Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - the Michael Bay version

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(via Cinematical)


Apparently, Michael Bay and the guys at Platinum Dunes aren't content to merely remake (and usually ruin) horror films from the 1980s -- now they've set their sights on The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

(That noise you're hearing is the collective groan of millions of Turtles fans worldwide...)

An exclusive story at Deadline is reporting that Paramount and Nickelodeon have brought Bay and partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form on to produce a live-action reboot featuring everyone's favorite "heroes in a halfshell."

Nickelodeon shelled out $60 million dollars for the global rights to the entire Turtles franchise last year. The new project will be a co-production between Nick and Paramount -- the latter company having a first look deal with Platinum Dunes.

The article indicates that the new producers will begin meeting with writers in the coming weeks.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles began life as a comic book, then was spun off into a series of live-action films, a Saturday morning cartoon, action figures, videogames, and about every other kind of merchandise imaginable. The story revolves around four turtles named after renaissance artists who live in the New York City sewer system, where they're trained by a talking rat in the deadly arts of the ninja. From there, they fight crime and eat a lot of pizza.

To date, the four films featuring the characters (including 2007's CGI offering, TMNT) have brought in over $400 million dollars.

[massacre man]

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Megan Fox Back With Michael Bay For ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Reboot

Looks like Michael Bay doesn’t hold a grudge.

He’s just announced via his blog that Megan Fox will star in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the live-action/CGI feature from producer Bay, his Platinum Dunes and Paramount. Jonathan Liebesman is directing.

This comes after Fox was most publicly dismissed from Bay’s Transformers threequel back in 2010 after the two clashed.

The TMNT reboot is dated for a May 16, 2014 release after it was pushed back to cut the budget to around $125M.

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/megan-f...hael-bay-cast/

[Anthropophagus]

For crying out loud,turtles,give me a fucking break.:mad:

[Geek]

So this is serious? Michael Bay is seriously going to do this? *groan*

[JasonLuck]

COWABUNGA DUDES

I think only Christopher Nolan and Bryan Singer should be allowed to direct comic book films!

[Anthropophagus]

I think Christopher Biggins would be a better choice.:D

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New set of photos with Megan Fox as April O'Neil & Alan Ritchson as Raphael - http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit.../news/?a=79948

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (formerly known as Ninja Turtles) is an upcoming 2014 American action film based on the franchise of the same name. A reboot of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film series, the film is directed by Jonathan Liebesman and stars Megan Fox, Alan Ritchson, Pete Ploszek, Jeremy Howard, Noel Fisher, Danny Woodburn and Will Arnett.

The film was announced shortly before Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Peter Laird sold the rights to the franchise to Nickelodeon in 2009. The film is to be produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Michael Bay's production company Platinum Dunes, and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles opens on June 6, 2014.

[Anthropophagus]

Does anyone honestly give a toss about this.

[xX_StarChild_Xx]

I personally have an open mind about this. Nickelodeon has done a great job with the new cartoon, and with them backing the project I can have hope that it would be more in line with the cartoon than anything that Bay has done with his horrendous horror remakes.