Ninja Turtles Sequel Already Set for June 2016

<p>Whether you loved or hated the newly produced <em><strong>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle<&sol;strong><&sol;em>s movie&comma; it seems like the franchise will be sticking around the cinema for a while&period; Despite the negative critic reviews&comma; the Turtles will be returning in the summer of 2016&period; Returning crew will be writers Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec as well as producer Michael Bay&period; The director has yet to be confirmed&period; No word yet on returning cast members either&period; Paramount&&num;8217&semi;s President Adam Goodman made the following statement&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Launching a new take on the Turtles into the feature film world was a daunting task because as fans of them ourselves&comma; we felt a great responsibility to ensure audiences were going to experience everything they loved about the Turtles&comma; while also getting to see them brought to life in a way they had never been seen before&period; The result exceeded our high expectations and the response to the film is beyond great&comma; making it all the more fun to get started on the continuation of their story&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>It appears similar to Bay&&num;8217&semi;s perspective with the <em><strong>Transformers<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>franchise where critical success is not a factor in continuing the saga&period; Granted&comma; Bay&&num;8217&semi;s <em><strong>Transformers<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>films have made considerably more money on opening weekends&comma; but maybe Paramount is just that confident about the Turtles for the weeks ahead&period; With a new cartoon series and plenty of toys still selling&comma; the new movie certainly has a lot of tie-in which most likely helped attract the younger audiences&period; Love it or hate it&comma; the Turtles are here to stay&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;deadline&period;com&sol;2014&sol;08&sol;teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-sequel-underway-bay-to-return&sol;">Deadline<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;