Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film has been pushed back to 2014.

Initial reports suggested the project had been shelved indefinitely, but this has been refuted, with website ComingSoon.net saying it has been given a new release date by Paramount, of May 16, 2014. That the film has been put back so far suggests it needs significant work before filming.

This comes in light of Michael's initial claim the turtles would be re-cast as aliens, an idea which was met badly by fans of the original comic series.

Earlier this year, it was rumored Jonathan Liebesman was in talks to direct the reboot.