Michael Bay Tapped To Relaunch Live-Action TMNT Franchise

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Michael Bay's Alien Turtles Movie Has Working Title Ninja Turtles?
by SuperHeroHype
March 24, 2012
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They won't be teenagers either?

It's been a crazy week for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans that kicked-off with quotes from producer Michael Bay which revealed that the turtles in the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie will be of alien origin.

Following that statement, Michael Bay responded and so did director Jonathan Liebesman (read here), but now comes word from Bleeding Cool that the film's working title might actually just be Ninja Turtles, indicating that the movie might be losing the teenager aspect as well.

A source for the site said: It seems to be driven by marketing. Think of John Carter and how Disney wouldn’t allow for a title with either “Princess” or “Mars”.

One thing that might back up their claim is that the forums at Michael Bay's official site only list the movie as Ninja Turtles as well. You can see for yourself here.

Paramount Pictures is planning a December 25, 2013 release for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (or "Ninja Turtles").

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[Fresh Tendrils]

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This reminds me of what they did to the first GI Joe.

[BlueNGold]

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So, it's come to this.

Somebody has to assassinate Michael Bay.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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Loved the ninja turtles growing up. That being said, TMNT just doesn't translate well into live action IMO. And with Michael Bay's new direction/revelation, if true, will be the kiss of death for me.

[Kanobi]

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This movie should've been done by the guy that did The 300 and Immortals

[SidVish]

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So The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles aren't teenagers or mutants in the movie but in fact older and aliens. That makes perfect sense.

[Ermolli]

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So The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles aren't teenagers or mutants in the movie but in fact older and aliens. That makes perfect sense.

[Altimus]

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This movie should've been done by the guy that did The 300 and Immortals

That would be great. Not sure how many of you read the old TMNT comics but they were violent as heck. That tied in with the 300 madness would be crazy.

[slickdtc]

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I guess he's just trying to advance the series, and we're all stuck in the nostalgia of our past... After initially being pissed, I'm cool with it. Just make a kick *** movie. I'm not too hard to please.

[baumy300]

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I'm going out on a limb here and predicting that a man somewhere in his 30's, wearing TMNT sweat pants (and a mullet) assassinates Michael Bay during the world premiere of this movie.

Wouldn't be surprised at all if this happened.

[OSUFan_88]

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I'm going out on a limb here and predicting that a man somewhere in his 30's, wearing TMNT sweat pants (and a mullet) assassinates Michael Bay during the world premiere of this movie.

Wouldn't be surprised at all if this happened.

Get your camera out of my house and stop trying to foil my plans!

[XenoZograscope]

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I swear Michael Bay is ruining all of my childhood shows one at a time. This man needs to be stop ASAP.

[Pared]

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This reminds me of what they did to the first GI Joe.

Channing Tatum is going to be Michaelangelo?

[jmood88]

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I hate Michael Bay so much. Words cannot express it. Two of my fondest memories from childhood, ruined by him. Why the hell would you even put him in the position to make a decision like this in the first place? Why even allow him to have part in this? Just ughh.

His movies make hundreds of millions of dollars, that's why.