The 1990 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Movie Writer Wants a New Sequel Set in That Universe
When that original live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie was released in 1990, I was blown away! To this day, I’m still impressed by the work that Jim Henson and his Creature Shop did in helping to bring the characters of Raphael, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Donatello to life on the big screen!
Since those first live-action TMNT movies were released, all we've really seen are various CG animated film versions of the characters, and I haven’t been impressed. I’ve thought that it would be cool to see another true live-action TMNT movie made and it turns out that the writer of the original film, Bobby Herbeck, wants to see that happen as well! He’s actually talked to the original director, Steve Barron, as well as Brian Henson of Jim Henson Studios about it.
During a recent interview with CB, Herbeck was asked whether one of those Halloween or Bill & Ted-style "20 years later" sequels would have any appeal for them for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. You know, a film set in the same continuity as the first three live-action movies, and this was his response:
"Yes. The answer is yes. We're trying to make that happen. We want to do a reboot. We got our fans come to us on Instagram, they're, 'Why don't you guys do a reboot of the first movie?' We'd love to do it."
One of the most exciting things about this would be to see what Jim Henson's Creature Shop could do with the Turtles all these years later with the incredible visual effect technology they have to work with today. Herbeck went on to say:
"The truth is, this property, it's established now after 30 years as a part of our modern pop culture, it's not going away. It's only going to continue to grow. I do wish that we could go back. I mean, we've talked to Steve Barron about this, and Brian Henson, and if there were an opportunity, if one of the studios saw fit, I think we could go back and reboot it like it was....Imagine if Brian Henson had access to the technology he does today to make these costumes and all that. I think it would be amazing. A reboot like that I think would really get people's juices flowing."
I know for a fact that the fans would love to see something like this happen! I would! It would be so cool to see the live-action version of these Ninja Turtles back in action! What do you think? Would you watch that kind of TMNT movie?