There’s a new full length feature film done in 3D animation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on it’s way. I don’t know weather to cheer or moan.
You see, on the one hand, I remember a long time ago reading some of the original TMNT comics. They were quite slick, more serious and even a little dark sometimes. Very cool stuff. However, the modern manifestation of the Ninja Turtles has been a silly cartoony abomination strictly targeted for kids viewing. And the 90’s films were horrendously bad.
So what’s it going to be? The good folks over at Gamerz-Edge [via] give us this bit of info:
Imagi Services President and CEO Tom Gray announces the signing of Kevin Munroe to write and direct a new CGI-animated feature-length Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will ramp-up their booming revival with an animated film that will take advantage of new technology developed since the last Turtles film was released in 1993. Now in pre-production, the film is targeted for U.S. release in spring 2007.
The new TMNT film will be produced by Tom Gray (who guided the first Turtles trilogy through production) and Galen Walker of Imagi. Executive Producers are Francis Kao, Gary Richardson, Frederick Fierst, and Peter Laird, who co-created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Kevin Eastman.
So basically the ship is being run by the same merry men who gave us all the other crap. Our only hope is that they decide to go in a different direction than all their previous crappy efforts. If they do… the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles could actually be an interesting property again. Don’t hold your breath though.
