( EW.com ) -- At the annual Nickelodeon upfront presentation last week , Ã¼ber-producer Michael Bay revealed details for Platinum Dunes ' upcoming live-action `` Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles '' movie , including a new origin story for the half-shell heroes that is sure to raise the ire of diehard fans . `` When you see this movie , kids are going to believe one day these turtles actually do exist when we are done with this movie , '' said Bay as he took the stage to discuss his new vision for the reptilian reboot . `` These turtles are from an alien race , and they are going to be tough , edgy , funny and completely loveable . '' In the original mythology , four baby turtles fall into the sewer and come into contact with glowing radioactive ooze , which mutates them into four bad-a** warriors trained in ninjutsu by astute rodent Splinter . But could the rewriting of the Turtles ' origin story dissuade some fans from embracing the newest incarnation ? A comic book-to-movie adaptation 's worst nightmare is bad pre-publicity , and Bay may have generated that in about 30 words . On the flip side , it might seem outrageous to non-fans of the series that `` Teenage Mutant Ninja '' purists are offended by the new mythos of Leonardo , Donatello , Raphael and Michelangelo . Truth , we might sound a wee bit ridiculous when we cry out , `` I ca n't believe Bay says they 're aliens when they 're obviously derived from radioactive slime ! '' But Bay is essentially erasing almost 30 years of love for transmogrified adolescent reptile ninjas by claiming each turtle is less of a fearsome , fighting toxic anomaly and more of a forest green E.T . with nunchucks . What would Shredder think ! ? How does this new origin story make you feel ? Are you a purist for the original backstory , or will you embrace Bay 's vision ? And who would you cast for this live-action TMNT reboot ? Personally , I think Splinter 's a toss-up between Morgan Freeman and Kate Upton . See the full article at EW.com .
' Bay said he is reading the origin story of ` ` Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle '' Then : ` ` These turtles are from an alien race ... '' In the original story , four baby turtles come into contact with radioactive ooz .