Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fans are outraged after learning that the shelved 2024 live-action movie, The Last Ronin, was meant to bring back an original cast member. Actor Judith Hoag revealed she was approached to return for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin, based on the 2020 comic book miniseries.
While appearing at Big Lick Comic-Con in Roanoke, Virginia, Hoag gave fans some insight into where the now-cancelled live-action movie was headed.
"Yes, I've been approached, and I'd be happy. It would be a great bookend for me. And maybe that happens and maybe it doesn't. We'll see," she said, according to Collider.
Hoag played the role of local New York reporter April O'Neil in the original 1990 TMNT live-action movie that defined a generation of fans. Many were stunned when Hoag was absent from the sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, and replaced by Paige Turco.
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The Last Ronin would have been Hoag's return to the franchise after over 20 years since her original role. It was announced in 2024 to be in development, with Nobody's Ilya Naishuller in talks to direct, but the Paramount-Skydance merger led to the live-action being shelved. Reports claimed that Paramount decided to go with a more family-friendly film than the comic book mini-series.
News that Hoag was meant to return hasn't sat well with fans, with one fan commenting, "I've now lived long enough to see a Batman Beyond movie with Keaton cancelled and The Last Ronin with Hoag cancelled. Pain."
"Imagine the emotional damage of seeing Judith Hoag—the face of our childhood—walking through the ruins of NYC while her 'boys' are in graves. It would have been the most haunting performance in superhero history. Cancelling this is a literal crime against the fandom," said another.
Original TMNT creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird developed the storyline treatment for The Last Ronin back in 1987. It didn't become a full-fledged comic book series until 2020 and told a much darker story than the original franchise.
In the comics, Shredder's grandson is the new evil with his synthetic Foot Clan ninjas. The comic book also has Master Splinter, Casey Jones, and three of the Ninja Turtles dead, with it later revealed that Michelangelo is the last survivor. He teams up with April and her daughter to free the city and avenge his family.
Hoag also commented during the event on how "wonderful" the original storyline is, and that the person at Paramount who cancelled the movie doesn't know the fanbase. The actor suggested that "maybe you need to go to a comic con and spend some time with the fans."
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