Actor Alan Ritchson, who played Aquaman on Smallville and will soon be seen as Gloss in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, is the first actor cast as one of the titular Ninja Turtles in the Michael Bay-produced reboot.

According to Deadline , Ritchson will play the twin sai-wielding Raphael in the Jonathan Liebesman-directed movie. The Turtles will be brought to life via performance-capture a la Gollum and Avatar.Ritchson is the second actor to join Ninja Turtles following Megan Fox being cast as April O'Neil. The film is slated for a May 16, 2014 release.