[Residents Fan]

The Teenage Mutant...sorry Alien Ninja Turtles has been
put on hiatus....

Paramount Pictures has shut down a planned reboot of the Ninja Turtles franchise, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. The effects-heavy film, which was in preproduction in Vancouver, was set for release in December 2013. That date is being pushed to May 2014, according to sources.

The issue is said to be the script. Paramount has delayed several big movies from this year to 2013, including G.I. Joe: Retaliation and Brad Pitt’s World War Z, leaving it with a spotty pipeline for the current year. Now it has halted work on its planned holiday movie for 2013, temporarily laying off preproduction staff and informing those prepping the film that the work stoppage is "indefinite," according to sources. Another source close to the production says the movie has been pushed by ten weeks.

Wait... Michael Bay productions have scripts?

[Helbore]

Thank you Paramount for preventing the total rape of my childhood.

[007Fusion]

I'm not surprised. The information coming out seemed sporadic and convulted. They should just make another animated film like 2007's.

[Residents Fan]

Some folk are saying that after the negative box-office response to
Universal's "Battleship" (another film that got a lot of pre-release
internet flack) Paramount wanted to retool the Turtles flick by removing
unpopular stuff like changing them to "aliens".

[PES 2009]

Michael Bay should stick to doing films like Bad Boys and leave things like Transformers and Turtles well alone.

Loved Transformers the Movie, disliked Michael Bay's Transformers series.

[whedon247]

yup bay should leave hot properties well alone

he might make money,but not good films!

although bad boys was good because the silly humour etc was what it needed,it jsut doesnt fit well with epic films

[PhoenixRises]

I am just hoping they make another animated feature, I really liked the 2007 one

[steven walking]

Originally Posted by Residents Fan

The Teenage Mutant...sorry Alien Ninja Turtles has been
put on hiatus....



Wait... Michael Bay productions have scripts?

Cheeky.

Originally Posted by Helbore

Thank you Paramount for preventing the total rape of my childhood.

Seconded.

[allthatyouwant]

Who thought it would be a good idea to reboot TNMT? Oh wait...Michael Bay nevermind....

[Big Boy Barry]

It's not really TMNT

They aren't mutants, they aren't ninjas, they aren't turtles and probably not teenagers.

[Jimmy_McNulty]

this is good news.

[whedon247]

Originally Posted by PhoenixRises

I am just hoping they make another animated feature, I really liked the 2007 one

this

it was a great film and deserved a sequel

[CLL Dodge]

Sadly it only seems to have been delayed.

[Moony]

Originally Posted by Helbore

Thank you Paramount for preventing the total rape of my childhood.

I have never really understood this. How does a movie being made, that you are under no obligation to watch, in any way affect your experiences as a child.

Sometimes a franchise will take a direction that you may not like, for example - I hate Transformers Beastwars - despite being a huge TF fan. My solution is to simply not acknowledge or watch that particular series or story arc. It doesnt in any way diminish my experiences as a child, nor my continued enjoyment of the certain aspects of the Transformers franchise.