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Comic-Con: Quint has tons of TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES info + 4 character posters!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with an update on the Warner Bros Animation panel from Comic-Con. Lots of news on the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES CG movie and some footage from ANT BULLY. ANT BULLY will be in another report, this one just has Turtle Power. Let's get to it, shall we?





Directory Kevin Munroe took the stage and showed a trailer (which is supposed to be up on Apple.com right now!) and then showed a 5 minute piece. In-between he answered a bunch of questions. You can see the trailer, so I'll describe some of the footage we saw after these tidbits gleaned from the panel.

- Release date is March 30, 2007

- Mako is voicing Splinter!

- Wouldn't reveal the voices for the Turtles (When asked, Munroe said, "Robin Williams is doing all the voices... No! No! Just kidding! Don't go and blog about that!"), but said all 4 actors aren't celebrities





- When they recorded the dialogue they had all 4 voice actors in the booth, which resulted in a much more natural back and forth between these mystery voice actors, who Munroe said were very sharp writers themselves. Lots of improv and natural reactions.

- Peter Laird is the "Godfather of all things Ninja Turtles" according to Munroe and he had to sign off on Munroe's involvement and has been constantly giving advice on the film

- Munroe wanted a sense of family with the Turtles. Quarreling brothers, etc.





- A little like SUPERMAN RETURNS this film kind of fits in after the 2nd movie, but there will be nods to the cartoon and previous films (including 3), but will be a "rebirth" of a movie

- TMNT will be an action comedy, but Munroe was quick to point out that the comedy comes from the characters, not fart jokes

- No Vanilla Ice

- No Corey Feldman (but Munroe made sure not trash talk the Feldmeister)

- Shredder is NOT the bad guy

- The universe is a bit more realistic, set in a world most like the first feature film.





- Casey Jones and April O'Neil return and the movie builds on their romance

- One person asked about full turtle on human bestiality in the film. Munroe: "No! Security!"

- John Woo? As far as Munroe knows, Woo was never officially attached. He said he thought it was just a rumor.

- Marco Beltrami is scoring! And he wants to give Ninja Turtles a theme as powerful as Elfman's BATMAN theme.





The exclusive presentation wasn't a huge deal, but we saw lots of glimpses at stuff... Bat monsters, lithe ninja chicks, big armored dude (not Shredder). Saw some work on Splinter. He's less extreme looking than the turtles. Still a big rat, a little more furry than the cartoon Splinter, but not as bizarre and dirty looking as the movie version. Mostly the footage was lots of tests and unfinished shots of the Turtles jumping around. There were facial tests of all the turtles making different, funny faces, a cool looking "muscle test" that had Leonardo lifting something heavy up, showing the bulging muscles and straining veins.

There was a scene of Michaelangelo in a fake turtle suit at a kid's birthday party. His legs were his own, but there was a fake zipper down his middle and fuzzy big turtle head on his own. The kids beat the hell out of him and he said (to Donatello who was speaking to him via an earpiece) "Why can't I hit 'em back?" Then he got beat up by the rowdy kids. They were called away for "more sugar" by the mom and Mikey slowly curled himself up into a fetal position.

The final shot had grey-scale Raphael and Leonardo standing on a rooftop, facing each other down for some unknown reason. Raphael had his sais out, Leonardo has his katana out. The charge each other, seemingly very serious, and just as their weapons look to collide they cut to black.

Got a few more reports to finish up before my day's over. Check 'em on the main page over the next couple hours.

-Quint
quint@aintitcool.com





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too soon?
by ArcadianDS
Jul 20th, 2006
10:28:11 PM
2nd ?
by The Dum Guy
Jul 20th, 2006
10:31:24 PM
Not Too Soon
by Aragorn II
Jul 20th, 2006
10:35:53 PM
Donatello RULES all their asses!
by BaleISBatman
Jul 20th, 2006
10:38:01 PM
3rd!
by mr_lopez
Jul 20th, 2006
10:39:33 PM
No..Ralphael Rules All their asses!
by rubensreviews
Jul 20th, 2006
10:40:56 PM
No Shredder
by DarthDooku
Jul 20th, 2006
10:42:51 PM
Still a live action CGI turtles film would rock
by Spiderhulk
Jul 20th, 2006
10:43:36 PM
This is ridiculously stupid. Who gives a shit?
by team america
Jul 20th, 2006
10:45:37 PM
You're all wrong! Leonardo is God!
by mr_lopez
Jul 20th, 2006
10:47:14 PM
Is that picture from 1993?
by Flim Springfield
Jul 20th, 2006
10:47:38 PM
What's with the the whole "too soon" thing?
by slone13
Jul 20th, 2006
10:48:05 PM
I give a shit, thank you very much.
by Shermdawg
Jul 20th, 2006
10:48:20 PM
Leo vs. Raph?
by Beageal
Jul 20th, 2006
10:49:34 PM
Next to the X-men...
by Shermdawg
Jul 20th, 2006
10:50:16 PM
Donatello...
by dimnix
Jul 20th, 2006
10:58:01 PM
How do the humans look Quint?
by Shermdawg
Jul 20th, 2006
10:58:32 PM
soundtrack to Transformers
by Phategod1
Jul 20th, 2006
11:08:57 PM
This Movie Sounds Awesome
by The Ender
Jul 20th, 2006
11:14:59 PM
Raphael is the man
by BLWiseass
Jul 20th, 2006
11:43:09 PM
No Shredder
by KentDorfman
Jul 20th, 2006
11:43:56 PM
I cannot wait for this film! Turtle Power!
by The Wrong Guy
Jul 20th, 2006
11:47:48 PM
the too soon thing? let me explain
by slappy jones
Jul 20th, 2006
11:49:01 PM
KING KONG Extended Edition! Because 3hrs wasn't enough
by Orionsangels
Jul 20th, 2006
11:49:11 PM
Bonus 4th Disc!
by Orionsangels
Jul 21st, 2006
12:00:29 AM
Yup, officially excited now.
by Logo Lou
Jul 21st, 2006
12:10:23 AM
One thing we can agree on...
by Citizin_insane
Jul 21st, 2006
12:23:05 AM
"Raphael is the man"?!?
by Drworm2002
Jul 21st, 2006
12:31:56 AM
Shredder's in the movie
by DiernaSoul
Jul 21st, 2006
12:38:28 AM
Teenage Mutant NINJA Turtles
by kusaga
Jul 21st, 2006
01:03:11 AM
Slappy
by Playhouse
Jul 21st, 2006
01:03:31 AM
Drworm...
by Poacher
Jul 21st, 2006
01:10:48 AM
looks cool
by Skeletonpuppet
Jul 21st, 2006
01:12:07 AM
Just watched the trailerl; I'm excited again
by Skeletonpuppet
Jul 21st, 2006
01:18:58 AM
It's about friggin' time!
by lotharius3rd
Jul 21st, 2006
01:29:35 AM
Realism
by Dersu
Jul 21st, 2006
01:40:12 AM
PIZZA DUDE!
by lotharius3rd
Jul 21st, 2006
01:42:18 AM
TOO SOON!!!! AHAHAHAHA!
by PoliMan4
Jul 21st, 2006
01:44:57 AM
dersu...
by lotharius3rd
Jul 21st, 2006
01:49:52 AM
Cool designs. I like how they have
by superninja
Jul 21st, 2006
01:52:28 AM
They are so cute!
by superninja
Jul 21st, 2006
01:53:40 AM
Turtle Power baby
by Darth Thoth
Jul 21st, 2006
01:57:11 AM
Poacher...
by Drworm2002
Jul 21st, 2006
02:08:21 AM
I'm in Clerks 2 Bitches !!!!!!!
by Darth Evil Dead
Jul 21st, 2006
02:39:45 AM
Raph poster look like the DD Elektra poster?
by Edison
Jul 21st, 2006
02:40:19 AM
TOO SOON
by zombieslayer
Jul 21st, 2006
02:47:47 AM
Bestiality
by Tookess
Jul 21st, 2006
03:58:26 AM
Ooops
by Tookess
Jul 21st, 2006
04:09:47 AM
so what's the rating?
by Mr Brownstone
Jul 21st, 2006
04:10:59 AM
TOOOO SOOOON !!!!!
by SuperSneaky
Jul 21st, 2006
04:24:46 AM
Is it me...
by Mr Jonse
Jul 21st, 2006
04:25:36 AM
Sequels that replace sequels after the first sequel...
by Jim Jam Bongs
Jul 21st, 2006
04:29:11 AM
Awesome!
by Edward_nygma
Jul 21st, 2006
05:31:17 AM
lotharius3rd...
by Dersu
Jul 21st, 2006
06:12:05 AM
Why CGI?
by Johnny Drama
Jul 21st, 2006
06:49:14 AM
Go Ninja, go ninja, go!
by PervOmatic
Jul 21st, 2006
06:55:48 AM
damnit...why are they making Mikey into such a bitch?
by keyserSOZE
Jul 21st, 2006
07:53:05 AM
T-U-R-T-L-E Power ^_^
by StarBlitzer
Jul 21st, 2006
08:08:36 AM
SCREW the turtles!!!
by mbeemer
Jul 21st, 2006
08:22:03 AM
leo is for leader
by vanfan
Jul 21st, 2006
08:38:44 AM
did dersu just badmouth the CROW
by vanfan
Jul 21st, 2006
08:53:03 AM
Marco Beltrami soundtrack ruined Terminator 3!
by TheResident
Jul 21st, 2006
08:53:16 AM
right on starblitz
by vanfan
Jul 21st, 2006
08:55:01 AM
like the posters but mikey looks like an action figure
by misnomer
Jul 21st, 2006
08:55:11 AM
Should be good if they're focussing on the characters
by performingmonkey
Jul 21st, 2006
08:57:22 AM
Great, now where is the hot April O'Neil poster?
by Big Bad Clone
Jul 21st, 2006
09:17:47 AM
My "TOO SOON" question was rhetorical
by slone13
Jul 21st, 2006
09:25:56 AM
We love you Mikey!
by Saluki
Jul 21st, 2006
09:28:34 AM
Agree with Johnny Drama
by lfhlaw
Jul 21st, 2006
09:35:13 AM
and the winner of Best Animated Feature goes to...
by white owl
Jul 21st, 2006
10:35:44 AM
WTF????
by BatCountry
Jul 21st, 2006
11:01:28 AM
RAPHAEL WAS ALWAYS THE DOPEST OF THE SHELLHEADS!!!
by R.C. the "Wise"
Jul 21st, 2006
11:17:53 AM
yeah, batcountry
by Mechasheeva
Jul 21st, 2006
11:54:18 AM
"Why oh why does there have to be comedy?"
by KentDorfman
Jul 21st, 2006
12:09:06 PM
Sin City in look only
by StarBlitzer
Jul 21st, 2006
12:09:12 PM
Dorfman
by BatCountry
Jul 21st, 2006
12:22:39 PM
Got this geek a lil excited - 9.95 bitches
by Lando Griffin
Jul 21st, 2006
12:27:39 PM
wha? no other mutant animals?
by tango fett
Jul 21st, 2006
12:28:29 PM
"BABIESSSSSSSS! They are BABIES!!"
by tango fett
Jul 21st, 2006
12:32:38 PM
Phategod01
by BayouWilly
Jul 21st, 2006
12:33:17 PM
Tango
by BatCountry
Jul 21st, 2006
12:42:04 PM
I'm seeing it the first day it comes out...
by beamish13
Jul 21st, 2006
03:57:09 PM
April being in it bodes well...
by beamish13
Jul 21st, 2006
04:00:44 PM
Great Trailer.
by CoursinLarry
Jul 21st, 2006
04:42:52 PM
Casey Jones
by crackerfarmboy
Jul 21st, 2006
04:54:29 PM
Casey Jones
by crackerfarmboy
Jul 21st, 2006
04:54:59 PM
Casey Jones
by crackerfarmboy
Jul 21st, 2006
04:55:02 PM
CASEY JONES ROCKS MY WORLD
by Freakemovie
Jul 21st, 2006
05:05:12 PM
michaelangelo
by aeon phoenix
Jul 21st, 2006
09:15:29 PM
Casey Jones is Clint Eastwood.
by Shermdawg
Jul 21st, 2006
09:26:43 PM
At least the cartoon Casey was.
by Shermdawg
Jul 21st, 2006
09:27:27 PM
KNEEL BEFORE KRANG!
by TakeItEasyMon
Jul 22nd, 2006
12:36:46 AM
behind the scenes of the next gen tie-in movie game...
by misnomer
Jul 22nd, 2006
01:47:19 AM
Fuck...yesss
by Cloud_Leonheart
Jul 22nd, 2006
03:23:46 AM
TOO SOON!!!!!!!!!!!
by Johnno
Jul 22nd, 2006
09:07:08 PM
F the turtles Bring on the BATTLETOADS!!
by BrainFart
Jul 23rd, 2006
05:23:25 AM
MAKO RIP 1933-2006
by jegoing74
Jul 23rd, 2006
09:49:11 PM
That's a damn shame!
by mbeemer
Jul 24th, 2006
10:39:00 AM
brainfart response
by vanfan
Jul 24th, 2006
06:12:31 PM
okay
by Genes
Aug 7th, 2006
12:22:29 PM
Genes
by Bootskin
Aug 21st, 2006
01:12:59 PM
Cause....
by Bootskin
Aug 21st, 2006
01:14:06 PM
Well done, grasshopper...
by Kuj
Aug 21st, 2006
08:52:48 PM
I remember that...
by Bootskin
Aug 23rd, 2006
12:18:36 AM

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