I'm fine with this. The tech used in "Where the Wild Things Are" looks good and if thats used in an epic movie about ninja turtles fighting goons and other ninjas on the streets of New York then I'll be happy boy.
And am I the only one who feels incredibly old reading this? It's been 25 years already, wow.
The Mirage Group, which owns the property, is moving forward with a live-action film focusing on the origins of the iconic crime fighters. Project, targeted for release in 2011, would mark the fifth bigscreen outing for the sewer-dwelling heroes Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as well as their master Splinter.
News coincides with the Turtles' 25th anniversary celebration, which kicks off Thursday in New York as the first "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" film unspools at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Legendary Pictures former chief marketing officer Scott Mednick is producing the new pic alongside Galen Walker, who produced the 2007 computer-animated "TMNT" pic, the most recent installment in the franchise. Peter Laird, Gary Richardson, Frederick Fierst, Eric Crown and Napoleon Smith III are exec producing the film, which is based on the characters created by Laird and Kevin Eastman.
The characters first appeared in a May 1984 comicbook before spawning a lucrative line of toys, cartoons and three films released in the early 1990s. In 2003, the Turtles were reintroduced to a new generation via a TV series, the "TMNT" film and a revamped merchandising program.
The latest project is being financed by Lightbox Prods.
"The original dozen comics created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman are some of the best source material one could hope for," said Mednick, whose exec producing credits include the upcoming "Where the Wild Things Are." Laird, who bought out Eastman's share of the property several years ago, said the film will remain true to the spirit of the original comicbooks. He added that the pic may employ face replacement technology, which would allow the turtles to be much more expressive.
Today's 25th anniversary "Shell-ebration" will also include lighting the Empire State Building in "turtle green."
OMFG LIVE ACTION! FOR THE WIN! 
Holy crap. That will be so good. They better not rape it.
They need to live TMNT alone already. I watched the orginial TMNT when I was a kid and enough is enough. This would the second attempt of rebooting this franchise. Though if put penises on them (since they are naked) then I'm on it like Cheese Whiz on a Ritz sprinkled with dash of Bacon Bits.
Freakin' sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!
LMAO, that's just hilarious.
On a side note, did anyone else own the music tape of the TMNT live concert that they got from Pizza Hut (I believe it was Pizza Hut)? I remember listening to that tape so much when I was a kid, and then I accidentally left it in the car one summer (I lived in Vegas, so the summers are 100+) and the tape melted 
I was so sad about this...
I never got the music tape but I got a video of the cartoon that also had a movie preview on it from the Burger King Kids Club. I watched the hell out of that thing and I still remember the live-action/cartoon BK commercial that was on it as well. Certainly brings back memories.
That is awesome to hear. I loved the first two live-action movies. I hope they do the movie justice and not just to make a quick buck.