All is forgiven! Michael Bay casts Megan Fox in his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles remake... two years after sacking her from Transformers

He sacked her from the Transformers franchise after she compared him to Hitler.
But it seems all is forgiven between Michael Bay and Megan Fox.
On his blog on Thursday the director made the shock announcement that Fox would be starring in his remake of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Bay binned Megan from the Transformers franchise in 2011 after personality conflicts on set.

Forgiven: Michael Bay announced on Thursday that he would be working with Megan Fox again after a year-and-half hiatus on his remake of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

A big surprise: Bay made a formal announcement on his blog

The 48-year-old Armageddon producer has put Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, dubbed TMNT, back on the front burner after a few minor hang ups with the screenplay last year.

Bay posted a quick update to his website with the following conciliatory statement: 'TMNT: we are bringing Megan Fox back into the family!'

This after a year-and-half hiatus in the two's professional relationship.

High tension: Fox called the Transformers director 'a nightmare to work for' in 2011

Fox was dropped from theransformers series after a controversial interview in the British magazine Wonderland.
In 2009, she said: 'He's like Napoleon and he wants to create this insane, infamous mad-man reputation.
'He wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is. So he's a nightmare to work for, but when you get him away from set, and he's not in director mode, I kind of really enjoy his personality because he's so awkward, so hopelessly awkward. He has no social skills at all. And it's endearing to watch him.' 

The original turtles: Bay is expected to put a fresh spin on the TMNT franchise

Fox was then branded a 'dumb', 'ungracious', 'rude' and an 'unbearable' actress by crew members on the films in an anoymous letter.
Her words also instigated a severe backlash from Executive producer Steven Spielberg.

Bay was quoted in GQ saying that Spielberg had pressured him to immediately fire Fox after the inflammatory statement.

Apparently some behind the scenes healing has occurred.

And not a moment too soon, as the TMNT remake is highly anticipated by fans of the eighties animated series.

The plot of the new film involves aliens who invade Earth and inadvertently spawn a quartet of mutated reptile warriors, the Ninja Turtles, who rise up against them to defend the world.

Back together: This will be the first film the two will collaborate on since the 2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

The time off from the Transformers series was welcomed by the This Is 40 star, who in the interim gave birth to a son, Noah Shannon Green.

Fox is married to the 39-year-old former Beverly Hills 90210 star Brian Austin Green.

TMNT will be the sexy mother's first film for the new year.