Author: Stephan

The Rumor Mill is A-churnin’ !

I am not one for rumor mongering, so when this started floating its way around the inter-tubes, I was reluctant to post it here. HOwever; after the metric-butt-ton of emails I have recieved on the topic, I have decided to mention it.

About a week ago, rumors started a-flyin’ around the interwebs that this is a photo of a sculpt for the turtles for the next movie. Reception of this “news” have been very mixed. Some people hate the piece as it is such a huge departure from the “classic” turtles. Others love it, assuming that this is a solid sign of an edgier film.

Personally, I think it is unlikely that this is a head sculpt, as it has been noted on MANY occasions that the next movie will feature facial replacement technology (i.e. PotC’s Davy Jones).

I’ll work on trying to get some sort of confirmation from the studios, but until then, take this with a giant grain of salt.

Here are some sources:
http://www.latinoreview.com/news/1st-look-at-new-ninja-turtle-9812
http://www.fusedfilm.com/2010/04/net-crawl-possible-new-look-for-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/tmntwtf_the_look_of_the_new_tu.php

Contains Traces of Steve Murphy!

Steve Murphy is blogging again! But it isn’t what you think. This is a brand new creative endevour called “Contains Traces of Peanuts”. Here is what Steve told us about his new project!

“A web comic helping to fill the creative void that accompanies unemployment.” “Anautobiographical web comic that will eventually deal with my timeworking on the TMNT.”

I’d say I’m “drawing” it but what I’m really doing is simply tracing and tweaking existing Peanuts panels (or portions of panels) to create thecharacter of “me” — Gnarly Clown. Other images are either web “finds”or photos that I’ve taken.

The process is making for some really compellign results! You should definitely click the picture and check it out!

Sideshow Announces SDCC Exclusive Pre-Order Schedule

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Some Info From Randy @ Neca

Our good friend and super sleuth, Vaughn Michael, recently spoke to Randy at NECA toys about the future of the NECA TMNT toy line over twitter. Check it out!

20th Anniversary of TMNT 1

Yeah so I’m a couple hours late on this. Sorry!

As many of you already know, yesterday (March 31st) was the 20th anniversary of the first Turtles movie. Peter Laird created a tribute post on his blog to mark the occasion, with some (to my knowledge) never before seem photos (and some you have seen :-P). Anyway, go check it out!