Shredder will be the big bad in the Ninja Turtles sequel

It will be “a hundred times scarier than Superfly” announces director Jeff Rowe.

COWABUNGA! The director of the reboot Ninja Turtles, Ninja Turtles: Teenage Years released at the start of the school year, spoke in Empire on the second part and especially its next supervillain, the powerful Shredder. In the first film which introduces the four Turtles’ first mission during their teenage years, they face another mutant, the modified fly Superfly (voiced by Ice Cube). It was already a formidable opponent for our still inexperienced ninjas, but the end of the film teased the appearance of their next enemy and mutant fans immediately recognized Shredder’s mythical armor.

In the original comics and animated series, Shredder is the main nemesis of the Shell Quartet. Leader of the Foot Clan, seasoned and deadly fighters, he has a visceral hatred of Master Splinter and the Turtles. Like the Joker with Batman, Shredder will never stop trying to defeat Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello. Jeff Rowe explains that they preferred to keep Shredder for the second part, just to increase the public’s expectations: “Shredder was the main villain before we moved away from him. (…) They kept the Joker for The Dark Knight.”

“The only thing I can say without spoiling anything is that (Shredder) must be a hundred times scarier than Superfly – who is a believable villain, he’s dangerous, he’s strong, he looks like he could beat the Turtles . Shredder must be that, but much more“, explain Jeff Rowe. The animated film offered a very pop style in line with Spider-Man: New Generation And Across the Spider-Verse. Jeff Row also co-directed The Mitchells against the machines on Netflix, always with the same style of animation.

We will have to wait a little longer before having more information on this sequel to Ninja Turtles: Teenage Yearsbut it’s never too late to discover or rediscover this franchise which has been available in comics, animated series and films since the 1980s.

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