Why no Animated feature film?
 

I have wondered why there was no animted feature film of TMNT.With the popularity of the frenchise they could have made one even it it went to video.Granted the Transformers and GI Joe movies didn't do so well.Transformers for what I read bombed at the box office back in 1986.I don't think the GI Joe movie ever made it to theaters.Though a TMNT animated movie would have been cool.Just my 2 cents.

They could call it "Turtles Forever". ^_^

I would enjoy a #1 adaptation of the first issue using the ''turtles prime''. Maybe someday...

:trolleye: Some people... :trazz:

Yeah dude, definitely. We need a rad ass comic flick like those other comic fellas get.

I am referring to the cartoon series.Must like the Transformers and GI Joe had movies they were produced by the studios that made the the 2 series.To this day am suprised Fred Wolf films didn't jump on thet band wagon.The series was popular enough.

Planet of the Turtleoids wasn't good enough for ya? :P

No.No it didn't.:D

Generally, animated feature films often need to have continuity if there is a separate television series. It would have helped if there was a big "cliffhanger" episode, which could lead to excitement for an animated movie. It would be similar to a 3 to 5 episode arc in style. And it definitely could have worked (look at Pokemon's first movie for instance and I enjoyed it even though I had just entered high school!) Of course proper promo is important. But some of you may have some good ideas in terms of where in the series the film would have taken place. I'd say around the spring/summer of 1992 would had been a good time as no live action movies came out, the popularity was beginning to dwindle just a bit but still high enough to have a large impact if an epic story appeared. Also, the fact that most people have never seen any cartoon of the Ninja Turtles on the big screen (even to this day!), it would had been a whole new experience.

^ Makes me wonder if "Shredder's In Love" was supposed to be a movie. The script was copyrighted in '91.

Really? I always though Shredders in Love was just a Fan hoax!

I think there was no Animated Feature Film because 1986 the TF Movie Bomb at the Box Office, also the G.I. Joe Movie Release was scrapped and turned into a VHS Movie instead. In 1990 came the Live Action Movie maybe Playmates didn't want another Movie which would confuse Children...

Come on, we at least got Planet of the Turtleloids which was an O.K. TV Movie/Special if you ask me ;)

I don't recall that title... Was there an episode called "Shredder's In Love"?

A script was written, and shelved.

You know after watching the G.I. Joe, Transformer, and Care Bear movies and knowing there is a My Little Pony flick, I did kinda wonder why there was never a theatrical Fred Wolf animated movie. I mean, I know I'd have begged my parents to take me.

Where can I find out more about this script? I'm curious.

I found it on the US Copyright Office's website back in the early 2000s. Aside from the title and creation year, "Claimant: Scott Hilley" was the only other relevant detail given, I believe. It might have said how many pages there were, but I'm not sure.

Neil Vitale of NinjaTurtlesNetwork had Renae Jacobs interviewed sometime after that and asked about it. Renae said she remembered recording for it.

I'm not terribly surprised that this was probably a movie since Scott's other writing credits are a few Trek eps one or two Beavis & Butt-Heads and, I think, some In Living Color, but no TMNT.

Gobo even started this thread in like 2003.

I find the whole thing extremely interesting... My guess is that the episode may have featured of a love potion of sorts to trick/distract the turtles and instead of that happening Shredder got it on 'imself and fell for April or Irma. It's quite the curious matter, though. Maybe finding its writer in this era of facebook wouldn't be so difficult?

If that's the case, it may have been shelved because it was so similar to Green With Jealousy

Never considered that. Go for it!

There was going to be an animated movie at one point in the 90's I think 92 but I could be wrong.
It was in one of those magazines about kids shows at the time.
It seemed like many ideas for a movie had been floating around then though.
Shame I don't have the magazine anymore.

A friend of mine is 1,000% certain that there was an animated movie during the original TMNT series run. I ask him to produce this supposed movie, and of course he is never able to.

I think your friend is thinking of "The Epic Begins", a "movie" made of the first 5 episodes edited together.

Either that or their friend is thinking of the Planet of the Turtles because it aired originally in prime time on cbs in 2 parts.