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Screenwriters Hired for New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie

Posted 08.20.10 by BrentJS

After Nickelodeon plunked down $60 million for the worldwide intellectual property rights and merchandising rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT), the "Heroes in a Half-Shell" languished for eight months until Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners were brought in to help produce a live-action TMNT movie for Nickelodeon's sister company, Paramount. When the deal with Bay and Platinum Dunes was announced, it was said that the first step of the process would be to begin the search for a writer. Apparently, that search is now at an end, as Deadline recently reported that Paramount has hired the writing team of Art Marcum and Matt Holloway to pen the rebooted franchise screenplay.

Marcum and Holloway seem to be ideal candidates to reboot the TMNT movie franchise as they have previous experience with adapting comic book characters for the big screen—the duo teamed up to pen the screenplays for both Iron Man and Punisher: War Zone. The decision to hire the pair may also have to do with the fact that two writers can work faster than one and Deadline claims that Paramount is "fast-tracking" TMNT in order to get "a first draft by October so the studio can take it out to directors right away for a 2012 release." Nickelodeon is apparently looking to start getting a return on its sizable investment, and it considers TMNT "it's next huge franchise, like Transformers."

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Santiago | 01.20.11 06:21:51 AM
I agree with the top comment,not so much the 2nd 1 'cus come on, bein' a bit harsh on the voice actors hehe, I think that honestly, live action is the way to go, the CGI 1 was awesome as well but it didn't feel like it was pushed to it's full potential, it didn't have enough ninja fightin' action. I just read one of the comics and yes, it certainly needs to be aimed at an adult audience. It needs violence, and hard kickin' action. The turtles need to puncture some wounds onto the foot or the triceratons or anyone they encounter in their travels. Leo and Raph both have sharp edged weapons...USE THEM!!!
They need to kill people, not just use their weapons as defense, slice off some limbs, show the bad guys that you all mean business! I mean even though Raph is angry but manages to contain it whilst fighting, he still sould be lettin' some of his anger out on the Foot clan and slicin' up some ninja stew! Mikey and Don have tough, almost unbreakable weapons that if they hit someone even in the arm it would probably break, so they should be crackin skulls. I mean in Transformers people died, we so soldiers gettin' impaled, Megatron pinged a civilian which would have killed him since his finger is huge, metallic and he banged off of a car! So please, Mike, Platinum Dunes, kill people and let us see the true style to this comic book adaptation! I want to hear a bit foul language, like Jazz and not to foul but words like "Hell", and "Crap" and maybe even "****" and "*****". And the artists impression I saw of them, was amazing, check it out. If they looked like that, I'd ****!
And make April hot please,maybe Jessica Alba or Scarlett Johannson, maybe even Ali Larter but obviously you'd make her boobs bigger and even a blonde Jennifer Connelly :D

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nate | 12.13.10 09:54:17 PM
I hope they make a ninja turtles movie based on how TMNT was originally created; as an adult comic. Not an erotic comic, instead a mature comic.

TMNT needs to stray away from it's cartoon like animated look. It is time to take it back old school and make this movie for mature adult audiences.

I'm talking about cranking up the intensity of the martial arts and giving the franchise its dark, serious, ninjitsu look. Similar to what they did with Batman: Begins and Batman: The Dark Knight.

My hope and wish is that people realize that the TMNT franchise needs this change. Kids have had the turtles for themselves for the past decade. It's time to please our more mature audiences and make a sick azz live action ninja turtles movie.

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Saya | 11.03.10 08:12:30 PM
I'm SOOOO excited! I hope that Nick also puts TMNT back on television. I miss being able to watch it. It'd be amazing if the voices that they use in the 2011 movie were the same ones from the 2003 series, cause the ones in the 2007 movie weren't all that good, and I know that that movie would have been ten times better with the 2003 voices. In particular, Raph and Leo's fight. I hope this movie is good! I'll preorder tickets and everything, but I'm worried that it will be too focused on the plot, and neglect the character relations, as seemed the case in Iron Man. TMNT has the potential to be AMAZING, and I sincerely hope that these writers know what they're doing. They should be very familiar with the TV series, so they can pull off something great like the 1990 movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but with better special affects. Personally, I like the turtle costumes better than the computer animation. It was cool to have martial artists in costumes actually doing all the insane flips and kicks and spinning of the weapons, but I understand the benefits and desire to use animation. They had just better get the voices right. I'm not saying that they have to be exactly the same as, or even close to, the 2003 voices (though that would be nice). They just need to have talented voice actors (unlike the 2007 movie... for Leo at least), and cool-ish voices... ones that are bearable to listen to. I'm sorry, but Leonardo's voice in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Turtles are Back... in Time! was HORRIBLE! It lacked that strong, mature sense of dominance that we've come to know and love as Leo. He's supposed to be the leader, and have a solid, true, and unwavering voice. On the contrary, his voice in the aforementioned films was squeaky, irritating, lacking in dominance, and honestly, just plain obnoxious. If you don't get the voices right, you ruin the movie... even WITH a good plot. This is, in my opinion as a serious TMNT fan, the most important part of any TMNT movie. Donatello and Raphael had good voices in the 2007 movie, as did Mikey (his was adorable and perfect! Great for portraying his character as innocent and caring, as well as immature and fun-loving). But Leo's... he didn't have enough emotion at the intense parts, and his delivery was terrible. The line, "I'm better than you," should have been the climax... the thing that pushed Raphael to the edge and caused him to attack his brother. But it came off sounding emotionless and undramatic... rather anticlimactic. This line was something that honor-bound, fair Leonardo never would have said under ordinary circumstances, and only would have said such a thing under extreme conditions when he couldn't contain his normally dormant temper in an attempt to vent it out. Not nearly intense enough. As for Donatello's voice, the voice chosen for him in the 2007 movie was good. He needs a normal and kind of pure voice like in that movie and the 2003 series. This will allow his intelligence to come off as charming. If he's given a nerdy voice, such as in Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation (1996-97 live-action television series) and a little bit in the 80's version, then it makes him sound like a jerky know-it-all, which anyone who's anyone will agree is completely un-Don-like. He's calm and mellow, as well as sweet and caring. Not one to fight with his brothers, Don prefers to be a neutral power and help them sort things out to keep peace. If he wasn't a ninja, forced to fight in life-threatening situations on a daily basis, I'm sure he would be a pacifist. He should have a normal voice, a little on the high side so that he appears younger than Raphael and Leonardo. Not like the movies Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I and III (II was fine). Raphael's voice, as we all know, is gruff and tough and carries a strong Brooklyn accent (even though his brothers/sensei don't...), and is usually done quite well. This is because the w

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