Megan Fox joins Michael Bay's 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'

Hey, didn't she compare him to Hitler once?

By Chris Eggertsen Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 9:11 PM

Megan Fox at the 2013 Golden Globe Awards.

Credit: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

On second thought, maybe working for "Hitler" wasn't such a bad thing after all.

"Transformers" actress Megan Fox, who was promptly dismissed from the series' 2010 threequel "Dark of the Moon" after making negative comments about director Michael Bay in the press, has signed on to star in Bay's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" reboot, according to a post on the filmmaker's official blog. So I guess...hatchet = buried?

Bay is producing the Paramount project, which previously had Jonathan Liebesman ("Wrath of the Titans," "Battle: Los Angeles") onboard to direct before being pushed back by the studio. It's currently slated for release on May 16, 2014.

So will Fox be portraying Turtles cohort April O'Neil in the new film? No word on that yet, though my guess is she'll play pretty much whomever Bay asks her to at this point. Indeed, the franchise flick comes just in the nick of time for the actress, whose employment opportunities have dried up considerably since her "Transformers" heyday.

What do you think of the news? Sound off in the comments.

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Monty Jack

Shame we won't have an attractive April. :(
February 21, 2013 at 10:48PM EST Reply to Comment
- JoeKeilso Watch man. She's going to have a sex scene with one of the turtles. LOL. She'll be the very first trashy, trampy April O' Neil ever. And those turtles will be all turned on by her and they'll have to fight over her, too. This will be the worst TMNT movie ever made.
  February 21, 2013 at 11:34PM EST
- Son of Mecha Mummy Stay classy, Hitfix!
  February 22, 2013 at 12:28AM EST
That Werewolf Guy

Sheesh, first those cynical wrong-Oscar articles, now this. HitFix is turning more and more into the A.V. Club! It's getting pretty difficult to find an entertainment news site, that isn't full of snark these days.
February 22, 2013 at 3:00AM EST Reply to Comment
teaparty

This must part of Bay's inspiration of working on the lower budget film he just made, one can only imagine the cost of creating CGI turtles, with Fox they can save on the make up and just fit her with a prosthetic shell. I have faith she will be fantastic in her role, a real chance for her to stretch. She was wonderful as the mentally challenged shop girl in this is 40.
February 22, 2013 at 9:30AM EST Reply to Comment
arrow

I don't think her career has "dried up considerably". She never made (or tried) a blockbuster outside of the Transformers fanchise but she seems to have found a niche as a support character. Since she never had a shot at being Natalie Portman, that's a very good niche for her.
February 22, 2013 at 3:07PM EST Reply to Comment