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Lifestyle => Tha G-Spot => Topic started by: Big BpG on August 30, 2001, 07:36:27 PM
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I know everyone loved the turtles, so here it is. I'm kind of excited!
LOS ANGELES (The Hollywood Reporter) --- The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are planning a comeback with a $40 million-$60 million CGI feature film from Peter Laird's Mirage Studios -- which owns the Turtles rights -- and Digital Rim Entertainment, whose John Woo and Terence Chang will produce. Also planned are a new animated Saturday morning television series, a live-action miniseries to air on the Hallmark Channel and a series of next-generation video games.
"Back in the mid-'90s, when the Turtles were at their peak, the decision was made to stop trying the same old stuff and wait a while to bring something new to the table," said Frederick Fierst, managing partner at the law firm Fierst & Pucci, who has been negotiating Turtles deals on behalf of the Mirage Group.
"After a half-dozen-year hiatus, Mirage is thrilled to be in a position to bring a fresh take on the Turtles comic book roots to a whole new generation of kids and the vast existing TMNT fan base," Mirage Group CEO Gary Richardson said. "This high level of creative excitement, combined with today's astounding multimedia technologies and methods, provides Mirage fabulous opportunities for fully realizing the classic action and adventure of the TMNT and capturing the Turtles' unique brand of irreverent humor."
First up for the Turtles is a 2-D animated Saturday morning TV series that will bring a new look and feel to the property, similar to the "Batman Beyond" take on that established franchise, Fierst said. Mirage has reached an agreement and is close to executing a deal with a major network for development of the series, which could launch as early as September 2002. Fierst expects the series to sustain itself for several seasons as the original animated series did.
When the TV deal is signed, Mirage has narrowed down six video game publishers to bid for the Turtles rights. Fierst expects a publisher to be chosen within 60-90 days of the TV deal being complete. A Game Boy Advance Turtles game is expected to ship in fall 2002 alongside the TV series launch. PlayStation 2 (news - web sites), Xbox (news - web sites) and Gamecube Turtles games would launch in spring 2003 at the earliest.
Fierst expects multiple games to ship based on the Turtles property. Depending on the game publisher with which Mirage signs, Rainbow Studios might develop one or more of the titles.
Steve Barron, director of the original TMNT feature film distributed by New Line in 1990, is attached to helm the Hallmark Entertainment miniseries. The two-night, four-hour program will blend CGI Turtles with live actors, replacing the prosthetics of past Turtles films and live-action TV series. If greenlighted, the miniseries will launch on the Hallmark Channel after the animated series and before the feature film, between May 2003 and May 2004.
"The Ninja Turtles miniseries that Hallmark and I are developing will be a darker, more streetwise view of the characters," Barron said. "Taking its tone from the original comics, it will be an atmospheric and spectacular reinvention of the franchise using today's CGI technology to leap into the 21st century."
Collaborating on development and production of the yet-untitled film are Woo and Chang's Lion Rock Prods., Mirage Studios, Rainbow Studios and Digital Dream Studios. The picture will be developed by Laird, Woo, Chang and Digital Rim president Earl Jarred, with animation production from Rainbow and DDS. WMA will represent the project when the creative elements are completed and Digital Rim begins looking for a distributor.
Chang said he expects the CGI film to be released within four years, though the story line has not yet been decided. The film will feature "PG-rated versions of Woo's trademark action," he said.
"We had to wait for a while for the kids who enjoyed the original Turtles to grow up," Chang said. "We need to reinvent the Turtles. We'd like the film to appeal to all ages, like 'Shrek,' but by using CGI, we'll be able to retain a different feel than the original live-action films and be more faithful to the source material."
Rainbow Studios, which created a five-minute CGI demo of the Turtles for the TV series -- which the networks nixed in favor of traditional 2-D animation -- will work on the feature.
Created in 1984 by Kevin Eastman and Laird, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles during their heyday had three feature films from New Line, live-action and animated TV series and a live touring stage show. The Turtles have accounted for more than $4 billion in toy, licensed merchandise, film and TV programming revenue.
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I have there other three movies ;D
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These guys were like my idols back in tha day, Leonardo was my fav, Movie # 2 was my favorite, i thought 3 sucked, damn it's pretty sad i remember all this shit
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Michelangelo could was my favorite. He had those nunchucks that kicked ass.
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FUCKIN YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BEST NEWS SINCE THE N.W.A. REUNION!!
EVERYONE LOVED THE TURTLES!
DONATELLO WAS THE SHIT!!
HE BUILT TOP INVENTIONS AND KICKED ASS WITH THAT STICK THING!
peace
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Oh Yes how good is that.
Oh by the way you know Raph was easily the greatest. He had a boss voice.
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I seen some of that turtle shit too. Not much tho. I dont know how you could like it people. All american cartoon series are way too militaristic and way too dumb IMO.
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lol ... i used to love that when i was about 8 ..
but i doubt i'll go to see the new film ........
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YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY !! ;D
DONATELLO WAS MY FAV !!
I REMEMBER WHEN EVERYONE WAS MAD ON THE TURTLES.
I REMEMBER HEARING ON THE NEWS THAT THIS BOY THOUGHT THEY WERE REAL AND HE CLIMBED DOWN A DRAIN TO TRY AND FIND THEM BUT HE GOT STUCK AND DIED !!
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o yeah i heard about that hhh,
thats terrible ...... :'(
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IT IS SAD, SO NO CLIMBING DOWN DRAINS YOUZ LOT !!
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The Turtles were tha shiznit....I had all tha figures, shredder, krang, an everything, lol. My fave was Michelangelo fo sho.
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TURTLE POWER !! ;D
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yeahhhh!!! Dope!!!, i liked all of em. ;D
damn i never heard about that kid.
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oh hell yeah!!!!! ninja turtles fo life!!!!!!!!!!!!lol
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#1 Mikey
#2 Leo
#3 Raph
#4 Don
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:o COOOOOWWWWWWAAAAAAAABUUUNNNNNNGGGAAAAAAA DUDES ;D
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any1 remember b-bop an rocksteaddy
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That sounds hella familiar. Weren't they frogs or some shit?
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any1 remember b-bop an rocksteaddy
yeah i remeber them......my fav wuz raphel cuz he always had an attitude like me
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b-bop an rocksteady were shredders bitches, one was a rhyno i dont remember what tha other was
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yea one was a rhino... what the hell was the other one... i wanna say hippo... lol but i know he aint no hippo... damn i'm going to be bugged by this...
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Here We Go!!!!!!!
Bebop
(http://www.ninjaturtles.com/profiles/ProBebop.gif)
Rocksteady
(http://www.ninjaturtles.com/profiles/ProRock.gif)
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this used to be ta shit BIG TYME back in th day.. ialways watched this and their movies. tight as hell.. lol my fav is mikey
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Now its all coming back to me. I remember those muthafuckas, I hated them with a passion.
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oh my god! ;D how can y'all claim to be turtle fans and you don't even know what Bebop was??
he was a wart hog
anyways raph never had an attitude until the movies came out he was always a happy go lucky mix between leo and mikey
anyways heres some other shit i know Kevin Nash was super shredder in the second movie...and that chinese dude keno he played Don in the fighting scences so he had 2 parts
and who else had a crush on April...and expirienced their first "arousal" when y'all got the toy of her and she had an ass outline...maybe that was too much info but i ain't ashamed
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I was to young to think about Ass... maybe now that I'm 19 I would play with the Ass of a small plastic figure... but then..... naw
-Big BpG
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lol ... who remembers the evil shreadder guy ? lol and the big brain thing that he used to hang out with .... lol ... i think it was called "kraing" or something .......
Oh ... yeah the big Rat that used to look after the turtles .. and April and the other nerd girl ... and the scientist guy that turned into a fly-man .... O My God i can't believe i'm so sad i'm remembering all this ... lol ........
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What was the rats name? I forgot it. It was Master something.
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I can't remember but i was just thinking some weirdo probably has a website about the turtles ..... u'd probably find one if u seached hard enough .. it would probably give the rats name on that ... lol ;)
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I checked and his name is Master Splinter. He was so wise ;D
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O yeah and i remember he used to eat susi and the turtles loved pizza ... lol
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frogs haha lol i dunno but i think the rock guy wuz a rhino....(mutated ;D)
That sounds hella familiar. Weren't they frogs or some shit?
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Michaelangelo was the shit...
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Turtles in a hat shell, Turtle Power!"
Remember that? LoL, they was the shiznit...
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remember vanilla ice n mc hammer at the end of the movie
GO NINJA GO NINJA GO
GO NINJA GO NINJA GO
that fight seen was da BOMB
~1~
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mc hammer wasn't in that song/movie
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i didnt think so either
but i gotz the song on my comp off napster ages ago
n it was mc hammer n vanilla ice
n i aint watched the movie in hella long time
so im not sure
~1~
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Michaelangelo was the shit...
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Turtles in a hat shell, Turtle Power!"
Remember that? LoL, they was the shiznit...
I always thought it was "Turtles in a half shell..." ???
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Me too, but when I was typing it, I thought it wouldnt make sense...
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The TMNT were truly the shit. This post brings back those sweet memories of me n my bro, we used to watch the cartoons together....
i liked leonardo cause he was the nerd...lol
Peace
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Damn... how much info you guys forgot makes me want to cry :'( . I remember all that shit, plus the frogs that Shedder had on one episod that where named after dictators, like Napolean BonFrog and shit like that. And lets not forget Tokar and Razor from the second movie... the fucken snapping turtle and wolf. Them boys was cool.
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that shits gon be dope as fuck. i love the turtles especially michaelangelo.