Cu ocazia aniversarii cu numarul 25 de la primul Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Variety spune ca Mirage Group, care detin drepturile, pregatesc un al 5-lea film, in 2011, cu indragitele personaje Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello si Raphael.
Seful de marketing de la Legendary Pictures, Scott Mednick alaturi de Galen Walker (animatia TMNT din 2007) vor fi producatorii. Peter Laird, Gary Richardson, Frederick Fierst, Eric Crown si Napoleon Smith III sunt producatorii executivi, iar personajele sunt bazate pe cele ale creatoriilor Laird si Kevin Eastman.
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A big announced for today’s 25th anniversary celebration of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – the heroes in a half shell are returning to the big screen!
Variety says that the Mirage Group, which owns the property, is moving forward with a live-action film focusing on the origins of the iconic crime fighters.
The project, targeted for release in 2011, would mark the fifth big screen outing for the sewer-dwelling heroes Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as well as their master Splinter.
Legendary Pictures former chief marketing officer Scott Mednick is producing the new film alongside Galen Walker, who produced the 2007 computer-animated TMNT. Peter Laird, Gary Richardson, Frederick Fierst, Eric Crown and Napoleon Smith III are executive producing the film, which is based on the characters created by Laird and Kevin Eastman.
Laird said the film will remain true to the spirit of the original comic books. He added that the film may employ face replacement technology, which would allow the turtles to be much more expressive.
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