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New Live-Action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie in 2011

Posted on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 by Peter Sciretta

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Wow, I feel old. Tomorrow is the 25th birthday of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. To celebrate, a 25th Anniversary “Shell-ebration” is schedules in association with the Tribeca Film Festival. The World Financial Center Plaza will be transformed into a drive-in pizza party screening of the 1990 live-action film complete with glow-in-the-dark manhole covers, a turtle-green colored Empire State Building, an all-new Party Wagon replica, and an appearance by the turles themselves. Click here for details . But the bigger news is that The Mirage Group has officially announced that they will be making a new live-action film for 2011.

The new movie will be a Batman Begins-style reboot, showing the origins of the team of crime-fighting mutant turtles. Legendary Pictures will be producing the film, and co-creator Peter Laird is on board as executive producer. Laird says that the new movie “will remain true to the spirit of the original comic books. ” Laird mentions that the new movie might also use a new face replacement technology, which would allow the turtles to be much more expressive. Unless I’m reading the statement wrong, I think this also may confirm that the turtles won’t be completely computer generated.

I’d love to see something more along the lines of the original gritty comic book (shown above), but I also understand that the marketplace for a ninja turtle film skews young, especially when merchandising comes into the equation. I was disappointed by the most recent computer animated TMNT film due to the kiddie tone and feel. I’m hoping that this new reboot will be treated as a comic book film rather than a kids movie.

Discuss: What would you like to see in a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot?

source: Variety

Comments

Mr. Sleeper

The latest TMNT film wasn't terrible it was done with good intentions along with some pretty interesting ideas and some cool action scenes. However, it suffered from too many plot holes, canon inconsistencies, and vague characterization. Hopefully the next film will be better written and directed. Maybe someone like John Woo or Genndy Tartakovsky will be interested.

taylor

i don't care what you guy's say the tmnt movie from 2007 was great my fav is leo and i want to see more of him and raph

jim

thank god .....i hope they really do it .....teenage mutant ninja turtle 4....with the same CAst....please!!! for the FANS.....

Mac

Heres what i want in the movie:
Comic all red masks
The Casey Jones thats a jerk and a bad ass
Krang
Baxter Stockman who should be killed by krang then made into the fly man
some brief "Ass and other teen swears from the turtles
creepy splinter
Dominos joke
Bebop & Rocksteady orgin
Tryseridons (please!!! :O)
and maybe tencodrome

r4

The first ninja turtles movie was AWESOME. the other second one was great and the third one… someone dropped the ball, even when the ball was ducted taped to thier hands. IF this movie is like the first ninja turtles it will be historical. Ralph… in the first ninja turtles, wow. Everything about the first one was great. story line n all. lets just hope this one is gonna give is the same results.

mike

Ok hopefully they can remake tmnt live action like the first and second movie because seeing tmnt be real instead of animated is far more appealing not only that it should be based on capturing adults as fans by it being more realistic If i take some of my nieces and nephews to the movies to see tmnt live action they would be so fond not of what the movie is about but just seeing real ninja turtles so its real easy to capture kids for fans
growing up watching tmnt movies when i was just hittin my teens was great i dint know what the movie was abut when i was a kid all i saw was turtles woopin asses and that was good enough for me

Mr. Sleeper

I would also like the new film to stay true to the dark, serious, adult nature of the comics without losing site on its comical elements. For people who have read the comics should remember the comcial works of Mark Martin and the comics did start out as an parody.

Mr. Sleeper

It would be nice if the new film used influence from Hong Kong Action Cinema and Japanese anime like in The Matrix or Kill Bill.

mod

do you think they will put rocksdaddy and beebop in it ?

chris

I want the new ninja turtles movie to b like the old ninja turtles movie. not like the new one where its animated.

Rafael

Back when the Original show was aired, I was a teenager, and I loved it. Now, a thousand years later, I still love them. However, the last movie sucked. It was made for kidies, not the original audience. It would be nice to see a new movie that's dark and mature.

Lance

new movie trailer here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iwPbRShhrg

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Jason

i think its a great idea ive been a huge fan of the turtles ever since i was a kid, i think it would be cool to have the new batman style and make it more of a DARK THEME rather than some BS kids movie, like the 1st movie was perfect they had a high crime wave, which gave it a dark feel but they also did well with combining the turtles humorous personalities, i didnt dislike the newest movie but i think they could have done it better, but i think im more of a fan of a REAL movie rather than a 3D version, but thats just my opinion

Mr. Sleeper

I would like this movie to stay true to the gritty atmosphere to the original comics. However, I would like it done in the same as Ridley Scott used grit and believability in Alien ( and Blade Runner), the same way James Cameron did in Terminator films, and George Lucas in the original Star Wars trilogy.

Mr. Sleeper

yuppie

it would be nice to see krang in the new movie

Trish

yes but I think it would be better 2 see Venus.

Trish

I want Venus 2 be in the anime and in a future movie plz bring Venus back.

Meesha

Of course it had a kiddie feel to it. Adults are not going to go out and buy and play with the action figures. There is more money to be made when gearing movies such as the TMNTs towards a younger audience.

On the other hand, kids are so much more desensitized now than they ever were 25 years ago (we can thank ourselves for that one) so it does need a revamp.

I just hope it is not so dark that i cannot take my six year old to see it when it finally comes out.

I can't wait to see how it looks with all the new technology that we have versus the puppet looking turtles from the first movie

Johnny

I would think that the new movie should'nt be aimed at a younger crowd. It doesnt make any sense anymore. All the original fans who grew up with the franchise are older and want to see the gritty comic series finally done!

Valentino

I think it would be a good idea to bring these guys back on the screen, i mean damn Leo, Raf, Don and my favirote Mikey all together on a more modern day advancement reboot F**k yea. Im 24 and still have have love for the trurtles

ninja-turtle

this isn't happening anymore. TMNT is now owned 100% by nickleodeon. They are developing a new cgi cartoon (gross) and have trashed this film and started development of their own which will release in 2012 and most likely be cgi and serve as a pilot to their new show. Now that mirage no longer controls the tmnt our hopes of ever getting a comic based story and more mature film are gone.

Charles

Just don't make a kids movie...... and make sure they use there weapons and just make a good movie....none of the kiddy crap...Raphael should be cussing, Leo should be cutting limbs and head off...... Rated R hard core Ninja Turtles...and I'll show you the money!!!!! Not to mention you'll have pleased the hell out of fans and have a huge blockbuster hit!!!!!!

Nate

I hope that they make it more true to the layout of the original comic. I'm a huge TMNT geek and had not read the original comic till last year and it is everything I ever wanted from the turtles. The movie needs to capture all the good fighting action that the comic has. For most of us that will watch the movie, I believe, will be those that grew up with the turtles such as I have; I would love this to be along the lines of Batman Begins & the Dark Night. 2 of the best movie/comic movies ever put on the big screen. The Turtles deserve this justice.

Kiupid Gourdine

it gotta be dark. It's be Dope if they did the whole film in Black white and Red.

Randall

I for one think it's about time that a more adult approach was taken with this franchise. The source material, as it was originally imagined, was a darker tone, and I would really love for a dark norish tale using its New York City backdrop.

Name

i hope they can add bebop and rocksteady in the new movie not razor and toka

Jimmie

If you want your movie to be tight and make a gang of money.No baxter stockman or mousers as a fan I would feel pretty ripped off,cuz everyone's been highly anticipating a live action turtle movie for years.Use some good villians,and hybrid turtles I think will make it work just keep it simple you should make the turltes look like they did on that one fox tv show teenage mutant ninja turtles the next mutation. Those were the tighest looking turtles I ever seen,when making this movie think ninja. think about using villians that most people want to see forget baxter stockman.

Jimmie

A good villian would be super Shredder I think that's what most fans want to see in recent movies the turtles have been real kiddish. They're ninja so let's see some real action,no made up characters, let's see krang, Super shredder, the rat king give us fans at least one great turtle movie before we lose interest completely. You gotta think about the male teenage audience and not about the kids.

Tom

I really hope they don't fill the film with a ton of bad computer graphics. I feel like some really good puppetry looks far more realistic than most of what I have seen in films like Spider-man. I would also love to see the film marketed toward adults instead of kids. Kids are going to like anything, so push it to the 20-something crowd who remember the show from their childhood.

kindoe

better coreography in combat,stay true to each character dont make them a bunch of giggling teens,bring back original characters no new creatures from planet wtf they should be fighting like jet li if splinter learned from yoshi. i need beebop rockstedy robot foot soldiers krang usagi yo jimbo just do it right and quit playin

danielllllllll

i totally agree with everyones push for the darker approach to this live action tmnt film. i want it and i think everyones else does! plus after the all the cartoons and the last film, they should finally do whats right for the original idea from the comics, if anyone knows the pat lee limited edition cover from the 2003 dreamwave comic series, this would be the first concept art p[iece i would use for a darker and more serious feel

Name

i would like to see it more adult. i dont mean adult like that though, i mean it as.... all the people who watched when they were young, are now 25 or so like me. so i want to see something thats not so kiddy like. and there better be a shredder, but no be-bop and rox-steady..... please, that second movie with them in it, they were pretty cheesy. so yeah, ust dont make it for kids. make it for the older people who grew up watching it.

DMATT

Now this is what I like to see..... Now I can watch my favorite kids shows become awesome comic movies and not be weirded out for watching a kids movie.....

shanerocks

I've been lucky enough to speak to Ernie Reyes jr about the new movie. He was donatello in part one and keno in the 2nd. He was the only really good thing about the secret of the ooze. I still use his line. "If i was dreaming you would be skinnier."

rojack86

omg I would love to see this movie happen, I am and always will be a turtles fan. Im 24 years old and im still into it. I like the idea of a turtles origin movie.

andries price

i will see tmnt movie 2011 the stars on tmnt reboot is chris pine as leonardo brad pitt as rapheal robbie amell as donatello nick palatas as michealengo kate melton as venus jet li as the shredder this will be a best ninja turtle movie ever made i will see thiis tmnt reboot so i will see this tmnt movie in theatres 2011 see ya.

carlospaz

I wanna see the turtles actually stab sum1 wit their weapons instead of just block wit them.

shehzad

nice

shehzad

nice good movie

jennifertedjamulia

The comical TMNT movies are getting old. I would like something a little more realistic like Nolan's Batman movies. Something not for children, but not too tacky bloody or anything. While some funny moments are good, the cheesiness needs to go bye bye. Casey Jones is not my favorite character, but if someone with vision could portray them all how they were intended that would be awesome!

CandyCain100

I would LOVE a new TMNT movie, so long as they keep it true to the comic, dark,violent and fun. They've catered too much to children thus far.

Zakelangelo

Im 26, and grew up on the ninja turtles. Ever since I reached the age when I was old enough to appreciate a little violence, I immediately was wishing for a Ninja Turtles movie that would actually be a little more "teen-adult" oriented (TEENAGE Mutant Ninja Turtles, reminded 18 and 19 are still in the teens.) have some ninja things in it. Ninja's kill people. They couldn't even kill Shredder. They were like 16 back then, so now they should at least be a few years older, and definitely older to beat the fu*kin sh*t outta some people.

adam

hell ya! i cant wait hopfully its like the original in 1990 not computer generated i want to see an acutal movie. the old movies were off the shell!

Mark

Frank Miller should direct this film

jose

yes ,ya era tiempo q la sacaran pongan mas fotos de la pelicula

llaaa

just watched all 3 on tv hope this one kicks butt too

Bones

I really like the sounds of this movie. I want it to be something like the first tmnt movie that was made in 1990. That movie was awesome, and i actually was pleased by the storyline, and everything about it. I hope this movie is gonna be something simular to it, less for children, more for the fans who grew up on it.

Demario Herrod

tmnt man it feel like im a kid again. the original live action ones was good im glad they doing that but they should do something new like batman. see the new batman movie was real action, i want to see that happen on this movie. i don't want to see the cgi thing i wanna see the live action, im just hoping in wish that can happen.

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