Preferred Director?

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

So if you could choose the director for a rebooted TMNT movie franchise, who would it be?

Christopher Nolan? Jon Favreau? Guillermo del Toro? Peter Jackson?

Myself, I'm thinking Peter Jackson... he's got it in him to do great mocap and CGI, he's great at adaptations (please don't turn this into a Hobbit-hate thread), he's used to CGI height differences (the Turtles are supposed to be around four feet tall), and he's great at developing groups of characters (Dwarves or Fellowship of the Ring).

[Cure]

I love the Fast and Furious movies, and after hearing he's doing Star Trek 3, I'd wanna see Justin Lin. The Fast movies are about great set pieces and family; things that he could implement perfectly into Ninja Turtles.

[Purse Grabbin Puke]

Rian Johnson - Looper, Brick, he's directing the Star Wars sequels.

Neill Blomkamp - District 9, Elysium, Chappie

McG - I love Terminator Salvation, and think he could deliver a very good TMNT movie.

Edgar Wright - Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, The Worlds End

Doug Liman - Bourne Identity, Jumper, Edge of Tomorrow. He also directs a lot of episodes of Suits which really mixes the comedy and drama.

Gareth Evans - The Raid movies

The team of Evan Glodell and Jonathan Keevil - Bellflower and Chuck Hank and the San Diego Twins. This is my dream, to have them tackle an R rated, gritty, TMNT movie.

[Panda_Kahn_fan]

My ideal? Get a hong kong/wuxia director in there, someone like Zhang Yimou or Ang Lee. They know the genre, and would do the TMNT justice.

[Autbot_Benz]

Peter Jackson Guillermo Del Toro Sam Raimi

[Leo656]

Oh man. This guy wants McG to get another gig. Do you even movies, bro?

Actually I also didn't hate "Salvation" but on the whole I think that guy's an A-1 Hack. I think Bale secretly backseat "directed" that film, or at the very least screamed at everyone until they did what he wanted, which is actually kind of the same thing. :lol:

[TrickOrTreater]

Oh man. This guy wants McG to get another gig. Do you even movies, bro?

Actually I also didn't hate "Salvation" but on the whole I think that guy's an A-1 Hack. I think Bale secretly backseat "directed" that film, or at the very least screamed at everyone until they did what he wanted, which is actually kind of the same thing. :lol:

F*ck it, let's bring Ratner in. He almost got the first movie, why the hell not.

McG.

McG.

[Leo656]

I hate X-Men 3 but I'd take Rat-Bastard over McNuggets any day. :lol:

[B-Man]

Ratner & McG were the two could-totally-see-happening choices that I'm truly thankful didn't. Don't want their names anywhere near this franchise. Liebesman has a track record of dull, bleak, lifeless, sepia-filtered, personality-free films (big reason why I was suprised with the film we got & don't oppose to it the way most do). Wouldn't have minded him staying onboard, it's the screenwriters I wanted replaced. None of my dream directors would realistically touch this but I'm excited to see how Dave Green does. His work gives you zero indication of what we'll get (one family movie & a bunch of violent shorts) but at least Screen Junkies (massive Turtle fans & friends of Green) gave him the thumbs up.

[ScrewtheMirageTMNT]

Are there rumors or concrete information about why Liebesman stepped down as the director?

[Commenter 42]

Are there are rumors or concrete information about why Liebesman stepped down as the director?

He's Directing Transformers 5, apparently.

David Fincher would be awesome. George Miller would be great as well.

Also ANYONE can use choose to use practical effects, people should learn to separate the director and the VFX used. Del Toro is too Cheesy. I'm glad he's no where near it. I get that many people want rubber suits again, but literally any director could opt for practical suits.

he's used to CGI height differences (the Turtles are supposed to be around four feet tall), and he's great at developing groups of characters (Dwarves or Fellowship of the Ring).

I'm all for 4 1/2 foot short turtles! :lol:

[B-Man]

YES, George Miller would be perfect. He's done both family films & hardcore actioners. He could combine both sensibilities & make the perfect TMNT.
Yeah Liebesman is rumored to be onboard for T5. He's also in the middle of doing a TV series, which could have something to do with it. It's also possible they just didn't want him back considering their problems with Liebesman's initial more serious version of the film.

[Ville Leskinen]

Alejandro Jodorowsky? I'd be okay with alien turtles if he was directing it. :lol:

[Commenter 42]

Alejandro Jodorowsky? I'd be okay with alien turtles if he was directing it. :lol:

At 85, he might not last the production. He would be an interesting choice.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

I actually WANT CGI Turtles. The Turtles were the best part of the movie (which was as it should have been).

Also ANYONE can use choose to use practical effects, people should learn to separate the director and the VFX used. Del Toro is too Cheesy. I'm glad he's no where near it. I get that many people want rubber suits again, but literally any director could opt for practical suits.

[Purse Grabbin Puke]

Oh man. This guy wants McG to get another gig. Do you even movies, bro?

Actually I also didn't hate "Salvation" but on the whole I think that guy's an A-1 Hack. I think Bale secretly backseat "directed" that film, or at the very least screamed at everyone until they did what he wanted, which is actually kind of the same thing. :lol:


Yes because he's the only director I listed...I've only seen one movie of his, and it was with a franchise I love just as much as TMNT. And he did it justice, he paid homage, and it's a damn good Terminator movie, despite the fact the studio made him cut it from R to PG-13. And in my opinion Bale is the worst part of the movie.

This just made me realize Sam Worthington would be a kick ass Casey Jones...

[Leo656]

The only thing Christian Bale could ever possibly be the "worst part" of would be a family reunion. And I'm sure his mom had it comin' in the first place.

...That's a really dated joke. I'unno if anyone's gonna get it.

[Commenter 42]

Yes because he's the only director I listed...I've only seen one movie of his, and it was with a franchise I love just as much as TMNT. And he did it justice, he paid homage, and it's a damn good Terminator movie, despite the fact the studio made him cut it from R to PG-13. And in my opinion Bale is the worst part of the movie.

This just made me realize Sam Worthington would be a kick ass Casey Jones...

Wait, you think Terminator Salvation was a good film?

Aye...

Okay, great. LOLOLOL...no that's just...

that's great.

[massakre]

Clint Eastwood

[Leo656]

Wait, you think Terminator Salvation was a good film?

Aye...

Okay, great. LOLOLOL...no that's just...

that's great.

C'mon, it's alright. Were you sad there weren't lasers? I know, I know, we were promised lasers. T2 told us lots of things that no longer apply.

No way it ends up being worse than "Gyni-..." "Ginys..." ...than that f*cking abortion they're working on as we speak. Impossible. Impossible.

[Commenter 42]

C'mon, it's alright. Were you sad there weren't lasers? I know, I know, we were promised lasers. T2 told us lots of things that no longer apply.

No way it ends up being worse than "Gyni-..." "Ginys..." ...than that f*cking abortion they're working on as we speak. Impossible. Impossible.

You...didn't want lasers?
Everything is better with lasers, and also lazers.

[Xav]

The only thing Christian Bale could ever possibly be the "worst part" of would be a family reunion. And I'm sure his mom had it comin' in the first place.

...That's a really dated joke. I'unno if anyone's gonna get it.Yeah I get it he yelled at a his mother a few years ago.

[Leo656]

You...didn't want lasers?
Everything is better with lasers, and also lazers.

True story, but that's also true of Christian Bale.

I mean, "Speed Racer"? Best movie ever, obviously. "Speed Racer" with Christian Bale as Racer-X, though? Best movie ever, TIMES ONE MILLION! :o:o:o

I mean, come on... "WHAT DON'T YOU F*CKING UNDERSTAND?!?!?!?!" :lol::lol::lol:

Xav: Nice job, I think he smacked her too, though, or she tried to say he did. I'unno, you don't f*ck with Bateman, s'all I know.

[Xav]

Oh yeah he apparently pushed or brushed her.

[Leo656]

It'd be forgivable entirely if as he did it he yelled, "YOU'RE NOT MY REAL MOM! SARAH CONNOR IS MY REAL MOM!" :lol: Y'know, because he's all method an' sh*t.

[Purse Grabbin Puke]

Ah look, the gang is here! This is my attempt to just fade into the norm of this board, so we'll just make this about McG and Terminator now!

Wait, you think Terminator Salvation was a good film?

Aye...

Okay, great. LOLOLOL...no that's just...

that's great.

It's amazing how misquoted you can be in a world where everything you post is an exact quote.

I said it's a damn good TERMINATOR movie. I love the Terminator franchise. Have you seen Terminator 3? That would be a bad Terminator movie.

Can you please just list 5 movies you think are good? I need to know exactly what your standard is. No specific genre, just 5 movies you think are "good".


C'mon, it's alright. Were you sad there weren't lasers? I know, I know, we were promised lasers. T2 told us lots of things that no longer apply.

No way it ends up being worse than "Gyni-..." "Ginys..." ...than that f*cking abortion they're working on as we speak. Impossible. Impossible.

Well there has been one trailer released, and I feel worse about the new Terminator than I did about TMNT and that shocked me. Since I felt better after a 2nd trailer for TMNT, I'll reserve my hatred until I see another trailer.

Sarah Conner is just too cute in Genysys or Genysis whatever T5 is what I'll call it. T2's Sarah is the best Sarah.

Oh yeah he apparently pushed or brushed her.

In the UK it's considered assault to yell at someone. All he did was yell at her, when she showed up at his hotel before or after a movie premiere. His mom and sister called the police on him for yelling...