One of my fondest childhood memories were the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Donatello*, Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo were part of my daily existence. I loved the cartoon, the Nintendo games rocked, and I saw the 1989 film** in a drafty theater with my Mom and sister when I was ten.
Several months ago Paramount and Platinum Dunes acquired the rights to a live action version of the "heroes on the half shell" and hired writers Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec to pen the script. Both co-wrote Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, which was a solid film, if not as good as everyone seemed to think it was.
And now we have a director. At the helm of this cinema tour de force will be none other than Jonathan Liebesman. Liebesman directed the abysmal Battle L.A. and his upcoming film Wrath of the Titans debuts next month. Confidence on this film is not high Ghostrider.
Unlike the initial films, the turtles will be CGI/motion capture and will involve turtles, mutagen, April O'neil, Casey Jones, and a rat sensei. It will be interesting to see whether this will be a kid friendly film or a darker adventure as we've seen in recent superhero movies. I'm hoping for darker.
Let's just hope they don't get Jackie Chan to play Shredder.
*Donatello was actually voiced by Cory Feldman in the original film.
**While the first film was fantastic, the second film had Vanilla Ice and was subtitled "Secret of the Ooze." Oy-vey.
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