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30 Years! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Creator Wants to Stream the Original Movie with You on Monday

Can you believe it has been 30 years since the first live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie hit theaters? Many expected the movie to be a quiet flop that ninja kicked into theaters before cartwheeling out after just one weekend. But a surprising thing happened. The movie was a huge hit, and a big screen franchise was born. Now, go back to where it all began with one of the co-creators of this legendary comic series that spun off into TV shows, movies, books, toys, video games, food and just about anything else you can imagine.

Co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kevin Eastman has announced this weekend that he wants to watch the first movie with you all hunkered in the bunker. Here’s what the man had to say for himself.

The #WatchTMNTWithMe event sounds pretty exciting. Kevin Eastman has some interesting things planned throughout the rest of 2020 to celebrate the movie, the first of three in a trilogy. He recently shined the spotlight on Mark Martin’s 1990 parody book Green-Grey Sponge-Suit Sushi Turtles. He is showing off art from the book on his homepage.

You can check out the art at Kevin Eastman Studios. Last week, Kevin Eastman sent out an inspiring letter to finds in this time of turmoil. He had this to say.

So, hurry to the local store and pick up some frozen pizza if you can find some, hurry back, hunker down, and enjoy the classic original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It’s going to be a pizza party.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reboot Will Reportedly Be Dark And Faithful To Comics

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise is one that ViacomCBS continue to mine for success, with a new reboot of the films and several television adaptations in the works. While it’s already been hinted that a new live-action show on Netflix could go back to the darker roots of the comic series, we’re now hearing that the latest theatrical movie will also go for a blunter tone compared to the more recent big screen adaptations, with the project said to be dark and quite faithful to the comics.

According to our sources – the same ones who told us Bill Murray was coming back for Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Han would return in Fast & Furious 9 – the Turtles producers were originally keen to go for an R-rating for the reboot. However, the box office problems of Birds of Prey are apparently reducing their enthusiasm for straying too far from a broad audience, while still going for a faithful adaptation. That being said, they’re still going to be keeping things on the more mature side. Especially when compared to the last cinematic efforts.

While this news may suggest that the Netflix show will now be going in a slightly different direction than first reported, we wouldn’t be against there being two different takes on the original tone of the comics. For those not in the know, the 1980s independent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics from Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird began as a violent homage and satire of contemporary comics, before becoming a global moneymaking machine.

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Since then, the Turtles have largely had their rough edges softened for more younger-skewing movies and television adaptations. While it’s fair to say that several of these productions have referenced the grittier approach of Eastman and Laird’s early work, including the first TMNT movie, franchise producers have been careful to avoid realistic violence or horror.

In this context, we’re keen to see how a darker Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film could work, although we’d still be surprised if Paramount take too many risks on alienating a younger fanbase. At present, development still appears to be at an early stage for the next theatrical installment in the franchise, but we’ll be sure to bring you more news as we have it.

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