Meet the new Master Splinter! Danny Woodburn to join Megan Fox in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles



Danny Woodburn will play Master Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

The actor has signed up to take on the iconic role of the pizza loving superheroes' karate expert Sensei in Paramount's forthcoming blockbuster reboot, which will be produced by Transformers director Michael Bay.

The 4ft actor is best known for his role in Snow White adaptation, Mirror, Mirror, in which he played Grimm, one of the seven dwarves who aided Lily Collins' incarnation of the fairytale princess after she was banished by the queen (played by Julia Roberts).

Cult classic: Danny Woodburn will play Master Splinter in a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film to be produced by Michael Bay

The red turtle: Alan Ritchson is set to play the role of Raphael

The actor also has recurring roles in TV drama Bones and Disney children's show Crash & Bernstein.

Woodburn's hiring completes the core cast for the movie which includes Alan Ritchson as Raphael, Pete Ploszek as Michaelangelo, Pete Ploszek as Leonardo and Jeremy Howard as Donatello.



Additionally, Transformers beauty Megan Fox takes the lead female role, playing TV news reporter April O'Neil, who is friends with the sewer dwelling ninjas.

They're back! The latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will release in June 2014

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is being directed by Jonathan Liebesman and will utilise both CGI and live action, using performance capture to bring the crime-fighters to life, in a similar vein to James Cameron's Avatar.

As the classic, the movie is based around a quartet of mutated humanoid turtles who clash with an uprising gang of ninjas.



The original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles film was released in 1990 and was directed by Steve Barron.



The newest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is due for release in June 2014.

Leading lady: Megan Fox will take the lead female role, playing TV news reporter April O'Neil, who is friends with the sewer dwelling ninjas



