TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Reboot Working Title Revealed

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Reboot Working Title Revealed

The working title for Paramount/Jonathan Liebesman's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot has been confirmed, but it not only drops 'Mutant' from the title. More details after the jump.

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By PaulRom - Mar 24, 2012 08:03 AM EST
Source: Bleeding Cool



The past week or two has seen a frenzy of news related to the next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. Now, "Turtlegate" seemingly continues as Bleeding Cool confirms the working title for Paramount's upcoming TMNT reboot (from producer Michael Bay and director Jonathan Liebesman). After Bay's comments on the Turtles being "from an alien race", many have speculated that they won't exactly be mutants in this film. Another key word is dropped from the title, as the working title is said to be Ninja Turtles. Bleeding Cool hasn't been able to verify why the studio decided to go with the title change, and their sources aren't even sure if the Turtles will be adolescents in the movie.

One of their sources commented on the name change, "It seems to be driven by marketing. Think of John Carter and how Disney wouldn’t allow for a title with either “Princess” or “Mars”." What do you think of the possible title change?

Ninja Turtles is set to be released December 25th, 2013.







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Asterisk
Asterisk - 3/24/2012, 8:24 AM
Yeah this is kinda old news, but the first time its been posted on this site. So...thanks. :D
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 3/24/2012, 8:38 AM
Im fine with it if its just the working title.
MisterNiceGuy
MisterNiceGuy - 3/24/2012, 8:45 AM
oh shit here we go
jazzman
jazzman - 3/24/2012, 8:49 AM
NINJA TURTLES is alright title. they already been nicknamed as NINJA TURTLES.

but they better not be from a Alien Planet. just have the ooze that mutant that have alien substance
Ceejay
Ceejay - 3/24/2012, 8:50 AM
The entire TMNT concept is corny and silly, lord knows why anyone is up in arms about any of this!?
MB007
MB007 - 3/24/2012, 8:50 AM
@MrNiceGuy

Oh Shit Here We Go Indeed!
Oh Dude, i hope this won't totally [frick]ing suck!
MB007
MB007 - 3/24/2012, 8:53 AM
On Topic:
I don't think 'Ninja Turtles' sounds that bad, i mean i cal l the TMNT's 'Ninja Turtles' as well! :-)
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 3/24/2012, 8:59 AM
THEY LEFT OUT "MUTANT" BECAUSE THEIR "ALIENS"
CapFan79
CapFan79 - 3/24/2012, 9:00 AM
Don't most of us just say "Ninja Turtles" or TMNT anyway? Not a big deal. No one was pissed Thor wasn't The "Mighty" Thor. You guys get pissed over the most minuscule stuff. Like Thor's helmet.
Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 3/24/2012, 9:00 AM
That Crap Tv Series with a 5th ninja turtles (with boobs) was also called Ninja Turtles, and look how well that show turned out
Benjamitesandwich
Benjamitesandwich - 3/24/2012, 9:03 AM
"Ninja Turtles" isn't a bad title . . . I wish, however, that it had the full title. Someone is going to shoot Bay, I can just smell it.
Lilvic92
Lilvic92 - 3/24/2012, 9:03 AM
@Ceejay
A grown man who dresses up like a Bat is silly
A teenager that gets bit by a spider and gains arachnid like powers is silly.
Aquaman...
Alot comics have a sillyness to them, be we still love them. TMNT actually has some dark and serious storylines but because of the 80's and 2000's cartoons the series is often seen as kiddy.
QuietStorm
QuietStorm - 3/24/2012, 9:03 AM
^I didnt even know there was a 5th Turtle. I'd like to thank myself for subconsciously not allowing myself to even go near something like that!
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 3/24/2012, 9:04 AM
Read a real TMNT script on fan-fic. They're Teenagers!They're Mutants! They're not gorramm Aliens!
SaroM
SaroM - 3/24/2012, 9:04 AM
That's stupid... the turtles being from an alien race???? wtf! stick to the true story mudda[frick]a!
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 3/24/2012, 9:05 AM
Has anyone read the IDW comic? They mutate over the course of a year so they're not teenagers in that either.
Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 3/24/2012, 9:07 AM
if they didn't say about the alien race it would be ok, but now it horrible
bay will shit us
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 3/24/2012, 9:11 AM
@DukeAcureds i dig the gorramm reference :)
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 3/24/2012, 9:12 AM
Why won't they just go dark like the original comics. It's a departure from the norm yet something established...
StrangerX
StrangerX - 3/24/2012, 9:15 AM
LOL
CapFan79
CapFan79 - 3/24/2012, 9:20 AM
@Ceejay Yeah, they were created as a joke. It was a parody of Daredevil. It was intended to be a lame concept (since everything Marvel did involved radioactive materal). The cartoon made it popular. It's why I liked it as a kid. I appreciate the comic but still prefer the original animated series and would prefer a film closer to that. I wasn't fond of the alien stuff they did on the more recent Fox series, though it didn't irk me since I'm an adult. I don't care what film they make, but I'd welcome something close to what I loved about them. If they don't then I don't have to watch.
Bandrews1
Bandrews1 - 3/24/2012, 9:21 AM
Wasn't the 90s live action series simply titled Ninja Turtles as well?
Julesimanerd
Julesimanerd - 3/24/2012, 9:21 AM
i call them Ninja Turtles instead of TMNT, i'm okay with the working title, because its just a working title
DividedIStand80
DividedIStand80 - 3/24/2012, 9:22 AM
Ninja Turtles: Rise of the Fallen Shredder
Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 3/24/2012, 9:25 AM
also, if johnathen liebsman is directing, we know we are in trouble
sunwukong86
sunwukong86 - 3/24/2012, 9:27 AM
The original comics weren't as dark and gritty as everyone thinks.

They were nothing ilke the 80s/90s cartoon but they weren't Frank Miller dark
95
95 - 3/24/2012, 9:32 AM
I read about this two days ago. To me- this move infuriates me more than the alien aspect. With so many changes- they should just rewrite this as an original idea instead.
BillyBatson1000
BillyBatson1000 - 3/24/2012, 9:36 AM
If you can get past the basic absurdity of Turtle characters anyway - note this - in science a mutation is something that only happens once. And there's four of them - all the same. But hey, who's counting?
Nick56
Nick56 - 3/24/2012, 9:44 AM
Im pretty sure the director said that THE OOZE IS WHAT IS ALIEN. Therefore the Turtles are still mutants.
CinemaJackXCI
CinemaJackXCI - 3/24/2012, 9:49 AM
R.I.P. Childhood
BillyBatson1000
BillyBatson1000 - 3/24/2012, 9:51 AM
sexfoodcomics
sexfoodcomics - 3/24/2012, 9:52 AM
Apparently they are marketing this movie towards Jewish people.
thedude2936
thedude2936 - 3/24/2012, 9:57 AM
Im fine with the title NINJA TURTLES cause I called them that all the time when I was younger, but as for as the whole alien thing, Ill accept that ONLY if the ooze that mutates them and splinter is alien.
CapFan79
CapFan79 - 3/24/2012, 10:00 AM
Ninja Turtles: Dark of the Sewer?
KamCannon
KamCannon - 3/24/2012, 10:01 AM
John Carter's title change at least had some grounding in story since he wasn't technically OF Mars at that point and their idea was the second would be titled John Carter of Mars. This is just a way to cover their ass by taking egregious liberties with an established property. Why take a property with a massive following and then slap them in a face to draw in a new audience who it's been proven time and again don't want it? The people who buy Turtles products these days are overwhelmingly fans who were there from the beginning or from the cartoon show.
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 3/24/2012, 10:01 AM
My body is ready for the BayBoot.
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