Tyler Perry Joins Cast Of ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2′Posted by Wilson Morales
April 23, 2015
Source: Variety
Variety is reporting that producer-director-actor Tyler Perry is joining the cast of Paramount and Michael Bay’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2,” where he will play scientist Baxter Stockman.
With David Green directing, Perry will be joined by “Arrow” star Stephen Amell, along with Megan Fox and Will Arnett, who will reprise their roles
Plot details and other returning cast members have yet to be confirmed.
According to the site, Stockman was responsible for the creation of the Mousers, machines meant to seek out and destroy sewer rats. The villainous Shredder learns of this invention and hires Stockman as his own scientist with the intent of using the Mousers to destroy Splinter, mentor to the Turtles. In previous iterations of the franchise, he is forced into an alternate form (cyborg, fly mutant) that causes his sanity to erode even further.
Michael Bay is producing along with his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form. Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec are penning the script. Production is set to start next month.
The 2013 film earned $191 million domestically.
Best known for his “Tyler Perry Presents” films where the multi-hyphenate acts as writer, producer, director and sometimes star, Perry has recently branched out to dramatic roles in other projects, and was last seen playing Ben Affleck’s lawyer in Fox’s “Gone Girl.”
