TURTLES Begins

By Matt Holmes /

25 years ago today, the big green heroes in a half shell, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were born in comic book form. Mirage Entertainment believe it's the right time to confirm previous speculations that a new live action movie is in the works, due out in 2011. That's the same year a new Ghostbusters movie is due, which is also celebrating it's 25th year anniversary. The new Turtles movie will be a Batman Begins style origin movie, a dark and gritty yarn which harpens back to how the comic was originally perceived. The trades hint that face replacement technology will be used, which suggests men in suits for the body, which is a good thing. Speaking of the movie going back to it's origins. I kind of remember that first Turtles movie back in 1990 being quite dark in itself, the Gotham esque city being one of the scariest places to live on film.

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