HOLLYWOOD–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “super fun” (Topher Gauk-Roger, CNN), visually-stunning and riotously entertaining blockbuster TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES bursts onto Blu-ray Combo Pack, Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack, DVD and VOD December 16, 2014 from Paramount Home Media Distribution. The film arrives three weeks early on Digital HD November 25.
Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April O’Neil and her cameraman Vern Fenwick to save the city and unravel Shredder’s diabolical plan.
I don’t normally push a lot of TV spots, but I’m compelled a little bit here when it comes to the new one being pushed for the upcoming release of director Jonathan Liebesman‘s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Of course, opinions are still floating around regarding how the CG turtles look, but the optimism is increasing little by little from the talk I’ve been hearing, and the most recent trailer is what is contributing to some of that newfound optimism.
Still, the film awaits its first slate of reviews, and if they are any indication by then, hopefully the film will perform exceptionally enough for a sequel if necessary. And I would love to see an epic sequel take this newly rebooted screen franchise to the next level.
Check out the TV spot below, in addition to a new viral video, and click here to see which turtle YOU are!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles opens on August 8, courtesy of Paramount.
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The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April O’Neil (Megan Fox) and her wise-cracking cameraman Vern Fenwick (Will Arnett) to save the city and unravel Shredder’s diabolical plan.
Aside from anything revelant to the etymology of the character from the original comics by creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, director Jonathan Liebesman‘s forthcoming iteration of the classic villain in his new film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, will center on actor William Fichtner‘s portrayal of Eric Sachs, a doctor who apparently worked with reporter April O’Neil’s father to, as he puts it, “create heroes”. Evidently at some point, every hero needs a villain, and somehow Sachs becomes the monstrous incarnation we now see in the new photo above, and in addition to a brand new trailer and character posters as of this week.
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The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April and her wise-cracking cameraman Vern Fenwick to save the city and unravel Shredder’s diabolical plan.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles releases nationwide on August 8 and stars actress Megan Fox as April O’Neil and actor Will Arnett as Vernon Fenwick, with principle respective performances of characters Splinter, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael by actors Danny Woodburn accompanied by the voice of Tony Shahloub, Pete Plozek with the voice of Johnny Knoxville, and actors Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard and Alan Ritchson.
While some people may still be recovering from the fallout over the first trailer footage several weeks ago for director Jonathan Liebesman‘s upcoming release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, there are others who stand somewhat hopeful that the new 2014 remake will deliver, an opinion shared most recently by co-creator Kevin Eastman who was quoted last week in a piece over at CBR about the new Michael Bay-produced movie.
“It’s been a four, almost five-year journey to bring the next “Turtles” movie to life since the time we pitched it,” he says. “I know everybody is like, “Oh, Michael Bay, Michael Bay, Michael Bay, he’s gonna ruin it! He’s gonna destroy it!” But everyone I have encountered has been nothing more than incredibly sincere to try and bring the Turtles back in a way that’s new, fresh and exciting, but with total respect to everything that’s come before. I’ve read the script. I have a cameo in the move. It’s awesome — really fun.”
He also added, “What they’ve done with the film is going to make fans incredibly happy, including myself. The vision is awesome, the effects are incredible and the story will be something everybody can relate to and like. I’ll leave it out there for the fans to let us know what they like in the end, but I’m very proud to be part of it. A lot of people are going to be surprised.”
At least one criticism that came about had much ado with the application of noses, among other things. So yes, the scruitiny will continue and fans will maintain their skepticism in light of the new film which now has a new version of the first trailer making the rounds online.
It feels a little underwheming feeling like you’re watching the same thing over again. However, if Eastman says it’s worth it, then it is what it is. Right?
Watch the new trailer below and let us all know what you think on Facebook or Twitter.
SYNOPSIS:
The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April and her wise-cracking cameraman Vern Fenwick to save the city and unravel Shredder’s diabolical plan.
H/T: CBM
The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April and her wise-cracking cameraman Vern Fenwick to save the city and unravel Shredder’s diabolical plan.
Comic book artist and author Peter Laird has a fairly approving view of what was recently shown in the first teaser for director Jonathan Liebesman‘s new live-action CG hybrid take on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Well, it’s a lot fairer than some criticisms I have read from superfans of the original comics, but I agree there wasn’t a lot to base a huge opinion on based on the teaser since it didn’t show a whole lot.
What I am really looking forward to is a full trailer that shows us what we can expect in terms of the performamces, the action and over all delivery of the characters, including Shredder. Alas, that probably won’t be for a while longer. But the official Tumblr feed for the film does have some new posters available for the film which you can check out below featuring all four turtles and their resepective weapons.
Releasing on August 8, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stars Pete Plozek and Danny Woodburn as Leonardo and Master Splinter, accompanied by the voices of Johnny Knoxville and Danny Shalhoub. They are joined by Alan Ritchson, Noel Fischer and Jeremy Howard as Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello, with Megan Fox as April O’Neil and William Fichtner as The Shredder.
Recent years have illustrated a pretty big, criticism-dominant mixture of reactions by fans toward producer Michael Bay’s latest backing for director Jonathan Liebesman‘s new take on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And indeed, a lot has happened since the classic characters were initially brought to life in 1990 with a film that remains, for devout fans, the best of the entire original film trilogy.
Nearly two decades later, and despite having to overcome a series of push-backs, script issues and fan rage regarding a leak of an original former draft that once saw the turtles as “aliens”, advancements in filmmaking technology through performance capture now grant filmgoers, our heroes are brought to life through a CGI-heavy reimagining that grants fans of the popular franchise a more inclusive, fresher and spectacular look for our heroes. In addition, recent reports also reveal what has been described as a slight revision of the turtles’ origins designed specifically to culminate with supporting character April O’Neil played by Megan Fox, and the villainous Eric Sachs/Shredder, uniquely introduced by actor William Fichtner.
Well, on Thursday, after all the talk of the film, an image of the characters above (courtesy of Comic Book Therapy), and other photos of the toys and screenshots scattered all over the internet, we finally get to see what all of this entails in a brand new teaser trailer for the film. And of course it’s only a teaser so there is not much to go by here except for several other opinions of those fortunate to attend CinemaCon this month in Las Vegas where substantial footage has been screened.
Other than that, the film arrives August 8, 2014, so the next five months should be interesting.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles joins Fox and Fichtner with actors Alan Ritchson, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Noel Fisher who play the heroes. Rounding out the cast are Danny Woodburn who plays Splinter, along with actor Will Arnett and actress Whoopi Goldberg.
SYNOPSIS:
The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April and her wise-cracking cameraman Vern Fenwick to save the city and unravel Shredder’s diabolical plan.
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