BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The pizza-loving crime fighters who live in the sewer might want to start thinking about expanding their diet.
"The Ninja Turtles definitely could be turned on to chicken wings," said Mayor Byron Brown, D-Buffalo.
The animated green guys may not technically be headed to Buffalo, but the film crew for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 is.
"We are very pleased that they've chosen our community for this very popular franchise," Brown said.
According to the Empire State Development Corporation, Paramount will shoot a majority of the film in NYC, but is expected to spend a few weeks in Buffalo this May.
"It's big business. Empire State Development's keenly interested in it and I think we've been successful growing that business," ESD President Howard Zemsky said.
As for where exactly the production will be, Brown said he doesn't know yet, but Paramount executives have been scouting the area looking for places to shoot.
"Buffalo in other movies has doubled for New York and other big cities," Brown said. "We have a very affordable cost of living, very friendly people, beautiful architecture in this community so I think those are some of the things that attracted them."
Local leaders are expecting the production to bring jobs and millions of dollars into Western New York.
"That's great for our area. It's bringing people into our area that are staying in our hotels, eating at our restaurants, stopping at our stores," said state Senator Patrick Gallivan, R-Elma.
About two years ago, Gallivan helped change the state's film tax credit structure to attract more productions to upstate.
"I think we're now beginning to see the results and I think it's very exciting for our area," he said.
While the Turtles will be busy playing heroes onscreen, Buffalo hopes their movie will be a hero for the economy offscreen.