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A few bits of TMNT movie news were released today. We now know that the upcoming film, simply titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, will have a Christmas 2013 theatrical release! The film is to be directed by Jonathan Liebesman and will be a "live action-CGI combo."

Source: http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/para...omment-2340381

Thanks to Bob for finding this article! Please feel free to join the discussion about this news item here.
 

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Attention fans and collectors of TMNT figures- 2012 will be a big year for new toys! Two new Playmates TMNT toy lines will be featured at the upcoming Toy Fair, which runs February 12-15. One toy line will be based on the classic TMNT turtles, and the other will feature characters and designs from the upcoming Nickelodeon TMNT cartoon. The Nickelodeon line will feature standard Turtle figures with distinct appearances ranging in size from 4.25" to 4.75" as well as a slightly larger, "deluxe" line of Turtles featuring sound bites and spring-loaded arms and legs. Accessories such as vehicles and playsets based on the Nickelodeon cartoon are also in the works.

Check out the following links for pictures and more information! Also, feel free to join in the discussion about these exciting releases in the forum thread here.

TMNT at Toy Fair News: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...ght-new-286540

Classic Turtles: http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/02/01/...ction-figures/

Nickelodeon Turtles and Accessories: http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/02/01/...-of-tmnt-toys/

Toy Fair 2012 Video: http://www.mtv.com/videos/interview/...tml#id=1678323
 

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Besides being Halloween today, it is also The Technodrome's twelfth anniversary! As usual, the site has been updated to celebrate the occasion.

Today, I made a major update to our Images section. All of the old VHS-quality images have been moved to the Old Images album, and in their place, we've added nearly 1500 DVD-quality screencaps! Be sure to check them out under the Multimedia heading. A huge thanks to tone-master21 for contributing all of these new images!

We have more updates in the works, so be sure to check back soon. Enjoy, and thanks for your continued support!
 

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Hey, everyone. There's a few new bits of information about the upcoming Nickelodeon TMNT cartoon that have been released recently. First of all, Shredder has a voice! He will be played by veteran voice actor Kevin Michael Richardson.

Also, some new pictures of the Turtles have been released on Nickelodeon's Facebook page. Feel free to check them out and take part in the discussion in this thread. Keep checking back for more news on this exciting upcoming series!

Thanks to TMNT_Master and Jester for locating these news items!
 

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Just a reminder that the season 9 DVD of the original TMNT cartoon was released today! This DVD includes the eight episodes of the 1995 season of the series. Be sure to get your copy to support official releases of TMNT on DVD and feel free to join the discussion about this topic here!
 

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Hi, everyone. Since more details about the upcoming Nickelodeon TMNT cartoon have been released, it's time for another news summary! As before, you can find further details and discussions on this new information in the "Nick TMNT Cartoon Discussion" section of the forums.

Here's the latest:

-The following new voice casting information has been revealed: it will be Sean Astin as Raphael, Greg Cipes as Michaelangelo, and Hoon Lee as Splinter! These new additions will joined the previously announced Jason Biggs as Leonardo and Rob Paulsen as Donatello. Be sure to check out this article for an interview with Raphael's new voice, Sean Astin. (Thanks to Jester for finding this information and interview article!)

-A few new promotional shots for the series have been released by Nickelodeon and give us a first look at what the new Turtles will look like! (Thanks to cartoonistaaron for the information and pictures!)




Keep checking back as more information on this new series becomes available!
 

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There's a little bit of new information today about the upcoming TMNT movie. Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec were announced today as the new writing team that is currently developing a screenplay for the film. The team has already completed scripts for the upcoming Mission Impossible:Ghost Protocol film (another rebooted franchise) as well as the Louis Leterrier-directed Now You See Me. We will keep you updated as more information on this new movie becomes available!

Source: http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/para...ninja-turtles/

Thanks to Master Splinter for finding this article! Please feel free to join the discussion about this news item here.
 

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I'm happy to report that Lionsgate Entertainment hasn't completely forgotten about us, as it was just recently announced that they will be releasing Season 9 of the original TMNT cartoon series on DVD on August 16!

Tvshowsondvd.com has the following additional information about the upcoming release:

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Our retailer contacts tell us that Lionsgate Entertainment has scheduled the next-to-last season of the original '80s-and-'90s animated series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Season 9, for DVD release on August 16th. This production year, the last season with television show developer, writer and executive story editor David Wise on board, consisted of just 8 episodes and so it will come on a single disc. Cost is $14.98 SRP for 176 minutes, with episodes full screen video, English 2.0 Dolby Digital sound and with closed captioning. Package art isn't available so far, but stay tuned and we'll keep you updated!

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Taken from: http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Teenage...#ixzz1NF9gdt80

Make sure to buy the new release when it comes out to support TMNT on DVD! Thanks very much to Chaotix12345 for finding and originally posting this news, and feel free to add your thoughts to the discussion thread here.
 

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There's been quite a buzz regarding a special invite-only fan event created by the people of Nickelodeon. A special select few were invited, based on their involvement and passion for the TMNT. You can see more of the discussion from the first days of the Mystery of the Pizza Boxes thread here.

Below is a review for one of the participants:



As Stephan stated, it was a very exciting couple of days for the few of us that were selected for the event. This was very special for me, because it was my first time ever going west of Pennsylvania. Plus I was meeting some long-time internet friends for the first time ever. So there's a lot of good memories to go along with the event.

The entire process of GETTING to California itself was an adventure. My day had started at 1am of the 29th, on a bus headed to Logan Airport. After a 6 hour flight, I found out (the hard way) that the transportation didn't have the correct time or place that I had to be picked up at. Fortunately, one of their drivers was in the parking building next door. So he came and got me, and in our conversation, I told him I'd never been out west before. So he gave me a guided tour from LA to Burbank - what a huge city. Overwhelming compared to Boston. But he pointed out all these great buildings, and parts of the highway where movie scenes took place. He was such a pleasant guy, and the bonus LA tour was just icing on the giant cake that this trip was...


The hotel... plush. Beautiful. Decorated with 'scenery' photos composed of naked body parts. I kid you not... This was also when we received the special boxes that Stephan posted. Shirt, water, some snack called ‘Pirate Booty’, weird green twizzlers… ‘other’ things… fun stuff.

A bunch of us met up the night before in the hotel, and talked about all SORTS of stuff. It was a clear, cool night, and the view from the patio went for Miles. It was such a great time meeting people for the first time. A few of us got some food and hung out on the rooftop patio. The view of the sunset and the city was really amazing...

The next morning, we checked out of the hotel and piled into the escort vehicle. There, more of us got together and did introductions. Then we shipped off to the studio.


Inside of the courtyard was very nice. There was a lot of growth on the walls, and the palm trees in the walkway created a beautiful canopy overhead for shade. I especially liked the fountain in the center. We had breakfast, where we all continued introductions, and then everyone piled inside. Stephan also introduced me to Ken Mitchroney, who was stopping in before working on a recording of FanBoy and Chum Chum. What a character…

We were then taken to a large decorated conference room where we introduced ourselves and were introduced to the Nickelodeon Executive Team.

Next we took a guided tour of the entire studio. The design of the building is really neat - there's a ton of skylights so everyone can work in natural light. You have your usual nick-style blobs everywhere, and in a lot of places we saw little groups of people working on different shows. The thing I liked most was the hallway of Original artwork by the in-house artists - still life, portraits, cartoonish stuff... It was an artistic valhalla. If you worked on certain shows, the area you worked in was decorated to match. Ambience really makes the difference..

We then returned to the conference room where we screened an animatic of a pilot episode (essentially storyboards with voiceovers). They also showed other pictures and such of the characters and the overall look of the show. Very exciting times...


Okay, now that we can talk about those details...

My inner artist has been DYING for this...

Turtles: The boys actually have just about the same color differences from the 2K3 show. The height differences amongst the boys is pretty subtle. Don is slightly taller, but he's not asking 'how's the weather down there' to his brothers. Leo and Raph are about the same size... Mike's a lil shorter - he's also got some faint freckles on his cheeks, which made me think of Dennis the Menace.

Personality-wise, they were all good. I just hope they don't turn Mike into a pop-culture referencing dope like Fast Forward and Back to the Sewers....

The bandages are a little of a turn-off. I would think for simplicity's sake, they could do without the wrappings.


Splinter: Oh man... I could go on for DAYS. The initial picture I saw was pretty striking. Dark features, much more rat-like than I've seen before. It turns out he's going to be of the Man-turned-Rat origins a la Archie - plus there was a small hint of him having a daughter. My immediate thought at the event was, "Hey, what if Karai is his daughter?" The voice actor they used for him was SPOT-ON. He could read a phonebook and make it interesting..


April: Okay, teenage 'rebel'... she looked about 13, which is roughly similar to the boys. Black pants, yellow shirt, hair pulled back. The puppy-crush Don has on her is.... treading dangerously into 'fannon'. I'd thought that if they'd made her maybe a high schooler who was a writer for the school paper, it would be a little more true to the character. She learns something she shouldn't, gets in hot water, the boys go after her, you know the drill... It'll have to depend on how they write her story...

The Kraang: I was surprised to see Krang as an actual species - he's very nasty looking, which is cool. Evil brain thing with multiple squid-like tentacles. The use of the suits to withstand the environment was clever... My theory is that this race of Kraang might be evil, but there could also be a rebel group. Or it could be the other way around. The Kraang are good, with a couple bad apples.

Baxter Stockman: Visually, he definitely rang of the Original Mirage Stockman. We WILL also see the mousers coming out of the metalwork.

Shredder: Honestly, I don't remember an image, BUT... from the action figure I saw of him, he's going to make Movie one Shredder look like Old Toon Shredder.


I enjoyed the animatic - sketchy, half-animated storyboards to give us some idea of how the characters will work. The background on the surface Definitely reminded me of the gritty Mirage alleys. As for the characters, there was some definite influence from Teen Titans - some body language, facial expressions, those lil anime splortches that appear near the forehead. Those lil things I didn't like, but overall I loved the ep we saw. Splinter is very much a father figure in this, and we also get a little more martial art visuals and such in this compared to the other series.

Turtle Van --> Rail Car: I haven't seen anything mentioned about this yet. Apparently, there's an old railcar that Don will be working on over a LOOONG period of time to turn into some ultimate transportation down underground - but it will also have wheels that come out so that they can go to the surface. I wasn't too keen on it, personally... Talk about an eyesore.


Playmates made a presentation about their new toyline and showed a large cross section of the first wave of figures, vehicles, and playsets. I'm not big into the collecting aspect of the fandom, but it was still neat to see what they have planned. The playset they'd created alone was Massive - maybe 4 foot tall?

After the toy presentation we returned to our seats and observed a live reading of part of a script; meaning the voice actors were in the room with us, reading from scripts. This included the voice talents of Rob Paulsen and Jason Biggs. This was hands-down the best thing of the event. During the Lunch/Social Hour, I was introduced to Jason Biggs and Rob Paulsen - they were both so wonderful to speak with, absolute pleasures to meet.

-Lunch/Social Hour - Pizza, what else would you expect?

-We were broken up into small groups to discuss our feelings and opinions about everything we had seen today (this was the focus group portion of the event) We then ended the day with a Q&A session with the writing and production team. One of the head guys was excited to show us his box of special (first?) print issues of Mirage Vol. 1 - not to mention the painting of Donatello and Mr T playing Croquet...

The day ended with everyone sharing their personal information and having long goodbyes. We all got posters, as well as a pizza slice 'pouch' that held the USB Drive (which I'll be using for my TMNT Stuff from now on.. ) We had a nice group picture, and then everyone was sent off to their respective airports.

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I'm very excited about this whole thing. Yeah, there's stuff that might have to be tweaked, but things are looking pretty good... I do hope we'll get some of the pictures that the photographer was taking of the event. Especially the group pic...
 

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Hey all! Now that we are rapidly getting new information on the upcoming Nickelodeon TMNT cartoon, we thought it might be helpful to provide quick periodic summaries on the latest news and releases to keep everyone up to date. Further details and discussions on this new information can be found in the new "Nick TMNT Cartoon Discussion" section of the forums.

-Preview art has been released, giving us an idea of what the Turtles will look like in their newest form.

-A short video clip has been released which previews the Turtles in action.

-According to article associated with the video clip above, the show's release date has been set for "late 2012" and the series will consist of 26 half-hour episodes.

-We are also starting to get more information on voice actors for the new series. Rob Paulson, who previously voiced Raphael in the original 80's cartoon series, has already been announced as portraying Donatello in the Nick show, and we recently learned that Jason Biggs will voice Leonardo.

Thanks to Powder and tone-master21 for finding this information! Check back soon for additional updates as new information becomes available!
 

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