First Trailer for Michael Bay and Megan Fox's 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Reboot

As someone who didn't grow up watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (I wasn't allowed to, leave me alone), I don't have the emotional investment in the franchise that a lot of pop culture fans in my generation do. I do understand how protective fans can be of the property, which is why people started freaking out when it was announced that not only would Michael Bay be producing a TMNT reboot but he had cast Megan Fox as April O'Neil. Ton of red flags there, right?

The first trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hit the Internet on Thursday, and by the looks of it, this movie in interpreting the franchise in a way that previous movies didn't. The Turtles themselves are much larger, and based on the trailer, William Fichtner's Shredder and April's dad had a hand in creating the Ninja Turtles.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles opens on Aug. 8. The movie is directed by Jonathan Liebesman and stars Fox, Fichtner and Will Arnett.