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'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Reboot May Have Found Its Director
Just when you thought cinema couldn't get any more radical, more totally bodacious, it looks like a live-action 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' reboot is on the way. The four mutated, amphibious martial artists first appeared in comics before graduating to an animated television series, a line of extremely popular toys, and landing their first film in 1990. Since then we've had two live-action sequels and a computer-animated feature. But now, Paramount and Platinum Dunes, the studio known for remaking classic horror films, are looking to reinvigorate these characters and their live-action film franchise. They are currently in negotiations with Jonathan Liebesman ('Battle: L.A.,' 'Wrath of the Titans') to direct the new 'TMNT' film. Liebesman would be working from a script written by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec, the guys who wrote 'Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol.' No word yet on when filming is set to begin.
As a kid, I was crazy for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I watched the cartoon religiously, I had an absolutely absurd collection of the action figures, and I wore out my VHS copy of the first feature film within a couple months. Although my fervor for these characters has waned in my cynical old age, I revisited the first film again just a few weeks ago and was surprised how well it held up. The thing that impressed me the most were the fight sequences, not because they were immensely complex or bone-shattering, but because they were being artfully executed by guys in giant rubber turtle suits. My hope for the reboot is that they find a way to simultaneously maintain and update this quality. Polishing up the dialogue a bit would hurt either. That's why I'm so glad the 'Ghost Protocol' guys wrote the script, shouldn't be a stretch for them to craft great action with sharp dialogue. I'm not entirely sold on Liebesman as the director for this. I found 'Battle: L.A.' to be woefully mishandled, but I'll admit I am looking forward to 'Wrath of the Titans' so I'll reserve judgment until I see it.
What do you guys think? What new elements could they bring to a live-action 'TMNT' film? Is Liebesman the right choice to direct?
Source: Variety
Views: 4990
Tags: Dunes, Jonathan, Liebesman, Platinum, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, live-action, reboot
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Comment by TheGSXR on February 19, 2012 at 12:54pm -
I wished I hadn't looked up Platinum Dunes' record on the Internet. Now I'm filled with dread...
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Comment by FIlmer on February 17, 2012 at 9:44pm -
@monkeyiron and @maxwell. Those pics of Brain and Shredder are NICE!
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Comment by Monkeyiron on February 17, 2012 at 10:03am -
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Comment by Monkeyiron on February 17, 2012 at 10:03am
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I liked battle l.a. sand combined the guys who made MIPiv so i'm looking forward to this
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Comment by Bundini on February 17, 2012 at 8:03am -
nothing. just have fun with it and go with the natural flow of the series. bc thats is why there is such a love affair with tmnt.
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Comment by SuperSaiyanRoss on February 16, 2012 at 7:48pm -
I honestly don't see a reason for a new live action reboot. I feel like we've had this story for over 20 years and it's kinda run it's course. That being said I grew up watching the old cartoons and original movies,so I'm not totally against it. I would love to see a darker story pulled from the original comic books because I never got a chance to read them,that would be pretty cool!
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Comment by GodDamnRobots on February 16, 2012 at 12:10pm -
The script was the -worst- part of Mission Impossible 4 though!
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Comment by Adam McGuire on February 16, 2012 at 10:28am -
This movie needs to have R2-D2 in it.
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Comment by Agent_O on February 16, 2012 at 9:19am -
IF they made the turtles look like this:
I'd be even more interested than I already am in this movie.
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Comment by cabo on February 16, 2012 at 3:47am -
GO NINJA GO NINJA GO ...
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