So far the Comic Con sucks in terms of TMNT news
 

I've been waiting weeks for this, and the only new information we've gotten out of Comic Con is how Season 7 will be released, and some more Playmates toys attempt at making a Mirage line and some more mini-figures.

Where is the announcement of what's going on with the 5th movie?

Where is the confirmation as to what's happening with the cartoon or the DTV that's apparently coming?

Where is the announcement of all the new comics and collected books we're apparently getting?

Where is the news on the Archie "Forever War" series, how many pages will it be? How far along is it?

Its sad that if this was intended to start the 25th anniversary stuff, they've done a poor job getting people excited over the future of the franchise.

Sadly... we're probably the only ones that care...

We wouldn't be if they decided not to half-ass this whole thing, which is gonna end up tanking TMNT for a few years.

The easy answer is there is no news because there really is no news.

5th movie? Nothing. New Show? Zilch. New Trades? Who knows. The only thing we know for sure if that Forever War should be coming...maybe.,..eventually.

So then what is the real point of celebrating the 25th anniversary of the franchise if we're not getting anything major down the pipleline?

Sure, we get a new videogame, some more DVDs and toys...but where is the "big" announcement?

What is the future of TMNT if the cartoon goes off the air? If that happens only the Mirage comics are left.

Gee, careful guys, you're all starting to sound like me.

Man rose, that link just made my day! :)

Anniversaries is just an excuse for companies to cash in, best thing you can hope for is some cool re-release. I can't recall any amazing anniversary from any one company/franchise. Mirage is doing a good job, they aren't doing any worse than most companies in fact they are doing more.

All Mickey Mouse got was a Pez dispenser last year for his 80th.

Yes, but Mickey's so huge, just imagine what will happen on 100. 80's kinda a odd number where anniversaries are concerned. 25, 50, 75, 100 those are the big ones.

And here's the thing...

Playmates, Mirage, and 4Kids don't equal a quarter of Disney. Anything I could say on the matter, however, would be a rant on how Bob Igor is a bigger tool than Michael Eisner... and how no wonder Mike decided to have him as a replacement. He wanted someone who would do an even worse job than him as revenge.

But that said, yeah. We have no news. A fifth movie? Sure, if they were still on speaking terms with Imagi, and Imagi had the same leadership it had during the production of the first movie. Astroboy and Gatchaman look very cloudy as of this moment. A new season? Weren't we told multiple times that this is the last one, no question? The only concern I care about now is the Forever War and the DTV. And those are both eventuallies.

You guys have yet to mention any other company/franchise that has done a great anniversary Job. In truth Mirages celebration is the same if not a lot bigger than most companies.

Ghostbusters.

Yes, Mirage is doing more. Certainly more than any other company has done with their 25th anniversary properties. If by more you mean they will be the only company who ran their property into the ground during their BIG 25th anniversary year.

I think the big disappointment is they hyped this 25th so much with the whole "Shellebration" stuff and not much has happened apart from normal news.

I'm not too bothered though, it's not like any of the "special events" would happen over here ;) (I hate to think how long it could be before getting the game or DTV)

Indeed. They should have never bothered to spend the money on the 25th anniversary, we've gotten almost NOTHING good out of it.

Season 7 would have likely had a BETTER release without this, and although I do like the old Playmates toys again, they are just re-releases.

NOTHING with the cartoon, NO new movie, and all the comics we're getting we would have gotten anyway without this.

Its pretty disgusting, actually, its almost like throwing away money.

News I heard from the Con just by asking and hitting panels:

-No official news about the next movie other then Mirage artists saying Peter is forever in meetings about a new film and Peter saying he is feeling pretty confident about the on going meetings and is hoping to have more solid news by SDCC.

-DVD box set and Blu Ray hits in August. Blu Ray DVD may have some special features that people have been wanting, its up to New Line though.

-There will be a bunch of re-releases of the original turtles comic and trades.

-New Super Smash Brothers style game looks awesome (the trailer they had on rotate on the convention floor uses the fully colored Raph vs Leo rough house fight from the TMNT DVD) and hits later this year.

-New DTV is scheduled to be finished up in June and they are trying to get it debuted at the SDCC. Look for new characters to meet old characters (that's all they would say). Its a big favorite amongst the 2K3 cast and crew.

-Keep your eye out for the Rat King for the 2K3 show.

This thing better be damn good if its taking them that long to complete it. The DTV was announced months ago so I thought that it would be near finish by now.

Production for these type of things takes time, especially if you want it to be good. Why rush it when they don't have to. SDCC is the perfect time to debut it so they might as well take that time to keep working on it.

I thought they were going straight into the DTV as soon as production on BttS wrapped up. It sounds to me like they just started.

But your right. Since this the last foreseeable TMNT project they should take as long as they want. And here's hoping the animation and writting is better than BttS's.

I don't know when they ended production on BttS but I got the impression they have been working on it for a while.