So how is TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES going to be brought back to the big screen in live action as an origin story again? Forget the technology for now, let’s focus on the storyline. Apparently, some fans have been wanting something along the line of Batman Begins which was a damn awesome reboot considering it had to regain the trust that was ruined after Joel Schumacher’s Batman fiasco.
But can TMNT live up to Batman Begins and start out a new billion dollar franchise? Co-creator Peter Laird talked with MTV and this is what he had in mind..
“I can say that at this point there are a lot of positive feelings about a ‘Batman Begins’-style ‘reboot,’ which would, of necessity, include a retelling of the Turtles’ origin story,”
“Having said that, I would also be into an all-new story, if it was decided that that was a more desirable direction. Either way is fine with me, to be honest!”
“I would not be unhappy to somehow see the tale of Baxter Stockman and the robotic ‘mousers’ folded into this movie, as well as some elements possibly setting up the TCRI connection for a possible sixth (or seventh) movie. But I think I’m getting a little ahead of myself there.”
Dr. Baxter Stockman is a fictional scientist who has appeared in several versions of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe. In each version, he is depicted as the creator of the Mousers, machines meant to seek out and destroy sewer rats
Since this is an origin story, Laird also said that April O’Neil and vigilante Casey Jones have come up in discussions and the whole deal with the turtle suit and faces..
“The basic idea, as I understand it, is to do an all live action shoot, with actors and stuntmen in full Turtle suits,” said Laird. “To add expressiveness to the Turtles’ faces which would be difficult if not impossible to get with animatronics and/or puppetry, there would be ‘face replacement,’ with CGI Turtle faces superimposed on the live action performers’ heads.”
