Now that you've witnessed that, please check out all the bits of intel we learned from set, visiting with the Turtles, Stephen Amell, Laura Linney, producer Andrew Form and visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman.Īs mentioned in the intro, the returning cast is excited about this sequel, but they also revealed that they had some reservation in reprising their roles-because the first film was very difficult.

There were even a few instances where their comparisons of Liebesman and new director Dave Green (who last directed Disney's original sci-fi charmer, Earth to Echo) made the small batch of journalists look at each other in disbelief at their candidness.ĭespite the actors' excitement for the new director and better effects for these Turtles, one thing they all agreed on, having this story focus more on the Turtles and their interactions, is key. As for overall improvement, we'll have to wait until June to see how the team did, but today-with the film's first trailer-we did get our first peek at footage from the sequel. More interestingly, many of the actors who portray the Turtles were very open about how negative they felt about the original film and the original film's director, Jonathan Liebesman. On a set visit of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 in New York, we kept hearing from the actors and crew that they're listening to fans and are aware that you want more Ninja Turtle interactions-like the fan favorite elevator beatbox scene from the previous film-and less April O'Neil ( Megan Fox) and Vernon Fenwick ( Will Arnett). The second live-action franchise given to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles made enough money for a sequel-but the sequel will have to win back a lot of the fans of the comics and cartoons, who were disappointed by the human-led re-introduction.

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