{"id":19492,"date":"2012-03-26T16:50:12","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T21:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=19492"},"modified":"2021-02-05T14:22:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T19:22:18","slug":"rumor-mill-ninja-turtles-no-longer-mutants-or-teenagers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2012\/03\/26\/rumor-mill-ninja-turtles-no-longer-mutants-or-teenagers\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumor Mill: NINJA TURTLES No Longer Mutants Or Teenagers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Last week<\/a>, producer Michael bay stirred up the internet equivalent of a hornets\u2019 nest of trouble when he announced that the titular stars of a new film adaption of the classic 80s indie comic book Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would not be mutants so much as they would be aliens. It is now look as if Bay has chopped another adjective off of the title as Bleeding Cool<\/a> is reporting a rumor that the film may now be titled simply Ninja Turtles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We haven\u2019t been able to get a definite statement as to why this title change is occurring, and our sources are not 100% clear on whether or not the Turtles will indeed be adolescents. One of our sources has said: \u201cIt seems to be driven by marketing. Think of John Carter and how Disney wouldn\u2019t allow for a title with either \u201cPrincess\u201d or \u201cMars.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now I understand that the kneejerk reaction is to criticize such a move. I\u2019m not even a fan of the franchise and it sounds pretty stupid to me. But this simply might be a way of testing the waters on certain potential elements of the film\u2019s story. It has happened before and will happen again.<\/p>\n

Or it could just be a way of stirring up interest in the project before even a frame of film has been shot. And considering that the most recent screen appearance by the Turtles was the poorly received 2007 computer animated TMNT<\/strong>, Bay and company certainly have a tough road ahead of them on that front. But is even negative publicity good publicity? Or is Bay being even more Machiavellian by floating some rumors about big changes in the film and then placates fans by saying that said changes will not happen after all. Considering that his films aren\u2019t that complicated, I would doubt it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The title keeps getting shorter…<\/div>\n

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