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Get A Mean, Green Close-Up In The New Trailer For TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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 […]

NINJA TURTLES Release Date Pushed Back Again To June 2014

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Deadline recently reported that the upcoming Michael Bay-produced and Jonathan Libesman-directed reboot of NINJA TURTLES has had its release date pushed a month back from May 16, 2014 to June 6, 2014. No word yet on who will be cast in the film other than that of Megan Fox, who will portray April O’Neil in the film, which came as a shock to many just a few years after Bay and Fox fell out upon the release of Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen. The film will be based on a screenplay by Josh Applebaum, with production assistance from the original creators of the TMNT franchise, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Stuntman, stunt coordinator, actor and fight choreographer David Leitch will be in charge with directing the action sequences along with stunt group, 87Eleven.

Fox And Bay Reunite For The NINJA TURTLES Reboot

Lee B. Golden III

Deadline reported on Thursday that actress Megan Fox will join the cast of the the Michael Bay-produced and Jonathan Liebesman-directed reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The news comes long after it became public that the work-relationship between Bay and Fox melted down, leading to a write-out of Fox’s characte from the third Transformers movie. The film is a reboot of the entire franchise, with albeit direct support from the original creators of the TMNT franchise. Liebesman had this to say of his partner and co-creator, Kevin Eastman, who is also working on the vision for the film: “Whatever mythology we’re building on or expanding is from that guy, Kevin Eastman’s head, who created the Turtles in the first place. And so everything will tie in with the mythology; fans will be extremely excited with what we’re coming up with. A lot of it is stuff he’s wanted to do for […]