Let's be honest: the recent live-action reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wasn't all that well-received. Not many people seemed to enjoy the turtle's strange new look, the awkward pacing or the film's surprisingly generic story. Then again, it doesn't matter what people thought of the movie, because it ended up grossing roughly $485 million worldwide.
With success like that, a sequel was inevitable: there's no way Hollywood execs are going to turn down that sort of opportunity. But, before you remember that Firefly only got one movie and TMNT now has two, there is a silver lining here: the film's got a new director in David Green, and there's a chance he could really turn things around. After all, one of the complaints about the first movie was that there just weren't enough TMNT characters in it, but a number of characters from the original show have been confirmed to make an appearance in the sequel.
Thankfully, it looks like the first film's most egregious omission has finally been corrected: the first photos of Casey Jones just hit the Internet, and TMNT fans should definitely be happy with the results.
Who knows - maybe the sequel to the TMNT reboot won't be quite as painful to sit through...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 hits theaters on June 3, 2016.
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