Film

Here’s Megan Fox As April O’Neil In The New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie

That headline's gotta be a nerd-dream come true, right?

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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a comics franchise that began way back in 1984, like so many others, during a casual stoner brainstorming session, has proven particularly resilient. The title, which hit its peak in the early ’90s with a popular animated series and a couple of Technotronic and Vanilla Ice-featuring big-screen incarnations, has since been resurrected another two times to surprising success.

Now, more than 20 years after your grandma took you to the cinema to see that last live-action sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze, comes another re-imagining, straight from the minds of producer Michael Bay and South African director Jonathan Liebesman (Battle: Los Angeles).

Here’s your first look at a couple of on-set pictures of Megan Fox, dressed as the intrepid reporter and Turtle friend, April O’Neil. She’s standing next to some weird CGI-suited turtle in one picture, and seems to be holding Raphael’s sai in the others, which we guess could be a spoiler? In any case, have fun filing the below in your creep-bank, nerds.

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The movie, which is obviously still in production (no shit), hits cinemas on June 6, next year. NEXT YEAR. But now, for ol’ times sake: