Netflix could do a fairly good TMNT live-action show

[LS Animation]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

The truly sad part to this is that even while Netflix is reeling in the cash from comic book properties being made into TV shows right now... they would look at TMNT crashing and burning with the latest "film" at the box office and be very worried about even the most basic costs in bringing it to light.

Though there wouldn't be too many costs in a Netflix "TMNT: Season 1," as long as the CGI/mo-cap is limited to the TMNT themselves (and it should be). If they're worried about animating Bebop, Rocksteady, Krang and Dimension X they've already shot themselves in the foot, possibly the head.

I don't think they'd be worried about the TMNT movie failure. Honestly, Ben Affleck's "Daredevil" is still known as one of the worst superhero movies of all-time yet Netflix gave it a shot. I do think the timing is wrong though. A series would need time to separate itself from the movies. So if there won't be a third movie from Bay's production company a release for a Netflix TMNT series should come out in 2018 Fall which means they'd pretty much have to greenlight the series now anyway.

I agree that Season 1 should focus on turtles fighting the gangs of NYC with perhaps an occasional appearance of some CGI baddie but overall it's not needed. A human villain (not only Shredder) could work great for the series anyway. TMNT would be a handful to take on as a series in order to get things right and appeal to general audiences but it is possible.

Having said all of this I do think an animated show with perhaps a more serious tone would still be great to see. The current show is pretty much coming to an end I'm pretty sure. They're most likely going to make 1 more season and wrap things up and in this day and age a franchise like TMNT will not take long to be "rebooted" once again.