When I recently heard that Hollywood was remaking Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I was strangely excited. The 1989 film was always a childhood favorite of mine.
Leave it to director/producer Michael Bay to blow things up.
In a recent press release producer Michael Bay said the new incarnation of the fearsome foursome would be aliens. Really aliens? Why not just turn them into vampires and have done with it? I can't believe that Bay has enough creative control in Hollywood that he would make the TMNT aliens. Why doesn't he just go back to what he does best--making terrible movies where things blow up.
Despite "Turtle-Gate" (that's no joke by the way, people in the movie world are literally calling it that) TMNT director Jonathan Liebesman did clear up a few things in a press junket for Wrath of the Titans. Liebesman reiterated that the canisters that turn the turtles into mutants contains ooze that is alien. Truth be told that actually is part of the original TMNT mythology. Liebesman says that the movie's creative "expansion will be true to the mythology."
Speaking of mythology, Liebesman went on to say that Kevin Eastman, the original creator of the TMNT comic books, will be an integral part of the movie process. That actually is a smart move in the right direction as the original comic books were not only fantastic but very dark and edgy.
As to whether the turtles* will be motion capture, Liebesman only stated that he loved how Rise of the Planet of the Apes was done.
While Liebesman's statements put my mind to rest a little, I'm still worried about how much creative control Michael Bay will have over this project. I'm half expecting him to turn Splinter into a racist robot and cast Ben Affleck as The Shredder, but I guess time will tell.
*The real burning question is will Corey Feldman return to voice Donatello?
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