM
@ Ah and CG thanks guys i appreciate it, i just can't imagine Ackles with long hair hahahaha
Woodinator
Woodinator - 5/16/2011, 3:11 PM
FREAKIN love it! I've been meaning to do one of these... the last one I saw on here made me want to shoot myself.
Treebeard
Treebeard - 5/16/2011, 4:37 PM
@ woodinator thanks bro! that means alot! haha and yeah i've seen some that i don't quite agree with myself
deadpool
deadpool - 5/31/2011, 10:10 AM
That's an awesome idea you should diffently get it on tv.
Number1Wolverine
Number1Wolverine - 1/12/2012, 9:11 AM
Perfect casting, I hope we some day have a film like this.
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