Last week Michael Bay took to the stage at the 2012 Nickelodeon Upfront to discuss Platinum Dunes’ plans for the live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot, where his comments about his version of the Turtles being “from an alien race” immediately caused uproar amongst fans of the heroes in a half-shell – including former Michaelangelo voice-actor Robbie Rist, who went as far as accusing Bay of “sodomizing” the property in a piece over at TMZ.
Well, fear not Turtles fans, for Bay has taken to the forums on his official site Shoot for the Edit to issue the following ‘reassurance’:
“Fans need to take a breath, and chill. They have not read the script. Our team is working closely with one of the original creators of Ninja Turtles to help expand and give a more complex back story. Relax, we are including everything that made you become fans in the first place. We are just building a richer world.“
So there you have it. No need to worry, Bay has it all in hand. Just like he did with The Transformers.
