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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

2/15/12 - Jonathan Liebesman is in final negotiations to helm the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie at Paramount, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners Andrew Form and Brad Fuller are producing the live-action adaptation.  Scott Mednick and Galen Walker are producing the new iteration, which was written by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec.

6/1/10 - Deadline reports that Platinum Dunes has teamed with Paramount and Nickelodeon to relaunch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Dunes is Michael Bay's production company, which has produced exclusively horror remakes up until now.  Bay presumably won't direct, as he has only served as producer at Platinum Dunes. Still, the move to a major studio with a children's network might suggest a tentpole-sized big-budget remake.  This will be the third time the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have starred in their own movies.

7/21/09 - John Fusco has been hired to write the new live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, scheduled for a 2011 release, Variety reported; the new film will incorporate elements of the Turtles comics, created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman in 1983, and is being envisioned as an origin story.

4/24/09 - The Mirage Group is moving forward with a new live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, focusing on the origins of the iconic crime fighters, according to The Hollywood Reporter; the project, targeted for release in 2011, would mark the fifth big-screen outing for the sewer-dwelling heroes Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael.

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