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\t\t<\/p>\n Joe Manganiello<\/strong><\/a> wants to star in the next live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/strong><\/a><\/em> movie!<\/p>\n The co-creator of the comic franchise revealed recently that the 48-year-old has expressed interest in bringing a certain character to life on the big screen in the previously announced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin<\/a><\/em>, which is said to be a gritty, R-rated movie. <\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI first met him [when] he approached me online because he\u2019s a huge Turtle fan, and he\u2019s a huge fan of the Turtles role-playing games,\u201d co-creator Kevin Eastman<\/strong> told People<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n \u201cSo we visited a few times and we keep in touch. He sends me pictures of bubbles and just different stuff that he\u2019s doing workwise,\u201d the writer continued. \u201cBut when they talked about doing a new Turtles live-action movie, he said, \u2018I want to be Casey Jones in the revision of that.\u2019 He sent me a couple of pictures. And he would be [perfect] agewise. He\u2019s perfect. He\u2019d be perfect for it.\u201d<\/p>\n Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles <\/em>were first brought to life in movie form in the 1990 film, and most recently in 2016 in the live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows<\/em>.<\/p>\n In 2023, the Turtles hit the big screen in the animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem<\/em>, with Seth Rogen<\/strong><\/a> co-writing and voicing the character Bepop. A sequel is currently in the works<\/a> for a 2027 release.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n