TMNT Creator Kevin Eastman Calls Michael Bay "Amazingly Respectful"

TMNT Creator Kevin Eastman Calls Michael Bay "Amazingly Respectful"

Kevin Eastman, who created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Recently talked about the upcoming 2014 reboot of the popular franchise. Eastman confirms the turtles are from Earth with no alien origin and says that Michael Bay is "respectful"? Read on for details!

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By Khan - May 29, 2013 02:05 PM EST
Source: Comicbook.com





On The 2014 Film
“He’s been nothing but amazingly respectful, and Jonathan Liebesman’s been the director.”

“I’ve seen the script. I’ve seen the design of the characters. It’s fantastic. The story has all the right turtleisms. They’re in the sewers. I’m very excited to see the movie.”


When Asked If The Turtles Would Be Aliens
"No"




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.
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Darth258
Darth258 - 5/29/2013, 2:50 PM
Great news.
Mechagino
Mechagino - 5/29/2013, 2:53 PM
They've been confirmed as NOT being aliens for a few weeks now.

Bay also claims he was misquoted WHEN HE WAS THE ONE WHO SAID THEY WERE ALIENS HIMSELF AND ON VIDEO NO LESS!!!
SuperSomething616
SuperSomething616 - 5/29/2013, 2:56 PM
Say what you like about Bay he does stick to the source material!!!
Odin
Odin - 5/29/2013, 2:58 PM
I'm making assumption that turtles never were aliens, Michael Bay just didn't know difference between aliens and mutants when he gave that infamous comment. Thank god he is not making an X-Men film.
CaptainObvious
CaptainObvious - 5/29/2013, 3:10 PM
Sure he is respectful. That's why he gave those annoying, racist twin robots more screentime than Optimus Prime in Transformers 2.
TheOneAboveAll
TheOneAboveAll - 5/29/2013, 3:13 PM
This is surprising
JorL5150
JorL5150 - 5/29/2013, 4:11 PM
TRANSLATION:

i got a SH*T TON of money for this turd.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 5/29/2013, 4:30 PM
@CaptainObvious

Lol?? How were they even racist??
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 5/29/2013, 4:31 PM
This needs to be on the main page as well.
thebearjew
thebearjew - 5/29/2013, 4:48 PM
ya hes so respectful of the franchises integrity oh god
thebearjew
thebearjew - 5/29/2013, 4:48 PM
atleast theyre not aliens anymore
SymbioteJoker
SymbioteJoker - 5/29/2013, 5:01 PM
@Supersomething616
I'm sorry but the transformers movies are far from the source material
JGAR
JGAR - 5/29/2013, 5:01 PM
Yeah I'm not falling into your bad tricks and traps Bay. When you're in a movie, its safe to say that the movie is nowhere good.
AsianVersionOfET
AsianVersionOfET - 5/29/2013, 5:24 PM
Best film of 2014, ya'll heard it hear first, ya dig?
KnobGoblin
KnobGoblin - 5/29/2013, 5:27 PM
Raphael is gonna be all Gangsta. Donatello is gonna be all Revenge of the Nerds dorkie. Michaelangelo is gonna be a stoner surf bum, and Leonardo is gonna be covered in flame tattoos.
campblood
campblood - 5/29/2013, 5:31 PM
@ blackwolverine

same way Heckle and Jeckle and a lot of cartoons back then had racist tones
MrCBM56
MrCBM56 - 5/29/2013, 5:42 PM
I must be the only one who enjoys Bays movies. They are fun popcorn movies, nothing else.
airbeyonder18
airbeyonder18 - 5/29/2013, 5:54 PM
So...Mr. Kevin Eastman....how much DID Mr. Bay pay you to say this?

Still not sold EVEN if the creator himself said so. Bay ignores the quality of the story and focuses more on the quality of product placement.

I will see the trailer first to judge whether or not I will see it.

STORY MATTERS FIRST!!!!
Kjo0212
Kjo0212 - 5/29/2013, 6:01 PM
You have got to like the fact they had to change the whole spin because fans were going to riot
Rowsdower
Rowsdower - 5/29/2013, 6:38 PM
I wonder how much they paid him to start saying this?
Zuriel
Zuriel - 5/29/2013, 7:08 PM
Have we forgotten what blatant liars film makers are now so that they can hide their obvious secrets? "No, no. He's not Kahn!"
JR
JR - 5/29/2013, 7:11 PM
Respectful? I have seen a lot of behind the scenes and this guy is a D!ck!! It reminded me of that guy.....Hitler or something!!
kemuael
kemuael - 5/29/2013, 7:50 PM
i hope Sandwiches (megan fox) doesnt ruin april o neil..
IIIAdamantiumIII
IIIAdamantiumIII - 5/29/2013, 7:55 PM
Honestly though it could turn out great.
1. Bay is just throwing money at this movie and NOT directing.
2. It's freaking TMNT ! its going to be kickass no matter if its PG-R
3. People Actually working on this film have some talent.
sweetre15
sweetre15 - 5/29/2013, 8:24 PM
@itCameFromPlanetEarth: Actually, Kevin Eastman writes the IDW comic line for the turtles.....Just saying
CaptainObvious
CaptainObvious - 5/29/2013, 8:31 PM
@TheBlackWolverine- By playing on African American stereotypes. Being illiterate, having grills, and talking ghetto. Everybody knows that Bay is a racist scumbag.
norseman79
norseman79 - 5/29/2013, 9:06 PM
Eastman is nothing more than a yes-man. He is in it for the money. Plain and simple.

I'm glad they're not aliens though. Might not be too awful.
Skateanddestroy88
Skateanddestroy88 - 5/29/2013, 9:29 PM
Ironically was watching the first transformers today. That movie really does have a lot of great moments/scenes in it.

Glad no alien origins. That would have been kind of ridiculous. My kid is really into ninja turtles so look forward to watching this with him.

Kevin Eastman. Never knew that name till now but. Hats off to you my friend. Thankyou.
CarlXVIGarfield
CarlXVIGarfield - 5/29/2013, 9:38 PM
“He’s been nothing but amazingly respectful, and Jonathan Liebesman’s been the director.”

It's like he had nothing good to say about Liebesman: "Liebesman's been... the director..." ;)

Will be fun to see another turtles movie.
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 5/29/2013, 10:05 PM
That's great to hear they won't be aliens, but this is still a Michael Bay movie.
oldnoname
oldnoname - 5/29/2013, 10:48 PM
^^ Except it's not. It's a Jonathan Liebesman movie.

I love how everyone's already blaming Michael Bay even though he isn't even directing it.
Vital
Vital - 5/29/2013, 11:01 PM
@Captain Obvious, what in the [frick] are you talking about!? He made 2 (TWO) films starring 2 (TWO) black characters. Maybe you heard of them? Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys 1 & 2... and in the 2nd film they bust up a KKK meeting/party clearly showing the audience that racism is bad lol. You should change your name to just Captain cause you don't know what the word 'obvious' means.
Vital
Vital - 5/29/2013, 11:02 PM
People are sooo retarded on this site it blows my mind. It truly does lol.
soaponapope
soaponapope - 5/29/2013, 11:28 PM
an ex-co worker of mine had an idea for a film festival called "Bayfest" in which you recreate classic films and bay them up with lots of explosions and loud noises. for example, the wizard of oz: michael bay style.

i eagerly await this dream to be made real.
Rhino4508
Rhino4508 - 5/29/2013, 11:32 PM
@Odin

Actually in the original comics the origin of the ooze that created the turtles is actually alien. So had Bay gone with the "alien origin" of the turtles he wouldn't have been far off. The origin goes as follows, Splinter is in the sewers. A boy carrying four baby turtles home from a pet store is bumped by another boy (who is blind) saving an elderly man from walking out in front of a truck full of chemicals with a label of TCRI on the side (a reference to Daredevil). The turtles fall from the boy's hands into the sewer where. Splinter gathers them up and raises them as his own and the ooze mutates them. Later on the ooze is revealed to have been created by aliens.
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