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{{Infobox Film| name = TMNT| image = TMNTposterA.jpg| image_size =| caption =| director = Kevin Munroe
[Peter Laird
Screenplay:
Kevin Munroe| starring = [Chris Evans (actor)
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Mako Iwamatsu
Kevin Smith
Patrick Stewart
Zhang Ziyi
Mitchell Whitfield
James Arnold Taylor
Mikey Kelley
Nolan North| cinematography =| editing = John Damien Ryan| distributor = [Warner Bros.
The Weinstein Company (sales)], 2007 March 23, 2007
March 23, 2007
April 5, 2007
April 4, 2007
April 25, 2007
May 18, 2007
]| budget = $34 million| gross =| preceded_by = Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III] based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. The film sees the Turtles grow apart after their defeat of The Shredder. Meanwhile, strange things are happening in New York City. An army of ancient creatures threatens to take over the world and the Turtles must unite again to save it.

It is the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film made of computer-generated imagery (by Imagi Animation Studios), with the previous films being live action. It is the fourth film in the franchise, and the first in 14 years, with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III having been released in 1993 in film. Chronologically, the film takes place after the original films.http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/article.asp?CIID=77939http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movieDetail.cfm/i/01ED9AEF-BCE5-0E4B-A1B8B8D212CE9488/ia/93EA18F1-0982-C5FF-622FCA5E04DD8206 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was released on March 22, 2007 in a number of Eastern European and Asian countries, on March 23, 2007, in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, and April 5, 2007 in Australia as well as subsequently in numerous other countries. It was the #1 film in the U.S. on its opening weekend, bringing in $25.45 million.

The film features the four Turtles (Leonardo (TMNT), Donatello (TMNT), Raphael (TMNT), and Michelangelo (TMNT)) as well as Splinter (TMNT), Casey Jones (TMNT), and April O'Neil. Its main villains are Max Winters, Karai, and the Foot Clan. Voices are provided by Chris Evans (actor), Sarah Michelle Gellar, Patrick Stewart, and Zhang Ziyi. It is also the last film by Mako (actor).

Plot The film opens with a narrated prologue, which states a fictional legend. In this legend, a warrior-king and his four generals lead a military campaign across the world. After many victories, the warrior attempts to become even more powerful by opening a portal to a parellel universe, where a great power was said to be. Opening the portal made him immortal, but turned his generals to stone and released thirteen monsters into his own world. These monsters decimated his army and still wreak havoc.

In the present, the turtles have grown estranged after the death of the Shreddder, and no longer fight crime as they once did. Leonardo (TMNT) has gone to Central America, on the orders of Splinter (TMNT), for training. Donatello (TMNT) and Michelangelo (TMNT) have started small businesses in Leonardo’s absence. Raphael (TMNT) has continued as a lone vigilante known as the Nightwatcher. April O'Neil, a friend of the turtles, has given up journalism and now operates a shipping business with her boyfriend, Casey Jones (TMNT). Casey has become more lax and less passionate and dynamic than he had appeared in previous films. While in South America on business, April finds Leonardo. She asks him to return to New York, at first refusing. After she leaves, he decides to return.

In New York, April and Casey take a statue that April found in South America to Max Winters, the wealthy Chief Executive Officer of a giant corporation. The statue is one of the Generals of the legend, the rest of which are hidden in the building. After April and Casey leave, Max Winters attaches a device to each General, reanimating them. It is revealed that he is the immortal warlord, and suggested that he has also been several influential figures of human history, including one of the Caesars. Winters then summons the Foot Clan, asking them to bring him the thirteen monsters. The Foot Clan is now headed by the Shredder's daughter Karai, a black-haired young woman who reveals little of her thoughts except where it adds content to the film.

Meanwhile, Leonardo arrives in New York and returns to the lair. He is greeted first by Splinter, who welcomes him warmly and orders him to reunite the team. Later, Leonardo's brothers welcome him back, though Raphael is most reluctant to do so.

Later, as the four Turtles meet on a building to train, the four discover the Foot Clan fighting one of the monsters in a building construction site. In order to stop it from escaping, the four join the fight, but are swiftly defeated. Soon after, the four stone Generals appear, defeat the monster, and capture it. The Turtles return to the sewers before the police arrive. Many more monsters are collected by the stone Generals over the next few hours.

Later that night, Raphael and Casey patrol the city and witness the Generals capturing another monster. It is Casey who notices that the Generals are the same ones whom he and April have been collecting for Winters.

Meeting at April's apartment, Casey tells her what he saw, and April is reminded of the story explaining the statues. In addition to the legend at the beginning, she reveals that the portal will reopen again 3,000 years after it last opened; that is, within days of the moment wherein she says this. They all realize that Winters is the warlord. Raphael, not trusting Leonardo’s leadership, leaves to find his own way of stopping Winters. Meanwhile, the Generals realize that once Winters has all thirteen monsters, their immortality will be forfeit; therefore they begin laying plans against him.

Leonardo finds Raphael later that night, who is still disguised as the Nightwatcher. Leonardo begins lecturing the vigilante, whom he does not recognize; Raphael responds by attacking Leonardo. In the resulting fight, Raphael's helmet is knocked off by Leo, revealing the Nightwatcher's true identity to him. After a brief argument, Raphael challenges Leonardo to fight. Leonardo ultimately accepts. In the fight, Raphael defeats his brother by breaking his swords and pinning him to the ground, but flees in Horror (emotion) at nearly killing Leonardo. As Leonardo watches him go, he is captured by the Generals, who wish to use him as a substitute for the final monster. Raphael hears his screams, but is too late to help. Raphael returns to the lair and tells Splinter that Leonardo has been captured by the stone Generals. The whole team, including Casey and April, make their plan under Raphael's leadership to get Leonardo back.

At Winters’ headquarters, the interuniversal portal begins to open. Winters realizes that he does not have all of the monsters. He begs his Generals to find the last one, on the grounds that without all of the monsters, they cannot be made mortal again. The Generals wish to retain their immortality; therefore they refuse. Outside the tower, a fierce battle is raging between an army of Foot Ninjas and the Turtle team. Despite their superior numbers, the Foot are unable to prevent the Turtles and their allies from getting into the building.

Once inside, they free Leonardo. Raphael gives him a new pair of swords. Winters is thrown at the Turtles' feet by the Generals, whereupon Winters reveals his plans to become mortal. The Generals then reveal their plans to use the portal to summon an army of monsters forth into their world, while keeping their immortality. Casey and April, accompanied by Karai, go in search of the last monster while the Turtles and Splinter stay behind to contain the Generals. During the fierce battle between the turtles and the Generals, Casey and April return with the last monster following them. The monster is tricked into running into the portal, taking the Generals with it.

Winters acknowledges his debt to the Turtles, then happily dies, rising into the air and changing into golden dust before all eyes. The Foot soldiers approach the Turtles; Karai tells them to enjoy their victory, because they will soon be in another battle, wherein will be "old faces from your past". They then depart, leaving the turtles confused as to whether or not she means Shredder.

Reunited and bound in common purpose, the Turtles resume patrolling New York City and practicing their martial skills. The film concludes with the often repeated line "Man, I love being a turtle!".

Voice cast , Donatello (TMNT), Splinter (TMNT), Leonardo (TMNT), Raphael (TMNT), April O'Neil, Casey Jones (TMNT).



Production The first of three films released in the TMNT franchise by New Line Cinema in the early 1990s was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film). Subsequently, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze was released in 1991, and finally Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III in 1993. A CGI TMNT movie was first announced in 2000 in film, with John Woo supposedly at the helm. That movie languished in development hell, however, and Woo ultimately moved on to other projects. TMNT departs from the previous films' live action style, and is the first TMNT film to be CGI. Writer/Director Kevin Munroe, who had previously worked with video games, comics, and television animation said that he wanted to do total CGI instead of live action and CGI turtles because it would be easier for the audience to "suspend disbelief for such an offbeat story" as there would be no break in the reality between CGI and live action. Producer Tom Gray explained that the decision to depart from the live action franchise was due to escalating budgets for the three films, and with each film making less than its predecessor, a CGI film became a reality. For example the first film made $135.2 million on a budget of $13.5 million, and the third made $44 million on a budget of $21 million. Golden Harvest's rights expired, and Gray, at an animation company, said the question arose there over a CGI TMNT film in 2004.

Before Kevin Munroe was hired as director and writer, Munroe first had to gain the approval by Turtles co-creator Peter Laird. Not knowing if they'd ever meet again, Munroe brought an original copy of the first issue of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book for Laird to sign. After spending a day discussing his ideas with Laird, Munroe left the meeting unsure if he would get the film. Later, he would open the comic to see a drawing Laird had done of Raphael, one of the turtles, with the words "Dear Kevin...make a good movie...or else."

Munroe stated in terms of the story line that ideas were floated as extreme as the Turtles being in space, but eventually it just came back to New York City, and the theme of the family that had fallen apart. When writing the screenplay, Munroe wanted to take on a less lighthearted tone or "less Cowabunga" and place an emphasis on dark elements as shown in the original comics to appeal to the mature audience. "I had a very specific tone because mixing that sort of action and comedy is a very specific thing. Most people were just coming and wanting to make it too funny. I think that version of the movie could do really well, but we wanted to do something where it sort of pushes the envelope a little bit more and says that animation is more than just comedic animals bumping into each other and farting!" Munroe said that both in design and in the rendering of the animation, he was after the feel of a comic book.

Production for TMNT began in June of 2005 with a budget estimated between $35 to 40 million. Other sources stated the budget is $34 million. Development and pre-production took place at Imagi's Los Angeles facility and then the state-of-the-art CG animation were produced in Hong Kong, followed by post-production in Hollywood. For designing the New York backdrop, art director/concept design Simon Murton stylized the familiar Manhattan skyline and urban landscapes to make them appear uniquely "TMNT." "We began with cinematic cues from certain black-and-white films from the 1940s and '50s," notes Murton. "I really wanted to push the lighting and the environments to create the look and feel of an alternate reality." The animators that worked on the fight sequences were inspired by cinema of Hong Kong. Animation director Kim Ooi explains since it was in CG, they were able to "push and stylize beyond the limits of live action." Imagi used Maya (software) with Pixar’s RenderMan Interface Specification for the production pipeline’s back-end.

The cast is new compared to the older films. Jim Cummings is the only past TMNT actor to appear in this film. Cummings has previously contributed voice-work in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series) series. TMNT was Mako (actor) last film prior to his death. Mako was announced as the voice of Splinter (TMNT) at the Comic-Con International on July 20, 2006. He then passed away the next day. A dedication to Mako appears at the end of the film's credits.

In an interview with Kevin Munroe, he stated that he would like to direct a possible sequel, possibly involving the return of the Shredder (TMNT). He is already signed on to do a sequel, but stated that "it's going to depend" on the "box office at this point". Mirage Studios' Steve Murphy has posted a message on his blog saying that a TMNT sequel is looking very likely. http://the-5th-turtle.blogspot.com/2007/06/movie-sequel-status.html

Promotion The first teaser poster featured the 2003 show's logo, which was eventually abandoned. In addition to the main poster, there were several others including individual ones for each turtle.

At the 2006 Comic-Con International, the TMNT panel screened an exclusive preview that contained a Splinter voice-over with shots of monsters, jungles, foot ninjas, facial tests, concept designs, muscle tests, dynamic fight tests, and some comedic scenes. Also, a sneak peek booklet containing storyboards, environment designs, and character designs by comic artist Jeff Matsuda was distributed.

The Teaser trailer was released in July 2006. It starts out with the camera moving above the buildings on a dark night. When it finally stops moving, the turtles open their eyes and all that can be seen is the whites of their eyes against the dark background. Then, the turtles start maneuvering across the tops of the buildings, finally jumping down and landing in a dark alleyway. As each one lands, they perform kata with their respective weapon. After Leonardo finishes with his kata, Michelangelo can be seen falling into a dumpster. As Donatello opens the dumpster, Michelangelo says "I'm okay." A police siren is heard and then the car pulls up. The officer shines his light down the alley, but the turtles have already disappeared. The camera pans down the alley to show a manhole cover being slid back into place, with the name "TMNT" on it. The movie's full trailer was attached on December 15 to the films Eragon (film) and Unaccompanied Minors. It is currently available on Apple Trailers, MTV.com, and Yahoo! Movies. It also debuted on the G4 (TV channel) show Attack of the Show!.

On February 26, two television spots debuted and began airing. Later, two more TV spots, geared specifically toward the young children demographic aired on 4Kids TV, the channel that broadcast the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series).

In February 2007, Warner Bros. began an online campaign by creating a MySpace page for each of the turtles . Within a week before the release date, several clips were unveiled through various websites.

The McDonald's fast-food chain promoted TMNT, having eight toys to collect with the purchase of a Happy Meal. There is a novelization based on the film.-- The film was originally set for release domestically (USA and Canada) on March 30, 2007, which would have been the seventeenth anniversary of the release of the first film. The March 30 date was advertised in the teaser trailer and early posters, but the release was moved up to March 23, 2007. Incidentally, Disney's Meet the Robinsons, another computer animation film was released on March 30, 2007.

Video game The video game version of the movie was released three days before the actual movie's release. Ubisoft secured the rights and released the games on March 20. Ubisoft won the rights from Konami, who had produced all the previous games. The game is available for PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Personal computer, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, GameCube, Wii, and Xbox 360 game systems. Reviews for the games ranged from horrible to mediocre to exemplary, due to the vastly different games produced. The home console games were identical, and given bad to mediocre ratings; the PSP and Nintendo DS games were identical to each other but not the home console versions, and were given abysmal ratings; and the Game Boy Advance version was entirely separate, but received good ratings in contrast to the other versions. It was lauded for its excellent use of the side-scrolling beat-'em-up style, which evoked nostalgia for older games in the series such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time. However, there is no multi-player mode in the GBA version.

"The TMNT movie is all about the emotions associated with family and angst," said Nick Harper, the game's creative director. "We've taken that philosophy and turned it into gameplay mechanics that will be fun and challenging. The game features collaborative team-ups between the turtles. However, the game also features single-player campaigns for the brothers.

SoundTrack Reception SuperHeroHype.com posted a review for TMNT with an overall score of 7/10, stating the film had a good balance of dark aspects and kid-friendliness. IGN also gave it 7/10, calling it "by far, the best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie yet." The film received an 8/10 from reviewers on JoBlo.com, CHUD, and Moviesonline. Despite minor problems with the overall design of the human characters, they praise the film for its unique animation style, top notch voice acting, and character driven story. They cite it as a good rebirth of the franchise and it successfully hits its target audience. Comic and animation related websites like Newsarama, Comic Book Resources, and Toon Zone were also favorable in their reviews.

Mainstream critics were less impressed with the film, resulting in a 32%http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/teenage_mutant_ninja_turtles/ aggregate rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics generally pointed to lack of originality as the film's main flaw. Though, a lack of knowledge of the source material and extreme difference in tone between the movie and the more familiar 1987 TV Series contributed mostly to the negativity. Richard Roeper expressed this in his review, saying, "I guess if you read the comic strip and you played the video games and you watched the TV show and dug the earlier movies, you’ll dig this new version. For me, I didn’t do any of that stuff." In contrast, users of RottenTomatoes.com rated the movie with a freshness of 69% as of August 29.http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/teenage_mutant_ninja_turtles/reviews_users.php

TMNT ranked number one at the box office on its opening weekend, beating out 300 (film) (the top film of the previous two weeks), The Last Mimzy, Shooter (2007 film), Pride (2007 film), The Hills Have Eyes 2, and Reign Over Me. Weekend estimates showed that the film made $25.45 million over the weekend of March 24-26, 2007. As of July 11, the film has grossed over $92 million worldwide. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tmntcg.htm

DVD release TMNT was released on August 7, 2007 for DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-ray Disc. http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

The DVD contains the following bonus features: http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?userid=99365754955882&item_id=1334065&tab=5&back=1&anchor=1#topoftabs

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{{Infobox Film| name = TMNT| image = TMNTposterA.jpg| image_size =| caption =| director = Kevin Munroe
[Peter Laird
Screenplay:
Kevin Munroe| starring = [Chris Evans (actor)
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Mako Iwamatsu
Kevin Smith
Patrick Stewart
Zhang Ziyi
Mitchell Whitfield
James Arnold Taylor
Mikey Kelley
Nolan North| cinematography =| editing = John Damien Ryan| distributor = [Warner Bros.
The Weinstein Company (sales)], 2007 March 23, 2007
March 23, 2007
April 5, 2007
April 4, 2007
April 25, 2007
May 18, 2007
]| budget = $34 million| gross =| preceded_by = Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III] based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. The film sees the Turtles grow apart after their defeat of The Shredder. Meanwhile, strange things are happening in New York City. An army of ancient creatures threatens to take over the world and the Turtles must unite again to save it.

It is the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film made of computer-generated imagery (by Imagi Animation Studios), with the previous films being live action. It is the fourth film in the franchise, and the first in 14 years, with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III having been released in 1993 in film. Chronologically, the film takes place after the original films.http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/article.asp?CIID=77939http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movieDetail.cfm/i/01ED9AEF-BCE5-0E4B-A1B8B8D212CE9488/ia/93EA18F1-0982-C5FF-622FCA5E04DD8206 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was released on March 22, 2007 in a number of Eastern European and Asian countries, on March 23, 2007, in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, and April 5, 2007 in Australia as well as subsequently in numerous other countries. It was the #1 film in the U.S. on its opening weekend, bringing in $25.45 million.

The film features the four Turtles (Leonardo (TMNT), Donatello (TMNT), Raphael (TMNT), and Michelangelo (TMNT)) as well as Splinter (TMNT), Casey Jones (TMNT), and April O'Neil. Its main villains are Max Winters, Karai, and the Foot Clan. Voices are provided by Chris Evans (actor), Sarah Michelle Gellar, Patrick Stewart, and Zhang Ziyi. It is also the last film by Mako (actor).

Plot The film opens with a narrated prologue, which states a fictional legend. In this legend, a warrior-king and his four generals lead a military campaign across the world. After many victories, the warrior attempts to become even more powerful by opening a portal to a parellel universe, where a great power was said to be. Opening the portal made him immortal, but turned his generals to stone and released thirteen monsters into his own world. These monsters decimated his army and still wreak havoc.

In the present, the turtles have grown estranged after the death of the Shreddder, and no longer fight crime as they once did. Leonardo (TMNT) has gone to Central America, on the orders of Splinter (TMNT), for training. Donatello (TMNT) and Michelangelo (TMNT) have started small businesses in Leonardo’s absence. Raphael (TMNT) has continued as a lone vigilante known as the Nightwatcher. April O'Neil, a friend of the turtles, has given up journalism and now operates a shipping business with her boyfriend, Casey Jones (TMNT). Casey has become more lax and less passionate and dynamic than he had appeared in previous films. While in South America on business, April finds Leonardo. She asks him to return to New York, at first refusing. After she leaves, he decides to return.

In New York, April and Casey take a statue that April found in South America to Max Winters, the wealthy Chief Executive Officer of a giant corporation. The statue is one of the Generals of the legend, the rest of which are hidden in the building. After April and Casey leave, Max Winters attaches a device to each General, reanimating them. It is revealed that he is the immortal warlord, and suggested that he has also been several influential figures of human history, including one of the Caesars. Winters then summons the Foot Clan, asking them to bring him the thirteen monsters. The Foot Clan is now headed by the Shredder's daughter Karai, a black-haired young woman who reveals little of her thoughts except where it adds content to the film.

Meanwhile, Leonardo arrives in New York and returns to the lair. He is greeted first by Splinter, who welcomes him warmly and orders him to reunite the team. Later, Leonardo's brothers welcome him back, though Raphael is most reluctant to do so.

Later, as the four Turtles meet on a building to train, the four discover the Foot Clan fighting one of the monsters in a building construction site. In order to stop it from escaping, the four join the fight, but are swiftly defeated. Soon after, the four stone Generals appear, defeat the monster, and capture it. The Turtles return to the sewers before the police arrive. Many more monsters are collected by the stone Generals over the next few hours.

Later that night, Raphael and Casey patrol the city and witness the Generals capturing another monster. It is Casey who notices that the Generals are the same ones whom he and April have been collecting for Winters.

Meeting at April's apartment, Casey tells her what he saw, and April is reminded of the story explaining the statues. In addition to the legend at the beginning, she reveals that the portal will reopen again 3,000 years after it last opened; that is, within days of the moment wherein she says this. They all realize that Winters is the warlord. Raphael, not trusting Leonardo’s leadership, leaves to find his own way of stopping Winters. Meanwhile, the Generals realize that once Winters has all thirteen monsters, their immortality will be forfeit; therefore they begin laying plans against him.

Leonardo finds Raphael later that night, who is still disguised as the Nightwatcher. Leonardo begins lecturing the vigilante, whom he does not recognize; Raphael responds by attacking Leonardo. In the resulting fight, Raphael's helmet is knocked off by Leo, revealing the Nightwatcher's true identity to him. After a brief argument, Raphael challenges Leonardo to fight. Leonardo ultimately accepts. In the fight, Raphael defeats his brother by breaking his swords and pinning him to the ground, but flees in Horror (emotion) at nearly killing Leonardo. As Leonardo watches him go, he is captured by the Generals, who wish to use him as a substitute for the final monster. Raphael hears his screams, but is too late to help. Raphael returns to the lair and tells Splinter that Leonardo has been captured by the stone Generals. The whole team, including Casey and April, make their plan under Raphael's leadership to get Leonardo back.

At Winters’ headquarters, the interuniversal portal begins to open. Winters realizes that he does not have all of the monsters. He begs his Generals to find the last one, on the grounds that without all of the monsters, they cannot be made mortal again. The Generals wish to retain their immortality; therefore they refuse. Outside the tower, a fierce battle is raging between an army of Foot Ninjas and the Turtle team. Despite their superior numbers, the Foot are unable to prevent the Turtles and their allies from getting into the building.

Once inside, they free Leonardo. Raphael gives him a new pair of swords. Winters is thrown at the Turtles' feet by the Generals, whereupon Winters reveals his plans to become mortal. The Generals then reveal their plans to use the portal to summon an army of monsters forth into their world, while keeping their immortality. Casey and April, accompanied by Karai, go in search of the last monster while the Turtles and Splinter stay behind to contain the Generals. During the fierce battle between the turtles and the Generals, Casey and April return with the last monster following them. The monster is tricked into running into the portal, taking the Generals with it.

Winters acknowledges his debt to the Turtles, then happily dies, rising into the air and changing into golden dust before all eyes. The Foot soldiers approach the Turtles; Karai tells them to enjoy their victory, because they will soon be in another battle, wherein will be "old faces from your past". They then depart, leaving the turtles confused as to whether or not she means Shredder.

Reunited and bound in common purpose, the Turtles resume patrolling New York City and practicing their martial skills. The film concludes with the often repeated line "Man, I love being a turtle!".

Voice cast , Donatello (TMNT), Splinter (TMNT), Leonardo (TMNT), Raphael (TMNT), April O'Neil, Casey Jones (TMNT).



Production The first of three films released in the TMNT franchise by New Line Cinema in the early 1990s was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film). Subsequently, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze was released in 1991, and finally Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III in 1993. A CGI TMNT movie was first announced in 2000 in film, with John Woo supposedly at the helm. That movie languished in development hell, however, and Woo ultimately moved on to other projects. TMNT departs from the previous films' live action style, and is the first TMNT film to be CGI. Writer/Director Kevin Munroe, who had previously worked with video games, comics, and television animation said that he wanted to do total CGI instead of live action and CGI turtles because it would be easier for the audience to "suspend disbelief for such an offbeat story" as there would be no break in the reality between CGI and live action. Producer Tom Gray explained that the decision to depart from the live action franchise was due to escalating budgets for the three films, and with each film making less than its predecessor, a CGI film became a reality. For example the first film made $135.2 million on a budget of $13.5 million, and the third made $44 million on a budget of $21 million. Golden Harvest's rights expired, and Gray, at an animation company, said the question arose there over a CGI TMNT film in 2004.

Before Kevin Munroe was hired as director and writer, Munroe first had to gain the approval by Turtles co-creator Peter Laird. Not knowing if they'd ever meet again, Munroe brought an original copy of the first issue of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book for Laird to sign. After spending a day discussing his ideas with Laird, Munroe left the meeting unsure if he would get the film. Later, he would open the comic to see a drawing Laird had done of Raphael, one of the turtles, with the words "Dear Kevin...make a good movie...or else."

Munroe stated in terms of the story line that ideas were floated as extreme as the Turtles being in space, but eventually it just came back to New York City, and the theme of the family that had fallen apart. When writing the screenplay, Munroe wanted to take on a less lighthearted tone or "less Cowabunga" and place an emphasis on dark elements as shown in the original comics to appeal to the mature audience. "I had a very specific tone because mixing that sort of action and comedy is a very specific thing. Most people were just coming and wanting to make it too funny. I think that version of the movie could do really well, but we wanted to do something where it sort of pushes the envelope a little bit more and says that animation is more than just comedic animals bumping into each other and farting!" Munroe said that both in design and in the rendering of the animation, he was after the feel of a comic book.

Production for TMNT began in June of 2005 with a budget estimated between $35 to 40 million. Other sources stated the budget is $34 million. Development and pre-production took place at Imagi's Los Angeles facility and then the state-of-the-art CG animation were produced in Hong Kong, followed by post-production in Hollywood. For designing the New York backdrop, art director/concept design Simon Murton stylized the familiar Manhattan skyline and urban landscapes to make them appear uniquely "TMNT." "We began with cinematic cues from certain black-and-white films from the 1940s and '50s," notes Murton. "I really wanted to push the lighting and the environments to create the look and feel of an alternate reality." The animators that worked on the fight sequences were inspired by cinema of Hong Kong. Animation director Kim Ooi explains since it was in CG, they were able to "push and stylize beyond the limits of live action." Imagi used Maya (software) with Pixar’s RenderMan Interface Specification for the production pipeline’s back-end.

The cast is new compared to the older films. Jim Cummings is the only past TMNT actor to appear in this film. Cummings has previously contributed voice-work in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series) series. TMNT was Mako (actor) last film prior to his death. Mako was announced as the voice of Splinter (TMNT) at the Comic-Con International on July 20, 2006. He then passed away the next day. A dedication to Mako appears at the end of the film's credits.

In an interview with Kevin Munroe, he stated that he would like to direct a possible sequel, possibly involving the return of the Shredder (TMNT). He is already signed on to do a sequel, but stated that "it's going to depend" on the "box office at this point". Mirage Studios' Steve Murphy has posted a message on his blog saying that a TMNT sequel is looking very likely. http://the-5th-turtle.blogspot.com/2007/06/movie-sequel-status.html

Promotion The first teaser poster featured the 2003 show's logo, which was eventually abandoned. In addition to the main poster, there were several others including individual ones for each turtle.

At the 2006 Comic-Con International, the TMNT panel screened an exclusive preview that contained a Splinter voice-over with shots of monsters, jungles, foot ninjas, facial tests, concept designs, muscle tests, dynamic fight tests, and some comedic scenes. Also, a sneak peek booklet containing storyboards, environment designs, and character designs by comic artist Jeff Matsuda was distributed.

The Teaser trailer was released in July 2006. It starts out with the camera moving above the buildings on a dark night. When it finally stops moving, the turtles open their eyes and all that can be seen is the whites of their eyes against the dark background. Then, the turtles start maneuvering across the tops of the buildings, finally jumping down and landing in a dark alleyway. As each one lands, they perform kata with their respective weapon. After Leonardo finishes with his kata, Michelangelo can be seen falling into a dumpster. As Donatello opens the dumpster, Michelangelo says "I'm okay." A police siren is heard and then the car pulls up. The officer shines his light down the alley, but the turtles have already disappeared. The camera pans down the alley to show a manhole cover being slid back into place, with the name "TMNT" on it. The movie's full trailer was attached on December 15 to the films Eragon (film) and Unaccompanied Minors. It is currently available on Apple Trailers, MTV.com, and Yahoo! Movies. It also debuted on the G4 (TV channel) show Attack of the Show!.

On February 26, two television spots debuted and began airing. Later, two more TV spots, geared specifically toward the young children demographic aired on 4Kids TV, the channel that broadcast the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series).

In February 2007, Warner Bros. began an online campaign by creating a MySpace page for each of the turtles . Within a week before the release date, several clips were unveiled through various websites.

The McDonald's fast-food chain promoted TMNT, having eight toys to collect with the purchase of a Happy Meal. There is a novelization based on the film.-- The film was originally set for release domestically (USA and Canada) on March 30, 2007, which would have been the seventeenth anniversary of the release of the first film. The March 30 date was advertised in the teaser trailer and early posters, but the release was moved up to March 23, 2007. Incidentally, Disney's Meet the Robinsons, another computer animation film was released on March 30, 2007.

Video game The video game version of the movie was released three days before the actual movie's release. Ubisoft secured the rights and released the games on March 20. Ubisoft won the rights from Konami, who had produced all the previous games. The game is available for PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Personal computer, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, GameCube, Wii, and Xbox 360 game systems. Reviews for the games ranged from horrible to mediocre to exemplary, due to the vastly different games produced. The home console games were identical, and given bad to mediocre ratings; the PSP and Nintendo DS games were identical to each other but not the home console versions, and were given abysmal ratings; and the Game Boy Advance version was entirely separate, but received good ratings in contrast to the other versions. It was lauded for its excellent use of the side-scrolling beat-'em-up style, which evoked nostalgia for older games in the series such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time. However, there is no multi-player mode in the GBA version.

"The TMNT movie is all about the emotions associated with family and angst," said Nick Harper, the game's creative director. "We've taken that philosophy and turned it into gameplay mechanics that will be fun and challenging. The game features collaborative team-ups between the turtles. However, the game also features single-player campaigns for the brothers.

SoundTrack Reception SuperHeroHype.com posted a review for TMNT with an overall score of 7/10, stating the film had a good balance of dark aspects and kid-friendliness. IGN also gave it 7/10, calling it "by far, the best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie yet." The film received an 8/10 from reviewers on JoBlo.com, CHUD, and Moviesonline. Despite minor problems with the overall design of the human characters, they praise the film for its unique animation style, top notch voice acting, and character driven story. They cite it as a good rebirth of the franchise and it successfully hits its target audience. Comic and animation related websites like Newsarama, Comic Book Resources, and Toon Zone were also favorable in their reviews.

Mainstream critics were less impressed with the film, resulting in a 32%http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/teenage_mutant_ninja_turtles/ aggregate rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics generally pointed to lack of originality as the film's main flaw. Though, a lack of knowledge of the source material and extreme difference in tone between the movie and the more familiar 1987 TV Series contributed mostly to the negativity. Richard Roeper expressed this in his review, saying, "I guess if you read the comic strip and you played the video games and you watched the TV show and dug the earlier movies, you’ll dig this new version. For me, I didn’t do any of that stuff." In contrast, users of RottenTomatoes.com rated the movie with a freshness of 69% as of August 29.http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/teenage_mutant_ninja_turtles/reviews_users.php

TMNT ranked number one at the box office on its opening weekend, beating out 300 (film) (the top film of the previous two weeks), The Last Mimzy, Shooter (2007 film), Pride (2007 film), The Hills Have Eyes 2, and Reign Over Me. Weekend estimates showed that the film made $25.45 million over the weekend of March 24-26, 2007. As of July 11, the film has grossed over $92 million worldwide. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tmntcg.htm

DVD release TMNT was released on August 7, 2007 for DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-ray Disc. http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

The DVD contains the following bonus features: http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?userid=99365754955882&item_id=1334065&tab=5&back=1&anchor=1#topoftabs

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