It's fitting that the new live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is slated for a 2012 release date. That way, it will be the icing on the end-of-the-world's cake, should Michael Bay's Platnium Dunes do for it what it did for the meh Nightmare on Elm Street remake.
The Transformers director and his production shingle will take charge of the 21st Century's take on our favorite heroes in a half shell. To die-hard fans of the franchise (We're looking at you, Mark Bozon), that news is about as good as a shotgun blast to the face. But, the Turtles will at least have the hottest chicks ever, bending over sewer pipes and sports cars for no reason other than it looks cool.
And we may finally get a chance to see Splinter battle Devastator, with the kill shot coming from Even Stevens' tube sock full of Cybertron glitter. (We kid, we kid.)
Thankfully, the Bay will be servicing as an Executive Producer only. And this will be a change of pace for the company's remake factory, which specializes in horror movie remakes that tend to have big opening weekends but massive drop offs in the following weeks. The jury is still out on this sucker, but What Say You, fanboys? Is this the best thing to happen to Leonardo, Raph, Mikey and Donatello? Or is it the perfect harbinger of 2012-ness?
Guillermo del Toro's perfect job directing The Hobbit? Not so perfect, as it turns out. In fact, he's quit the gig.
"In light of ongoing delays in the setting of a start date for filming The Hobbit, I am faced with the hardest decision of my life," del Toro said in a statement on The OneRing.net. "After nearly two years of living, breathing and designing a world as rich as Tolkien's Middle-earth, I must, with great regret, take leave from helming these wonderful pictures."
While the filmmaker did note he will continue to co-write the screenplays (the J.R.R Tolkien novel is to be adapted into two feature films) with Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens, any chance of him returning to the project after rights co-owner MGM/UA finds itself a buyer (the studio put itself up for sale back in November 2009) is all but dead.
"I wish the production nothing but the very best of luck and I will be first in line to see the finished product," added del Toro. "I remain an ally to it and its makers, present and future, and fully support a smooth transition to a new director."
Wow. We'll update this story as soon as we have more details.
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that rumor is false because Nolan has said on numorus occaisions that he doesn't want robin in any of his batman movies
Christian Bale also said he would not return if robin was added to the series
It's fitting that the new live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is slated for a 2012 release date. That way, it will be the icing on the end-of-the-world's cake, should Michael Bay's Platnium Dunes do for it what it did for the meh Nightmare on Elm Street remake.
The Transformers director and his production shingle will take charge of the 21st Century's take on our favorite heroes in a half shell. To die-hard fans of the franchise (We're looking at you, Mark Bozon), that news is about as good as a shotgun blast to the face. But, the Turtles will at least have the hottest chicks ever, bending over sewer pipes and sports cars for no reason other than it looks cool.
And we may finally get a chance to see Splinter battle Devastator, with the kill shot coming from Even Stevens' tube sock full of Cybertron glitter. (We kid, we kid.)
Thankfully, the Bay will be servicing as an Executive Producer only. And this will be a change of pace for the company's remake factory, which specializes in horror movie remakes that tend to have big opening weekends but massive drop offs in the following weeks. The jury is still out on this sucker, but What Say You, fanboys? Is this the best thing to happen to Leonardo, Raph, Mikey and Donatello? Or is it the perfect harbinger of 2012-ness?
Guillermo del Toro's perfect job directing The Hobbit? Not so perfect, as it turns out. In fact, he's quit the gig.
"In light of ongoing delays in the setting of a start date for filming The Hobbit, I am faced with the hardest decision of my life," del Toro said in a statement on The OneRing.net. "After nearly two years of living, breathing and designing a world as rich as Tolkien's Middle-earth, I must, with great regret, take leave from helming these wonderful pictures."
While the filmmaker did note he will continue to co-write the screenplays (the J.R.R Tolkien novel is to be adapted into two feature films) with Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens, any chance of him returning to the project after rights co-owner MGM/UA finds itself a buyer (the studio put itself up for sale back in November 2009) is all but dead.
"I wish the production nothing but the very best of luck and I will be first in line to see the finished product," added del Toro. "I remain an ally to it and its makers, present and future, and fully support a smooth transition to a new director."
Wow. We'll update this story as soon as we have more details.
the fact that Edgar Wright is directing it makes it must see (he did Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz)
christ, i souinded like a movie snob