The 4th live-action movie that almost was...

*DrSpengler* · 03-10-2011, 06:16 PM

I recently wrote this article for TMNT Entity and, while it might be "old news" to many of you (it was written more with casual fans in mind, not aware of this info), it still might be of some interest to a few posters:

The 4th Live-Action TMNT Movie That Never Was...

The leaked info regarding this unproduced 4th film from 1994 (and a completely different pitch from 2001), I noticed, was sort of scattered all over the internet and not really corralled into a single location.

I gathered together all the disperate bits of info I could find and organized them all into this article, to maybe give readers a more complete picture of the movie they almost made back in the 90s.

Again, old news to some of you, but perhaps a few posters will find some of the info enlightening.

*oldmanwinters* · 03-10-2011, 06:43 PM

Great summation as usual, Spengs. I've also seen this image that must have been from the 2001 Steve Barron concepts but wasn't posted on Brendan McCarthy's blog:

It does give us another possible look at "Kirby(?)."

Vernon · 03-10-2011, 06:55 PM

Thanks for the time you took to place all findable info available in one spot.

I'd love to see a script, if it were created, or some more plot details. Interesting how the live-action series of the same name didn't carry over much ideas from the possible 3rd-film follow-up.

Hey, am I the only one who thinks Gary Coleman, out of all respect to him and the ninja turtles, would of played a great Michelangelo?

*DrSpengler* · 03-10-2011, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

Great summation as usual, Spengs. I've also seen this image that must have been from the 2001 Steve Barron concepts but wasn't posted on Brendan McCarthy's blog:

It does give us another possible look at "Kirby(?)."

More and more info for me to keep updating the article with!

Thanks! I added that piece plus the other sketch of this mysterious Shredder-Turtle (that apparently isn't Raph, judging from his unfamiliarity with Don and pizza in one of the images; though one can never rule out a contrived brainwashing plot).

Perhaps the 2001 pitch did carry over the "Fifth Turtle" concept from "TMNT: The Next Mutation", linking it to the previous project more than I thought.

agliarept · 03-10-2011, 08:09 PM

hey thanks a lot for writing this. I had forgotten all about this information and was great to re read this stuff. you wrote a great article. thanks!!!

**Jester** · 03-10-2011, 09:45 PM

Doc, found this on Vaughn Michael's photo stream from Playmates own 1996 toy catalogue:

*Redeemer* · 03-10-2011, 10:24 PM

Why wasnt this done? SOB scrapping My child hood heroes

Thank you though I always heard of a 4th movie was in the works, but nothing into such detail. My favorite line in the whole article-
"Dammit Devient Art! Stay out of my google search!"

made me laugh my but off.

*Chris* · 03-11-2011, 12:41 AM

Great article! I've never seen the colour pictures of the Next Mutation designs before, they look really good. I love the design for Leo (why couldn't Playmates make these instead of "music turtles"?!)

It's really interesting to see what could have been.

*PizzaPower* · 03-11-2011, 05:55 AM

i really do wish this movie would have came too be. shoot maybe nicks cartoon will have kirby

*DrSpengler* · 03-11-2011, 07:08 AM

Thank, Adam!

That's going in the article when I get back from work!

*oldmanwinters* · 03-11-2011, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by DrSpengler

Thank, Adam!

That's going in the article when I get back from work!

That Playmates scan be Jester's doing, yo! Although we are teaming up on a forthcoming commentary project so people will probably start getting us confused.

Actually, I had forgotten all about that vain promise in the '96 Playmates catalogue. My thanks to Vaughn Michael for sharing it with the world!

thingy · 03-11-2011, 10:31 AM

Wow I was vaguely aware a fourth film had been "in the works" before TMNT came along, but knew nothing else. A fascinating read.

*Master Splinter* · 03-11-2011, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by thingy

Wow I was vaguely aware a fourth film had been "in the works" before TMNT came along, but knew nothing else. A fascinating read.

Really digging the article and the research and time spent putting into it...

Thanks Doc!

-ms

*discordiatookie* · 03-11-2011, 01:59 PM

Yet another great article, Doc! Fantastic. Don't think i've seen half the pics in there, especially the coloured 'mutated' turtles and one've the Barron pages.

*DrSpengler* · 03-11-2011, 02:08 PM

Well, thank YOU Discordia, for scanning the Kirby sketch pages from Eastman's Artobiography and putting them online. I don't own the Artobiography and it goes for some pretty high prices right now, so I'd have been out of luck, otherwise (I made sure to give you a credit at the bottom of the article!).

Man, it is KILLING me knowing that the Playmates catalog page isn't in that article and I need to get off work RIGHT NOW so I can add it! GAH! Obsessive compulsive crap like that just chews at me...

*DrSpengler* · 03-11-2011, 03:16 PM

Article updated with Plymates catalog page!

Sweet.

Though maybe somewhere down the line the powers that be that were in the know will come out with more detailed info about the plot and Kirby's origins.

Still, it was fun hunting all this junk down for the article!

chad · 03-11-2011, 07:08 PM

That was interesting read.

twopinacoladas · 03-11-2011, 10:03 PM

Nice article.

*VaughnMichael* · 03-12-2011, 05:46 AM

Very nice, I actully had never seen those colour mutated splitner and turtles images before.
Also thank you for the credit as many people don't take the time to do so.

*Ninjinister* · 03-12-2011, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by VaughnMichael

Very nice, I actully had never seen those colour mutated splitner and turtles images before.

They're from the art gallery of Smash-Up, and I'd never seen them prior to the game, either.

03-10-2011, 06:16 PM	#1
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,830	The 4th live-action movie that almost was... I recently wrote this article for TMNT Entity and, while it might be "old news" to many of you (it was written more with casual fans in mind, not aware of this info), it still might be of some interest to a few posters: The 4th Live-Action TMNT Movie That Never Was... The leaked info regarding this unproduced 4th film from 1994 (and a completely different pitch from 2001), I noticed, was sort of scattered all over the internet and not really corralled into a single location. I gathered together all the disperate bits of info I could find and organized them all into this article, to maybe give readers a more complete picture of the movie they almost made back in the 90s. Again, old news to some of you, but perhaps a few posters will find some of the info enlightening.

03-10-2011, 06:43 PM	#2
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 14,948	Great summation as usual, Spengs. I've also seen this image that must have been from the 2001 Steve Barron concepts but wasn't posted on Brendan McCarthy's blog: It does give us another possible look at "Kirby(?)." __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items!

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Vernon Random Punk Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 39	Thanks for the time you took to place all findable info available in one spot. I'd love to see a script, if it were created, or some more plot details. Interesting how the live-action series of the same name didn't carry over much ideas from the possible 3rd-film follow-up. Hey, am I the only one who thinks Gary Coleman, out of all respect to him and the ninja turtles, would of played a great Michelangelo? Last edited by Vernon; 03-10-2011 at 07:03 PM.

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Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,216	Doc, found this on Vaughn Michael's photo stream from Playmates own 1996 toy catalogue: __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

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Redeemer Technodrome Technician Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: third earth Posts: 4,737	Why wasnt this done? SOB scrapping My child hood heroes Thank you though I always heard of a 4th movie was in the works, but nothing into such detail. My favorite line in the whole article- "Dammit Devient Art! Stay out of my google search!" made me laugh my but off. __________________ GT:Reedeamer *THE TECHNODROME REDESIGN 2015* http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=51594 Last edited by Redeemer; 03-11-2011 at 03:31 PM.

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agliarept Hench Mutant Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: New York Posts: 475	hey thanks a lot for writing this. I had forgotten all about this information and was great to re read this stuff. you wrote a great article. thanks!!!

03-11-2011, 12:41 AM	#8
Chris Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: UK Posts: 1,890	Great article! I've never seen the colour pictures of the Next Mutation designs before, they look really good. I love the design for Leo (why couldn't Playmates make these instead of "music turtles"?!) It's really interesting to see what could have been.

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PizzaPower Foot Elite Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Pizza Parlor Posts: 3,184	i really do wish this movie would have came too be. shoot maybe nicks cartoon will have kirby __________________ https://www.twitch.tv/turtlepizzapower

03-11-2011, 07:08 AM	#10
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,830	Thank, Adam! That's going in the article when I get back from work!

03-11-2011, 10:31 AM	#12
thingy Foot Soldier Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: UK Posts: 100	Wow I was vaguely aware a fourth film had been "in the works" before TMNT came along, but knew nothing else. A fascinating read.

03-11-2011, 01:59 PM	#14
discordiatookie facehugger Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 2,817	Yet another great article, Doc! Fantastic. Don't think i've seen half the pics in there, especially the coloured 'mutated' turtles and one've the Barron pages. __________________ Oh Discordia! Charyou Tree! Come, Reap! Don't tell us to grow up and out of it I got my cloak and dagger in a bar room brawl You actually trying to read this tiny text? Damn, you're dedicated! This is all just for effect you know... original TMNT art collection

03-11-2011, 02:08 PM	#15
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,830	Well, thank YOU Discordia, for scanning the Kirby sketch pages from Eastman's Artobiography and putting them online. I don't own the Artobiography and it goes for some pretty high prices right now, so I'd have been out of luck, otherwise (I made sure to give you a credit at the bottom of the article!). Man, it is KILLING me knowing that the Playmates catalog page isn't in that article and I need to get off work RIGHT NOW so I can add it! GAH! Obsessive compulsive crap like that just chews at me...

03-11-2011, 03:16 PM	#16
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,830	Article updated with Plymates catalog page! Sweet. Though maybe somewhere down the line the powers that be that were in the know will come out with more detailed info about the plot and Kirby's origins. Still, it was fun hunting all this junk down for the article!

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chad Foot Soldier Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Canada, Kingston, Ontario Posts: 240	That was interesting read.

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twopinacoladas Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 717	Nice article. __________________ www.rj3d.com www.itstimetosplit.com

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VaughnMichael I'm Baaaaaaccck! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 11,833	Very nice, I actully had never seen those colour mutated splitner and turtles images before. Also thank you for the credit as many people don't take the time to do so.