Paramount Moves ‘TMNT’ To August 8, 2014
 

Sorry, folks... It's true.:cry:

Paramount Pictures has split up two movies that figure to pack a merchandising punch. The studio just moved from June 6, 2014 to August 8 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Nickelodeon Movies/Platinum Dunes franchise re-launch. Why the shell game that moves the picture into the back end of the summer? It’s because Paramount has its Transformers movie slated for June 27. That will likely move to June 25 as traditionally the studio has opened these Michael Bay films on the Wednesday of that week. Both of these have involved campaigns and a big merchandising component, and it was thought the studio would be better off spacing the two toy-tied films further apart than the 19 days it was looking at in the original scheduling configuration.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/para...august-8-2014/

Oh, no. Two months. What a nightmare.

Pushing the date back is for the better. Having Transformers 4 and TMNT close together is too risky. And both those films need plenty of time to make a lot of money, Which they will do anyways. The film will open about a week after Guardians of the Galaxy.

August has never been a big blockbuster month. Strange choice.

Well, Having it open in August gives it a better shot since no big movie opens that month. It will however open a week after Guardians of the Galaxy. And that film which is based on the Marvel comic will do very well. So were going from a movie with a talking Raccoon with a gun, to a movie with talking Turtles that know martial arts.

I wish they could postpone the move indefinitely. I'd rather this movie never see the light of day than the potential damage to the brand it could cause.

dont say that, they may bump it back to novmber 2014 :tgrumble:

They should probably do that.

It gives it some more room to breathe.

Fine with me. It would be pretty stupid to have them competing considering bay is involved with both. Best to maximize your potential.

Sometime in the summer I think we should do a contest to guess the RT score for TMNT & transformers. I wonder which will be lower :tlol:

Smart. They were sandwiched in the previous spot and would've been lost in the shuffle.

They obviously don't have much confidence in the movie.

Shut up. There's nothing here that says anything remotely close to that.

It’s not up against anything that week, which is good. In its original release date it was up against a Tom Cruise sci-fi film, which would have more than likely stole the number one spot from it. Now it opens a week after Guardians of the Galaxy. For now, it’s difficult to decipher whether this is a good move or not. Guardians has a lot going for it, but it also has a steep hill to climb. It’s all about the marketing for that one, as it is a completely unknown property to the masses. As for TMNT, for the first weekend at least, the brand name will be enough to sell it. But yeah, it will be interesting to see how this develops.

When more info and footage comes out for both films it will be intriguing to see whether Disney and Paramount both stay put, or whether one will get cold feet and move yet again. Don’t forget, way back when, Guardians of the Galaxy was actually scheduled to go up against TMNT when it was going to be released in May. Disney seemed to get cold feet then. It’s funny how their paths seem to be crossing yet again.

Tom Cruise isn't the box office giant he was ten years ago. I think it would've done fine there.

Guardians of the Galaxy will have Disney/Marvel promoting the hell out of it to make sure its a success. It may not be a traditional superhero movie, but it works for the sci-fi crowd very easily.

The TMNT movie feels more like an afterthought, like they're just trying to get it out there to finish the deal they made before Viacom got the license.

And why stop there, really? I'm OK waiting until 2060 for this movie.

I don't even get what Viacom hopes to accomplish with this movie. Is it really going to make TMNT more known to the masses?

I wonder if this move also means... That the studio wants to convert it to 3D?

People go to the movies, so... yes.

What Paramount is doing is a smart move, They have two of the biggest properties in there hands and they dont want both clashing with each other. Seperating the release dates for both gives both franchises plenty of time to catch its audience. When you think about it, Transformers and TMNT attract the same audience. Those who grew up watching the original shows in the 80s, Who are all grown up and have kids, So they will take there kids to see these movies.

Just means it'll suck in August instead of June.

That can't be done in a month. If it was being converted, I think we would've heard about it already.

True, Sometimes a studio would push back a release date to announce the movie being converted to 3D, Which they haven't for this. But you never know.

They couldn't even begin to reverse engineer the 3D element until Paramount is done with all the CGI on the motion-capture Turtles... and you can bet they'd be working on that and fine-tuning that until pretty much the last minute.

Ironic that the Nick TMNT "movie" debuted on 8-8.

That's about the only interesting thing about this, though.

Maybe they hope to accomplish the same thing the Transformers film did back in 2007. Bring a ton of fans back to the franchise, and make a crap ton of money. Genius.

Maybe they'll do another Booyaka-Movie for Season 2 on August 8th....it'll be a TMNT entourage!

(Hopefully not cause I can't stand Season 1's scheduling again....)

OMG THIS IS MY BIRTHDAY. EVEN IF THE MOVIE SUCKS THIS WILL BE AWESOME.

Yes, that needs to be in all caps.

I dunno, I'd be pissed if a TMNT movie that ended up being ghastly dropped right on my birthday.

I bet if Michael Bay said the turtles would sporting all red bandanas, you would be totally behind this film.

Aw, this kinda blows. June 6th was the day right before my birthday, I was pretty stoked to go see it to celebrate since it's not like I'll be doing much else (the thrills of having friends who have all moved across the country). Guess no turtle birthday for me this year.

That is disappointing that we have to wait a little longer. I did not know that Transformers 4 was coming out in the summer of next year. Has that one even started filming? I thought November. I understand not wanting its two tent poles to not run into nor another but why not push Transformers back ot mid July and not have Ninja Turtles be the one to have to be moved?

It's disappointing, but the reasoning is fair. I can't really complain...

Like others have said, it's just two months...and besides, no other big movies will premiere in August anyway, so it doesn't have to worry about competition.

Transformers has been filming for quite some time now.

Come to think of it... Why is Transformers coming out first, when TMNT just wrapped? T4 surely won't be a faster movie to make. Doesn't that mean TMNT is gonna be finished and sitting a shelf by the time Transformers comes out?

I guess Transformers has proven that it deserves the best weekend possible, but still...

I fear for the success of this movie. I think it's good TMNT won't have much competition but Guardians (don't know anything about that franchise so I won't say anything) Still wish TMNT had the summer blockbuster spot TF took. I hope TMNT gets a lot of exposure.

Probably cause it takes a while to render realistic looking Turtles more then giant robots?

I kinda think it actually might be faster to make. They already have the tools ready to create giant robots, computers are faster, and they have done it three times now.

-ms