Michael Bay Producing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reboot

Michael Bay Producing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reboot

This will be the second cartoon based film franchise the action oriented director takes on after Transformers.

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By sweetre15 - May 27, 2010 07:05 PM EST
Source: Deadline

Rumors of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle film relaunch has been non-existant with the exception of the standard internet rumor rumblings. That all changes today with official word that the franchise is moving forward.

According to Deadline Hollywood:

Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon have brought Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form on to produce Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the live-action film that reboots the film series launched by New Line in 1990. Bay, Fuller and Form will produce with Galen Walker and Scott Mednick.

The report also says that the Producers should be meeting with writers over the next few weeks. I personally don't really know what to expect from Bay's involvement besides the fact that it likely won't be a cheap PG flick and the fact that it will have a lot of action is a given.

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SupahPhreak
SupahPhreak - 5/27/2010, 8:10 PM
Aw snap we're gonna have esplohsions now.
bleedthefreak
bleedthefreak - 5/27/2010, 8:17 PM
fun fact Michael Bay directed the music video for into your arms by the lemon heads and i love that song so i always try to give him another chance even if i am always disappointed
AVEN
AVEN - 5/27/2010, 8:26 PM
i like Turtles

sweetre15
sweetre15 - 5/27/2010, 8:29 PM
I just hope that a good writer that has read the original comics get involved
AVEN
AVEN - 5/27/2010, 8:32 PM
@Sweetre15

With Michael Bay as producer i'm not sure about it...
Gearstation
Gearstation - 5/27/2010, 8:39 PM
Michael Bay seems to have made it his goal to get the rights to every 80's franchise he can get and make sub-par versions of them, whether as producer or director. Even though they seem to make money (most of the time) fans of these franchises have to stop supporting this. And the only way to do that is to stop going to see them. Let the studios see that the movie going public wants more from them. And the only way to do this is low ticket sales. Money is the bottom line here. Fans may have waited years to see their favourite characters on the big screen, but they don't deserve watered down, bland one-dimensional movies. Insane action alone can't carry a movie. Considering how much it costs to go to a theatre today, a little bit of entertaining story and plot is not a lot to ask.

Sorry for the rant. Just tired of all of these crappy movies coming out, when they could be really great if the filmmakers wanted them to be.
fanboiii
fanboiii - 5/27/2010, 8:48 PM
Micheal Bay will turn it into Teenage Mutant Ghetto Turtles. Leonardo will have switch blades instead of swords, Michaelangelo will have chains, Donatello will have a bat, and Raphael will have a gun lol
Wadey09
Wadey09 - 5/27/2010, 8:56 PM
as long as he's not directing, i'll be happy.
i'd like to see what going on in an action sequence thank you very much!

btw
check out Part VI of my Spider-man story by clicking the LINK!!
sweetre15
sweetre15 - 5/27/2010, 8:56 PM
LOL,let's just wait and see what happens before jumping to conclusions please. Seeing as how the new owner of the IP Nickolodeon is involved,while I know that they won't do a PG cheesy flick. But they'll probably put a limit on how much Michael Bay style humor is in the film.
Ironbat95
Ironbat95 - 5/27/2010, 9:22 PM
WHY MICHAEL BAY!!!! YOU HAVE TO RUIN ALL OF OUR FAVORITE CARTOONS!!!!! FIRST TRANSFORMERS, AND NOW MY FAVORITE TURTLES!!!! uch sorry about that. Wow, out of all the producers in Hollywood they got this guy, just our luck.
Ironbat95
Ironbat95 - 5/27/2010, 9:23 PM
i really wanted this reboot to be dark, not full of pointless explosions
Ironbat95
Ironbat95 - 5/27/2010, 9:32 PM
i really wanted this reboot to be dark, not full of pointless explosions
Ironbat95
Ironbat95 - 5/27/2010, 9:33 PM
sweetre15
sweetre15 - 5/27/2010, 9:39 PM
Dark tone and explosions can go together just fine IMO I just hope it isn't overkill. Surprisingly though,The Nightmare on Elm Street(mediocre) remake was pretty dark and not explosion heavy. I'll see what happens over time though. Also TMNT started out as a comic book.
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 5/27/2010, 9:54 PM
I'm not thrilled, but it's not that bad. He's not directing.
sweetre15
sweetre15 - 5/28/2010, 12:33 AM
@BIGBMH: I'm not either but maybe we can scream and convince them to add the creators Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman as creative consultants. Paramount did it for GI Joe:Rise of The Cobra after those bad first drafts. Anyway yes,Bay is only producing even though he might here one of his Platinum Dunes buddies as a director
sweetre15
sweetre15 - 5/28/2010, 3:41 AM
Hey guys after rereading that article,I found a reason to give this a chance

What reason you ask? Because Scott Mednick and Galen Walker are still producers even though it's now in collaboration with Platinum Dunes. And why is this important? Because they are fans of the TMNT comics and they promised a dark Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle film inspired from the comics last summer at Comic-Con,here's the link on the matter:
http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/07/24/producers-promise-a-dark-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/


So with this info will you guys atleast give it a chance before raging and writing it off?
Destroyer14
Destroyer14 - 5/28/2010, 6:11 AM
Interesting. I'm a huge fan of the 2003 series, so I'm interested in seeing how this goes.
Shaman
Shaman - 5/28/2010, 9:07 AM
Please god, tell me he's not getting his hands on the Thundercats as well...
MrJosh
MrJosh - 5/28/2010, 9:12 AM
To bad that, for all the technology they can throw at this it still won't be as good as the first one. It is still epic and the Shredder kicked arse!
selinakyle
selinakyle - 5/28/2010, 9:19 AM
Ok this is one movie im not gonna be watching. So tired of this douchebag.
Ven0m
Ven0m - 5/28/2010, 9:28 AM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PLEASE GOD NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
OdinsBeard
OdinsBeard - 5/28/2010, 9:29 AM
ok, Mr Bay - i never cared for any of your previous adaptations. transformers? don't like cars, don't care for robots. Nightmare? Friday the 13th? never a big horror fan.

but i swear to god if you screw up TMNT i swear i'll find you myself...

please, dear lord if you are out there or have ever been out there - do not let this movie suck.
OdinsBeard
OdinsBeard - 5/28/2010, 9:30 AM
if anyone wants to hit me up on PS3 network my name is OrukuSakiBOMB

lets game!
drpunch
drpunch - 5/28/2010, 9:33 AM
noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, this man is shit at making film's.
SHHH
SHHH - 5/28/2010, 9:40 AM
I will wait and see...


@OdinsBeard: what do you play ???
McLovin
McLovin - 5/28/2010, 9:55 AM
hmmm... he's not directing it ... I will reserve my judgment until more info is made available.

I do like the idea of this having a blockbuster budget though ...
OdinsBeard
OdinsBeard - 5/28/2010, 9:57 AM
SHHH@ right now im rockin Red Dead Redemption!

but i also have:
Tiger Woods 10
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Super Street Fighter 2 HD Remix
Mortal Kombat 2
actually just bought "Turtles In Time" off of PSN lol
Little Big Planet

and i think that's it for online games. i just had to get a new PS so im playing all my games over again. Batman AA, God of War 3 and Collection, Force Unleashed and so on...

what do you play?
Reaper6698
Reaper6698 - 5/28/2010, 10:09 AM
I always wondered why they didnt go back to the live action movie?
JaySchluffy
JaySchluffy - 5/28/2010, 10:31 AM
Were all doomed to see a TMNT film with 5% Turtles, 40% Explosions, 40% Boobies, 5% Exploding Boobies.
SHHH
SHHH - 5/28/2010, 10:42 AM
NBA 2k10..any sport...Red Dead is my next target.Batman AA, God of War 3 and Collection, Force Unleashed..lol that's what i'm playing or have played...
OdinsBeard
OdinsBeard - 5/28/2010, 10:47 AM
what's ur user name? i'll add you and if i see you on we'll see what we can do. once you get "red dead" maybe we can raise some hell on that one too... i hear the multiplayer on that is good. but haven't tried it yet myself.
GhostKILLERgx7
GhostKILLERgx7 - 5/28/2010, 11:04 AM
great now Micheal bay can ruin another one of my childhood memories.....thanks a [frick]ing lot mike
seanxvito
seanxvito - 5/28/2010, 11:32 AM
if Michael Bay even ATEMPTS to ruin this movie i swear i will boycott anything with his name on it ever again. he pretty much ruined the Transformers for me and if [frick]s up my Turtles...all hell will break loose like the arctic is a damned furnace
ZombieOverEasy
ZombieOverEasy - 5/28/2010, 11:45 AM
I guess I'm the only person who enjoyed the Transformers movies? The first was largely superior to the second, but I enjoyed both, none-the-less.

The TMNT were a HUGE part of my childhood and even my teenage years when I picked up some of the original comics. I'm incredibly excited for another live-action outing, here's hoping it's more along the lines of the original live action film and caters less to the younger demographic.

I'm not going to fool myself into thinking it can't turn into a shit-storm or a kid-friendly PG film, but from what's been said by Walker and Mednick, I'm hoping for a dark-toned PG-13 TMNT.
brokenenglish101
brokenenglish101 - 5/28/2010, 11:48 AM
THIS COULD BE REALLY BAD!!!
airbeyonder18
airbeyonder18 - 5/28/2010, 11:55 AM
Until I see some artwork or actual showinigs of the Turttles made by Bay, then I say I'm actually a little excited. Hopefully the films won't be filled with sexual humor like the last Transformers did which made it suck.
airbeyonder18
airbeyonder18 - 5/28/2010, 11:56 AM
But I do like Transformers though.
sweetre15
sweetre15 - 5/28/2010, 12:05 PM
Well with Walker and Mednick on board,I'm hoping that put a figuratively stick their foot up Bay's ass if he tries any sexual humor because last year they promised a dark-toned Ninja Turtle film inspired from the comics so they should be able to stay true to their word. But please add Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman as creative consultants.
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