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

Stingray69 · 05-07-2012, 08:31 AM

Awsome read, just wish more info was available on it.

saul · 05-08-2012, 01:27 PM

http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7059&lotNo=92363

The script IS available now! There's three of them. In auction:

"the highlight is three versions of the screenplay of the unproduced fourth film which have never been seen by the public!

The first version is dated January 1995, the last July 1997. The second version in particular has extensive handwritten notes by Kevin Eastman, and he added sketches of Splinter and one of the Turtles on the first page. The third draft has a Leonardo sketch on the first page. (See Mr. Eastman's comments on the fourth movie below)."

http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7059&lotNo=92363

*oldmanwinters* · 05-08-2012, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saul

http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7059&lotNo=92363

The script IS available now! There's three of them. In auction:

"the highlight is three versions of the screenplay of the unproduced fourth film which have never been seen by the public!

The first version is dated January 1995, the last July 1997. The second version in particular has extensive handwritten notes by Kevin Eastman, and he added sketches of Splinter and one of the Turtles on the first page. The third draft has a Leonardo sketch on the first page. (See Mr. Eastman's comments on the fourth movie below)."

http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7059&lotNo=92363

Looks pretty cool!

*TurtleTitan97* · 05-08-2012, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saul

http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7059&lotNo=92363

The script IS available now! There's three of them. In auction:

"the highlight is three versions of the screenplay of the unproduced fourth film which have never been seen by the public!

The first version is dated January 1995, the last July 1997. The second version in particular has extensive handwritten notes by Kevin Eastman, and he added sketches of Splinter and one of the Turtles on the first page. The third draft has a Leonardo sketch on the first page. (See Mr. Eastman's comments on the fourth movie below)."

http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7059&lotNo=92363

Man, that is so cool! If I had the money I would so buy that!

**Jester** · 05-08-2012, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97

Man, that is so cool! If I had the money I would so buy that!

Indeed. I wish there was a way to just buy the scripts...but then again, I probably still couldn't afford it.

*oldmanwinters* · 05-08-2012, 07:45 PM

Gotta love Kevin Eastman's funny drawings and messages on all those scripts!

*Zany Orange Dude* · 05-08-2012, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jester

Indeed. I wish there was a way to just buy the scripts...but then again, I probably still couldn't afford it.

Yeah, that is me as well.

*DrSpengler* · 05-08-2012, 09:41 PM

I'll keep an eye on the auction and pray it doesn't spiral into an out of control bidding war on the last day. I would LOVE to own those things so I could share them with everyone.

What I fear most is that some collector will win and these scripts will never again see the light of day as they stuff them into their personal display case.

Two years ago, Heritage had an auction for several G1 Transformers episode first drafts, production bible material, notes from Bob Budiansky for Hasbro and even several early drafts of Transformers the Movie, including the first draft.

Many of these wre handwritten, one of a kind drafts.

The Transformers community pooled their resourced together via paypal and we won every auction BUT the first draft of The Movie. After receiving the scripts, they were scanned and everything was shared online. Needless to say, the first draft of The Movie disappeared into some collector's closet and we will never know what was in it (hmph).

The scripts were then auctioned off after we were done with them and all profits donated to the Hasbro Children's Hospital, which began the Allspark Forum's annual charity drive for the Hospital (we've done it 3 years now; I was even elected to represent the Allspark at the Red Tie Gala last year at Providence where Hasbro is headquartered).

What I'm getting at is that I fear, if these things just go to some independant collector, we will NEVER know what is in them. I'm gonna keep my eye on the auction, but it's already walking the line of being way out of my price range (honestly, I shouldn't be spending that kind of money ANYWAY, but I'm racked with urgency).

Nintendophile · 05-08-2012, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

I'll keep an eye on the auction and pray it doesn't spiral into an out of control bidding war on the last day. I would LOVE to own those things so I could share them with everyone.

What I fear most is that some collector will win and these scripts will never again see the light of day as they stuff them into their personal display case.

Two years ago, Heritage had an auction for several G1 Transformers episode first drafts, production bible material, notes from Bob Budiansky for Hasbro and even several early drafts of Transformers the Movie, including the first draft.

Many of these wre handwritten, one of a kind drafts.

The Transformers community pooled their resourced together via paypal and we won every auction BUT the first draft of The Movie. After receiving the scripts, they were scanned and everything was shared online. Needless to say, the first draft of The Movie disappeared into some collector's closet and we will never know what was in it (hmph).

The scripts were then auctioned off after we were done with them and all profits donated to the Hasbro Children's Hospital, which began the Allspark Forum's annual charity drive for the Hospital (we've done it 3 years now; I was even elected to represent the Allspark at the Red Tie Gala last year at Providence where Hasbro is headquartered).

What I'm getting at is that I fear, if these things just go to some independant collector, we will NEVER know what is in them. I'm gonna keep my eye on the auction, but it's already walking the line of being way out of my price range (honestly, I shouldn't be spending that kind of money ANYWAY, but I'm racked with urgency).

That's an awesome thing you guys did. It seems like a win/win/win scenario. The auction house gets their money, the fans get to see the material, then the items earn money for a Children's Hospital. What a great idea! :applauds:

We can only hope for such an awesome outcome for this auction, too.

*oldmanwinters* · 05-08-2012, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

I'll keep an eye on the auction and pray it doesn't spiral into an out of control bidding war on the last day. I would LOVE to own those things so I could share them with everyone.

What I fear most is that some collector will win and these scripts will never again see the light of day as they stuff them into their personal display case.

Two years ago, Heritage had an auction for several G1 Transformers episode first drafts, production bible material, notes from Bob Budiansky for Hasbro and even several early drafts of Transformers the Movie, including the first draft.

Heck, I've got $8.19 in my PayPal at the moment. I'm willing to pledge that amount toward a "joint project" that can guarantee some public access of these materials to the fans!

It's a start, right?

**Jester** · 05-08-2012, 10:53 PM

It wouldn't be a bad idea, to pool resources and try and get them to share community wide...I would just feel awful that I couldn't contribute as I have zilch in the way of disposable income....

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 05-09-2012, 06:15 AM

I always recall reading on the TMNT website years ago that the new (then fourth) movie would see the TMNT visit Dimension X, and we would see Krang and the Technodrome.

saul · 05-09-2012, 12:40 PM

New Kevin Eastman sketches of the fourth movie are now up at auction:

Looks like Kirby had a black, white or purple/pink bandana, and resembled Slash!

http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleN...No=92364#Photo
http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7059&lotNo=92365
http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7059&lotNo=92366

*oldmanwinters* · 05-09-2012, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saul

New Kevin Eastman sketches of the fourth movie are now up at auction:

Looks like Kirby had a black, white or purple/pink bandana, and resembled Slash!

http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleN...No=92364#Photo

Laugh Out Loud at new characters "Talbot" and "Lawson"! Also, "What the heck?" @ Kasey Jones "electric hands" and "Evil April."

And hooray for the return of Super Shredder and the Foot!

**Jester** · 05-09-2012, 04:26 PM

Man, this seems to be one freaky flick, judging by the concept art....

*oldmanwinters* · 05-09-2012, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jester

Man, this seems to be one freaky flick, judging by the concept art....

Indeed.

Between Kirby the wacky 5th turtle ("Squish ya head, squish ya head!"), electro-magnified Casey Jones, twisted super-sexualized ninja April, and the return of the Super Shredder, I can't help but think part of this movie might have taken place in some sort of alternate dimension or something.

This pic especially makes me think dimensional-temporal displacement might be involved:

Perhaps Eastman wanted to take the concept of the Time Sceptor from the 3rd movie and go crazy with the idea for the 4th movie? Maybe the "Kirby" character would somehow embody the the powers of the Time Sceptor and wreak havok upon time and space?

I am well aware that these are only concept drawings straight out of Eastman's creatively wacky brain, but it is still fascinating.

*Powder* · 05-09-2012, 07:03 PM

Any chance one of you chaps could rip all of the pictures in their best quality and post em here in a zip or something?

*oldmanwinters* · 05-09-2012, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Powder

Any chance one of you chaps could rip all of the pictures in their best quality and post em here in a zip or something?

I got em ripped. Upload is coming shortly...

EDIT:
Done!

I also included some copies the web page auctions for future reference.

*TurtleTitan97* · 05-09-2012, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

I got em ripped. Upload is coming shorting...

Awesome. Looking forward to seeing it.

saul · 05-09-2012, 07:13 PM

This movie WAS going to involved a "parallel dimension". It seems that Kirby and the badguy, Spyder, would be from this dimension, and the Turtles would somehow come in contact with them.

Through the magic of photoshop, I've been able to darken the photos of the scripts and sort of read through the pages. I bet if we got a few more eyes to look at this we could guess the rest of the words. Here's what I was able to make out so far:

Script from Jan '95:

FADE IN

EXT. NEW YORK SKYLINE – TWILIGHT

The Big Apple in all its traditional glory. A card reads—

“NEW YORK CITY”

IN THE FOREGROUND, eight hundred feet high, an OFFICE -----
-----. A MAN is standing on ---- sill.

He gazes down and... steps off.

Disappears hands fly xxx, snatch him by the ankles. He is xxxxx
but from his pocket fulls – a half-eaten package of XXXXX’S
XXXX.

XXXXXX WITH THE FALLING XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX down. XX XXXXXX
Xxxxxx slightly against xxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxx read:
“XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXX xxxxxx

XXXXXXXX “THE Squaatttts slap ggood the xxxxxxxxxx-

- And are xxxxxxx xxxxxxx by cxxxxxxxx on leashes
PULL BACK TO REAVEL--

EXT. AN IMMENSLY CROWDED TIMES SQUARE – EVENING

The #YSKAS are pets. Taxi cabs are cicxxhxxx with their XXXXXS
locked inside s--- cages. And on every corner, MIME FACED
XXXXXXS don’t bother to hide as they demand “credit numbers at gun-point.

In other words, this is an ordinary evening –
“--IN THE PARALLEL DIMENSION”

Halting in an alley

A STRANGE CLOAKED XXXXXX suited, shadowy. The Figure moves
With xxxx purpose.

Xxxx the figure slides behind the NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY POWER
PLANT, using XXXXXXXX xxxxx in xxxxxxxx of hooks. We lose him.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX cloated figure, and he xxxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx fitting unifo-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx the shadow of...

------------------------------------------
Script from July '97:

FADE IN:

INT. SPYDER’S LAB - NIGHT

A dank, vaulted ----- laboratory filled with hi tech
equipment. Xxx dripping with slime and xxxing. In the corner
of the lab stands a glowering figure – MASTER SPYDER.

Spyder is --- and quick, bristling with a sleak, skin tight
MECHANICAL MUSCULATURE grafted to his body – an EMPSUIT.

Nearby are his TWO MAIN MINION – the “TECH XXXXXXS”

XXXXXXXXX XXX XXXX with a xxxxxx, stylish punk hairdo and
FIXXX XXXXX sparking from his grin. Seated at a COMPUTER
COMXXXX imxxxked directly xx via a port in his neck.

CRXXXX XXXX HULKIXXXX xxxxxx xxx drone studded with
Xxxx xxxxxx xxxxx. His xxx xxx adaptable into spy
Xxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx.

Xxxxx xxxx xxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx covered by a velvet
Drap xxxxxxxxxxx with the xxxxxxxxxxxx. He addresses his clan of
Nxxxx xxxxxx.

SPYDER
Xxxxx xxx to my wicked genius,
Xxxx xxxxxx xxxx most powerful
Xxxxxxx xxxxxx on Earth. I
Xxxxxx

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx revealing a GLASS ENCLOSED CHAMPER
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx few keystrokes and the
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx open with a blast.

SPYDER(?)
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, a
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx gain.
Xxxxxx xxxxxxxxx to steal,
Xxxxx and return here in
Xxxxx demonstration

MINION(?)
(scared)
Oh no, boss, don’t make me.

05-07-2012, 08:31 AM	#61
Stingray69 Stone Warrior Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 916	Awsome read, just wish more info was available on it. __________________ Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today. Looking to buy old Kool aid flavors no longer produced.

05-08-2012, 07:45 PM	#66
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 14,940	Gotta love Kevin Eastman's funny drawings and messages on all those scripts! __________________ 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!

05-08-2012, 10:53 PM	#71
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,216	It wouldn't be a bad idea, to pool resources and try and get them to share community wide...I would just feel awful that I couldn't contribute as I have zilch in the way of disposable income.... __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

05-09-2012, 06:15 AM	#72
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,155	Dimension X I always recall reading on the TMNT website years ago that the new (then fourth) movie would see the TMNT visit Dimension X, and we would see Krang and the Technodrome.

05-09-2012, 04:26 PM	#75
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,216	Man, this seems to be one freaky flick, judging by the concept art.... __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

05-08-2012, 01:27 PM	#62
saul Foot Soldier Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 161	http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7059&lotNo=92363 The script IS available now! There's three of them. In auction: "the highlight is three versions of the screenplay of the unproduced fourth film which have never been seen by the public! The first version is dated January 1995, the last July 1997. The second version in particular has extensive handwritten notes by Kevin Eastman, and he added sketches of Splinter and one of the Turtles on the first page. The third draft has a Leonardo sketch on the first page. (See Mr. Eastman's comments on the fourth movie below)." http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7059&lotNo=92363

05-08-2012, 09:41 PM	#68
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,830	I'll keep an eye on the auction and pray it doesn't spiral into an out of control bidding war on the last day. I would LOVE to own those things so I could share them with everyone. What I fear most is that some collector will win and these scripts will never again see the light of day as they stuff them into their personal display case. Two years ago, Heritage had an auction for several G1 Transformers episode first drafts, production bible material, notes from Bob Budiansky for Hasbro and even several early drafts of Transformers the Movie, including the first draft. Many of these wre handwritten, one of a kind drafts. The Transformers community pooled their resourced together via paypal and we won every auction BUT the first draft of The Movie. After receiving the scripts, they were scanned and everything was shared online. Needless to say, the first draft of The Movie disappeared into some collector's closet and we will never know what was in it (hmph). The scripts were then auctioned off after we were done with them and all profits donated to the Hasbro Children's Hospital, which began the Allspark Forum's annual charity drive for the Hospital (we've done it 3 years now; I was even elected to represent the Allspark at the Red Tie Gala last year at Providence where Hasbro is headquartered). What I'm getting at is that I fear, if these things just go to some independant collector, we will NEVER know what is in them. I'm gonna keep my eye on the auction, but it's already walking the line of being way out of my price range (honestly, I shouldn't be spending that kind of money ANYWAY, but I'm racked with urgency).

05-09-2012, 12:40 PM	#73
saul Foot Soldier Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 161	New Kevin Eastman sketches of the fourth movie are now up at auction: Looks like Kirby had a black, white or purple/pink bandana, and resembled Slash! http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleN...No=92364#Photo http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7059&lotNo=92365 http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7059&lotNo=92366

05-09-2012, 07:03 PM	#77
Powder So tired of this place Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell Ri La Posts: 26,809	Any chance one of you chaps could rip all of the pictures in their best quality and post em here in a zip or something? __________________ I'm convinced that none of you have ever experienced joy

05-09-2012, 07:13 PM	#80
saul Foot Soldier Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 161	This movie WAS going to involved a "parallel dimension". It seems that Kirby and the badguy, Spyder, would be from this dimension, and the Turtles would somehow come in contact with them. Through the magic of photoshop, I've been able to darken the photos of the scripts and sort of read through the pages. I bet if we got a few more eyes to look at this we could guess the rest of the words. Here's what I was able to make out so far: Script from Jan '95: FADE IN EXT. NEW YORK SKYLINE – TWILIGHT The Big Apple in all its traditional glory. A card reads— “NEW YORK CITY” IN THE FOREGROUND, eight hundred feet high, an OFFICE ----- -----. A MAN is standing on ---- sill. He gazes down and... steps off. Disappears hands fly xxx, snatch him by the ankles. He is xxxxx but from his pocket fulls – a half-eaten package of XXXXX’S XXXX. XXXXXX WITH THE FALLING XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX down. XX XXXXXX Xxxxxx slightly against xxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxx read: “XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXX xxxxxx XXXXXXXX “THE Squaatttts slap ggood the xxxxxxxxxx- - And are xxxxxxx xxxxxxx by cxxxxxxxx on leashes PULL BACK TO REAVEL-- EXT. AN IMMENSLY CROWDED TIMES SQUARE – EVENING The #YSKAS are pets. Taxi cabs are cicxxhxxx with their XXXXXS locked inside s--- cages. And on every corner, MIME FACED XXXXXXS don’t bother to hide as they demand “credit numbers at gun-point. In other words, this is an ordinary evening – “--IN THE PARALLEL DIMENSION” Halting in an alley A STRANGE CLOAKED XXXXXX suited, shadowy. The Figure moves With xxxx purpose. Xxxx the figure slides behind the NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY POWER PLANT, using XXXXXXXX xxxxx in xxxxxxxx of hooks. We lose him. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX cloated figure, and he xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx fitting unifo-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx the shadow of... ------------------------------------------ Script from July '97: FADE IN: INT. SPYDER’S LAB - NIGHT A dank, vaulted ----- laboratory filled with hi tech equipment. Xxx dripping with slime and xxxing. In the corner of the lab stands a glowering figure – MASTER SPYDER. Spyder is --- and quick, bristling with a sleak, skin tight MECHANICAL MUSCULATURE grafted to his body – an EMPSUIT. Nearby are his TWO MAIN MINION – the “TECH XXXXXXS” XXXXXXXXX XXX XXXX with a xxxxxx, stylish punk hairdo and FIXXX XXXXX sparking from his grin. Seated at a COMPUTER COMXXXX imxxxked directly xx via a port in his neck. CRXXXX XXXX HULKIXXXX xxxxxx xxx drone studded with Xxxx xxxxxx xxxxx. His xxx xxx adaptable into spy Xxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx. Xxxxx xxxx xxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx covered by a velvet Drap xxxxxxxxxxx with the xxxxxxxxxxxx. He addresses his clan of Nxxxx xxxxxx. SPYDER Xxxxx xxx to my wicked genius, Xxxx xxxxxx xxxx most powerful Xxxxxxx xxxxxx on Earth. I Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx revealing a GLASS ENCLOSED CHAMPER Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx few keystrokes and the Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx open with a blast. SPYDER(?) Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, a Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx gain. Xxxxxx xxxxxxxxx to steal, Xxxxx and return here in Xxxxx demonstration MINION(?) (scared) Oh no, boss, don’t make me.