Paramount's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot has was met with suspicion from the get-go, and every move has just seemed to irritate fans more. The latest debacle was the casting of producer Michael Bay's one-time nemesis Megan Fox as April O'Neil -- not really the best way to convince audiences that TMNTÂ wouldn't just be a…
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Controversy errupted when Michael Bay made a small comment about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action reboot he is producing. Bay mentioned that the Turtles in his movie are "from an alien race" which is a big change from the mythology we've come to know from the comics, cartoons, and movies released thus far. Bay…
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At the start of this week, Michael Bay pissed off Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles lovers everywhere by revealing that the new Turtles film, which he's producing, will see the central characters reimagined as aliens rather than mutants. Predictably, a firestorm ensued, and even more predictably, Bay responded to the the outrage by stating that "fans…
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On Monday, the reveal that the new, Michael Bay-produced incarnation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would see the characters reimagined as aliens rather than mutants sent fans into a frenzy of outrage. Bay quickly shot back by advising everyone to "take a breath, and chill," asserting that he was "working closely with one of…
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Update [by Editor Peter Sciretta]: Variety has confirmed this earlier report. Fusco issued the following statement: "It is always exciting when you can come aboard a project that bridges the worlds of what you do with what you love." No other new information has been revealed. A TMNT fan blog noticed the other day that…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Peter Laird confirms to MTV that the current idea for the just announced live-action TMNT reboot is to do it "Batman Begins-style", retelling the Turtles' origin story. The film would probably include Shredder, April O'Neil and Casey Jones, but might even include other characters from the Turtles universe. "I would…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Co-creator Peter Laird posted a blog post talking about the big announcement last night regarding Mirage Studios making a new live-action TMNT movie. Laird confirms that the inital discussions involve using "hybrid" ninja turtles: As you may recall from some of my previous comments, our initial discussions regarding the next film…
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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…
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Yes, the Kevin Eastman report was inaccurate, but it appears there was some truth behind the rumors after all. TMNT co-creator Peter Laird confirmed to MTV that he has had "several meetings with very interested people" for a live-action / hybrid Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. Like Alvin and the Chipmunks or Scooby-Doo, the idea…
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