Turtles Origins Set For Live Action To shellebrate 25th anniversary of films Source: Variety
Somewhere in a sewer under Manhattan, some half-shelled heroes were getting antsy about their lack of live-action big-screen time since their third film back in 1993. Not satisfied with the animated efforts of 2007's TMNT, they wanted something a little more along the lines of Wolverine's new movie - to tell the secrets of their origins.
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, apart from turning the Empire State Building green today, it has been announced that there will be a brand new installment set for screens in 2011. Bringing Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael back to the masses - after a hiatus spent "eating pizza and stalking April O'Neil" - along with their ever-zen sensei Splinter, there will be Ninjutsu moves, foot-soldiers kicked to the kerb and weaponry galore as the green crime fighters return. We're guessing.
The film will be produced by former Legendary Pictures bigwig Scott Mednick, who is currently hard at work on Where The Wild Things Are, and TMNT's Galen Walker. It will keep close to the original character source material created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman, which first appeared in a 1984 comicbook and quickly stormed the TV, toy and movie markets of the late 80s and early 90s.
Despite a successful resugance in 2007 with the animated TMNT, producers are keen to tap into the new methods of CGI, such as face replacement technology, to make a live-action movie much more realistic. At least, as realistic as a story about mutant martial-arts-loving, pizza-eating reptiles can be. Cowabunga, dude!
Cool but one thing MAKE IT LIKE THE COMICS FROM THE 80'S because they were dark man, the first film can be the Batman begins tyle origin but the 2nd IF THE DO THE 'CITY AT WAR' story arc the it will rival The Dark Knight ... Read More
Why when everyone reports on these things do they not mention that there's been a new TV series since 2003. A fantastic TV series at that. Well until they cancelled Season 5 for being 'too dark for kids' (although it did get a DVD release) and changed to a more kiddy friendly format. But even those have been really good fun.
Also the 80/90s cartoon was only good as a kid, try watching them now, they're awful. ... Read More
I thought the recent Turtles effort had some GENIUS moments in it. Take for example O'Neils expedition to South America to find the self-exiled Leonardo - some great ninja moves, some exciting visuals (Leonardo in his hooded cloak hiding in the trees) and what can I say about the Leonardo/Raphael fight in the rain? Brilliant and exilarating! It was those "serious" moments that made the movie for me. Keep Michaelangelo and Donatello to a minimum and use sparingly as comic relief instea... Read More
ha id only be too happy to watch a decent movie involving the turtles loved this show as a kid and found all movies fun includin the cgi this type of genre can never be judged seriously its a take wat your givin like it or lump it sort of thing ha ... Read More
"face replacement technology, to make a live-action movie much more realistic" - IT'S A STORY ABOUT HUMANOID MUTANT TURTLES FIGHTING CRIME AND EATING PIZZA! It isn't Reaistic in any way or form! THAT'S what makes it good. NO-ONE wants realism, it's so unspeakably DULL! Shredder: "Oh look, there's a turtle nipping at my armour" *flick* I actually really enjoyed TMNT for this exact reason. The original movies will always be better for me because I grew ... Read More
Glad they're going back to live action. Go dark! There were some really dark moody bits in the 1st one, especially with Raphael (who is the best turtle). Lot of potential here. ... Read More
Why not just do a motion capture animation? I really enjoyed Beowulf, I'd be into it if I go to see something like that, but urban, in a big rainy city, with kick ass kung fu and Ninjas! Give me that! ... Read More
