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" Michael Bay has denied that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be aliens in the upcoming movie reboot. The Transformers director caused controversy among fans last year when he announced that the famous reptilians would be from &amp;quot;an alien race&amp;quot; in his live-action revamp, rather than the traditional origin story.  Ninja Turtles voice actor Robbie Rist accused Bay of &amp;quot;sodomising&amp;quot; the characters&amp;#039; legacy, while creator Peter Laird launched a scathing attack on the project&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;wretched&amp;quot; script. However, Bay has now insisted that the Ninja Turtles will not be aliens, and their backstory will indeed involve &amp;quot;the ooze&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;There was that quote saying that we&amp;#039;re making [the Ninja Turtles as] aliens. We&amp;#039;re not. It&amp;#039;s the ooze,&amp;quot; he told Moviefone. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s from the original source material. These are from the original writers, and I never went out to correct myself in the press.&amp;quot;   Bay went on to predict that audiences will not be disappointed with the eventual film, which is due to be directed by Wrath of the Titans&amp;#039; Jonathan Liebesman. &amp;quot;I do listen to the fans and I do want this to be authentic,&amp;quot; Bay added. &amp;quot;I think they&amp;#039;re going to be really happy with this movie. When I see the digital stuff, the turtles look great.&amp;quot; The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot, starring Alan Ritchson, Noel Fisher, Pete Ploszek and Jeremy Howard as the titular quartet - as well as Megan Fox and Danny Woodburn - is scheduled for release on June 6, 2014. Watch director Jonathan Liebesman discuss Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Digital Spy below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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