New CGI movie

[Chris]

Ok so “The Next Chapter” looks like it might mean a bit of everything has happened (like TMNT 2007 was a kind of sequel to the original movies but the trophy room also showed stuff like Mousers and Triceratons which were never in the films).

Turtles have a bit of an OT look to their faces (especially Leo) but with Nick/IDW style wraps
Blimp from the original toon.
Raph’s bandana & Don’s glasses from Paramount movies
Technodrome looks reminiscent of Turtles Forever & the Nick versions
I want to say Shredder’s chest armour looks a bit like the Nick style but the image isn’t high quality enough to be sure if it’s even Shredder!
Looks like Wingnut and Screwloose at the top and maybe Newtralizer on the right

[AquaParade]

Leo in braces? Give me a break. I take back the compliment.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by NinjaPug

At least they’re not wearing clothes although there is another piece of concept art out there that shows Leo with braces. Ugh. Wish we could move away from Don having glasses too.

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

You can see the braces in this one.

Straight up glasses and braces? Who in the world would be giving Turtles orthodontics? You guys know what this means, right? The braces are evidence that these will be normal human boys turned into Turtles, like was rumored before.

Calling it now: there's a big release of mutagen because of Shredder, tons of things become mutated including 4 normal human boys, and some human martial arts master becomes mutated into a rat and recruits them to ward off the mutant spree.

[jignat]

https://deadline.com/2022/02/teenage...on-1234933546/


Nickelodeon Animation is following the release of the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles CG-animated theatrical film with a series of exclusive movies for Paramount+ beginning in 2023. Each will center on one of the property’s storied villains in never-before-told tales, according to the streaming service.

[Chris]

Low bar but they look better than Rise and the Bay movies. Hopefully the final designs will ditch the glasses, back tooth, durag, and braces (in that order).

Also, judging by that second piece “The Next Chapter” subtitle has been ditched or they’re not ready to announce it yet.

[phillytmnt]

This movie will kill the TMNT franchise for good. My biggest fear was the movie taking a super goofy tone.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

The designs look horrible.

[Galactus]

Even people who liked the 2012 show thought that Donatello having a cap in his tooth was dumb. Even people who liked the Bay movies thought the glasses on Donatello was too much. Why do people in charge of this property just instinctively go to design ideas that everyone hated?

These over the top signifiers to accentuate their main character traits never go down well and yet they keep doing variations of them.

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Straight up glasses and braces? Who in the world would be giving Turtles orthodontics? You guys know what this means, right? The braces are evidence that these will be normal human boys turned into Turtles, like was rumored before.

Calling it now: there's a big release of mutagen because of Shredder, tons of things become mutated included 4 normal human boys, and some human martial arts master becomes mutated into a rat and recruits them to ward off the mutant spree.

I think you're looking for logic in a universe which wont have any use for it. It could just be a simple as Leonardo has braces because he just does. Leo and Raph both tattoos in the Bay movies and we were just never supposed to think about it.

That being said given the previous rumours about them being human I wouldn't say your prediction is unlikely either.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

I remember a time when all 4 turtles looked exactly the same, but not ugly. Why is that so hard to capture nowadays?

[AquaParade]

Someone start one of those Sonic the Hedgehog campaigns and get this movie turned around.

[TigerClaw]

The concept art shows what looks like Wingnut and Screwloose in the sky, So its great to see them using other characters who I felt weren't treated properly in the 2012 series.

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by AquaParade

Someone start one of those Sonic the Hedgehog campaigns and get this movie turned around.

Sadly what I'm seeing on twitter the response about the designs and the overall Fred Wolf-ness of it all is mostly positive (although far from unanimous). Of course so too was the response to everything we got about Out Of The Shadows and look how few people parted with their money to see that.

[CyberCubed]

What is this obsession with giving Donatello glasses now? It was awful in the 2014 movies and bad here too.

[Teddygaming reviews]

I like Leo look as it reminds me of the 87 Leo, Mikey gives me vibes of 87 and 07 but overall think these are the best. Raph is okay but i wish he was more muscular. Don is just the worst.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Galactus

Sadly what I'm seeing on twitter the response about the designs and the overall Fred Wolf-ness of it all is mostly positive (although far from unanimous).

To be fair, most people seem to be saying they like it but don’t like Don’s glasses and buck tooth stereotype nerd look. It’s not Sonic level backlash but hopefully they aren’t too far along and can adjust that at least.

[CyberCubed]

Man they screwed up Don's design in 3 reboots in a row now:

2014
Rise
This

At least 2012 Donnie looked fine.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

The concept art shows what looks like Wingnut and Screwloose in the sky, So its great to see them using other characters who I felt weren't treated properly in the 2012 series.

I needed to double check to see if it was them, because to me it just looked like a generic gargoyle and some smudge that might as well just be a cloud.

Anyway, what even is treating these particular characters "properly"? The versions from the Archie comics and the Fred Wolf cartoon are so different, they might as well not even be the same characters in the first place, what is there to do incorrectly about them if they aren't even defined in the first place? Is it just that they aren't considered "real" in that show?

And well, Wingnut and Screwloose may be the least important thing to decipher about that artwork. There's like a statue of Shredder with demon horns standing on top of a water tank, an even uglier version of the Technodrome, a gun toting salamander(?) and whale fused to a bunch of other sea creatures. And of course it shows the turtles ignoring all that while cutting up a pizza.

There are way more interesting things to discuss about that picture here than shitty action figure characters being there.

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by neatoman

I needed to double check to see if it was them, because to me it just looked like a generic gargoyle and some smudge that might as well just be a cloud.

Anyway, what even is treating these particular characters "properly"? The versions from the Archie comics and the Fred Wolf cartoon are so different, they might as well not even be the same characters in the first place, what is there to do incorrectly about them if they aren't even defined in the first place? Is it just that they aren't considered "real" in that show?

And well, Wingnut and Screwloose may be the least important thing to decipher about that artwork. There's like a statue of Shredder with demon horns standing on top of a water tank, an even uglier version of the Technodrome, a gun toting salamander(?) and whale fused to a bunch of other sea creatures. And of course it shows the turtles ignoring all that while cutting up a pizza.

There are way more interesting things to discuss about that picture here than shitty action figure characters being there.

In the 2012 series, They were treated as fictional characters in a superhero comic that Mikey was reading that were magically brought to life.

In the archie comic and FW, they were aliens.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

Originally Posted by jignat

https://deadline.com/2022/02/teenage...on-1234933546/

Nickelodeon Animation is following the release of the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles CG-animated theatrical film with a series of exclusive movies for Paramount+ beginning in 2023. Each will center on one of the property’s storied villains in never-before-told tales, according to the streaming service.

With how these designs look, they might as well keep everything exclusive to Paramount+ and stay there.

Originally Posted by FredWolfLeonardo

The designs look horrible.

I agree. This looks more like a prequel than "The Next Chapter."

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

In the 2012 series, They were treated as fictional characters in a superhero comic that Mikey was reading that were magically brought to life.

In the archie comic and FW, they were aliens.

You were probably peeved what 2012 did to the Neutrinos.

[Shark_Blade]

Not feeling it but it’s just a concept art. I’ll wait for the trailer at least.