Michael Bay’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot has reportedly filled the role of Shredder, the cartoon’s infamous evil-doer.
According to Nerd Reactor, The Dark Knight Rises actor William Fichtner is slated to take on the role, although the report has not been confirmed as of yet.
The site notes that it is unclear why Ficthtner would play Shredder, as the villain is middle-aged Japenese man while Fichtner is white.
News of Bay’s involvement in TMNT spinoff surfaced in February, with fellow Transformers actress Megan Fox attached to the project. Fox is tapped to star as April O’Neil.
Examiner notes that Bay is not expected to follow the traditional plotline of TMNT following a leaked script which had Shredder as an alien reinvented as Colonel Schrader and the turtles as aliens too.
Bay has not confirmed if the leaked script is accurate
It is unclear who will star as Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael.
The film is expected to release May 2014.