Sep 9 2008TMNT to Follow the 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' Formula of Success
Shooting down rumors of another live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie on the way, Peter Laird has revealed to MTV that the next chapter in the franchise will most likely be a CGI/live-action hybrid:
We have pretty much decided that the next “TMNT” movie should be what we’ve been calling a “hybrid” — that is to say, live-action humans and sets combined with very realistic CGI Turtles (and possibly some other CGI characters).
Meet the new Ninja Turtles:
"TURRRRRRRTLES!!!"
This is going to be really good.
Reader Comments
1. jaime - September 9, 2008 3:04 PM
NOOOOOOOOO
this is blasfemy!
not only because tmnt can only be drawn cartoons, but because hybrids SUCK
ALWAYS.
name 3 movies where the integration between cgi characters and live actors was great AND the movie was awesome
2. Count Drunkula - September 9, 2008 3:06 PM
"I like turddles"
3. Elmo - September 9, 2008 3:12 PM
turds
4. Rocko Solido - September 9, 2008 3:18 PM
Yeah, or maybe something like the Edward Norton Hulk flick that actually blend CGI with live action fairly well.
5. Meg - September 9, 2008 3:47 PM
Haha, that picture kicks so much ass.
6. jecka - September 9, 2008 4:05 PM
was Who Framed Roger Rabbit cgi? well, that movie rocked the shit.
plus, you totally should have had ralffie sucking lee's cock, i mean, that is SO his "o" face.
7. Elmo - September 9, 2008 4:14 PM
that is a wonderful picture, yeah
8. derek jackson - September 9, 2008 4:42 PM
how are they going to have real life ninja turtles ?
can they do that with cloning or something ? is that legal ?
my friend said they could probably do it with stem cells
9. Count Orlock - September 9, 2008 4:52 PM
Why not use the look from the newest TMNT movie?
The realistic looking but still CGI look..it was badass.
10. jesse - September 9, 2008 5:00 PM
@jecka
ralffie? Are you sure?
11. jecka - September 9, 2008 6:00 PM
@jesse
eh. who would you pick?
12. Daniel - September 9, 2008 6:24 PM
Fuck these turtles! They've had their chance several times, and it's obviously not gonna happen! We're done with the turtles, now lets mutate some teenage something else
13. JamBo - September 9, 2008 9:15 PM
@#1
lord of the rings
transformers
and every movie that the sci-fi channel airs
14. Gerg - September 9, 2008 10:13 PM
That picture should be made wallpaper size.
15. TetraShiva - September 10, 2008 9:55 AM
Yeesh. With Superman & The Hulk it's pretty much a given to just keep "re-booting" a series until it makes money, isn't it?
Fuck Hollywood. They're getting worse every year.
16. jaime - September 10, 2008 2:45 PM
@#1
i'll give you lord of the rings, but still, the main characters there aren't cgi (except gollum), nor do they come from a timeless animated series, nor are they turtles.
17. Nathan - September 10, 2008 9:47 PM
Why the fuck can't we use creature suits anymore? CGI looks like CGI, and with the technology we have in the Creature-suit-puppet field, we can make shit that looks real. Because it IS real. Seriously. How many times have you seen a movie that would've been great, had it not been for the really shit CGI?
Fuck CGI.
Bring back realistic puppets.
18. Lal - September 12, 2008 2:18 PM
Yoda was still way better as a puppet. And the ORIGINAL ninja turtles movie, with the turtles as guys in suits will always be better than any of their shitty remakes.
19. Michelangelo - September 29, 2008 12:27 AM
I LOVE BEING A TURTLE!!!!!
Dude this news is awesome! I just hope they make the turtles look very very real, and not cartoonish.