A short, fan-made film called Batman Dead End hit the web like a meteor in 2003 and the shock waves are still being felt.  Though it was low budget and independently produced, many felt that Dead End was the treatment on the Batman character that they had been waiting for. A string of imitators has followed, including most recently a Mortal Kombat fan film that has been picked up by Warner Brothers to be produced as an official web series. Perhaps buoyed by that success, the next, “that looks cooler than anything the studios have done” fan film has been made and released via FightTheFoot.com. This film seems to be inspired more by the darker, grittier, original TMNT comics by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird than it does the cartoon series or live action films of the late 80s/early 90s. Like the Batman and Mortal Kombat films before it, this one looks slick and professional, the turtle effects seem beyond the capabilities of a mere fan, and I’m sure it will probably make a lot of fanboys smile. I’m not sure I want to live in a world where every comic book movie has to be a real world approach to some gritty series from the 80s though. Do we really need a Foot Clan that looks like some sort of psychotic SWAT team? What was wrong with them being a bunch of kids who lived in a warehouse with skateboard ramps, stand-up arcade games, and all the cigarettes you [Due to Content Scraping and Theft, we have been forced to try abbreviated feeds. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and woud very much appreciate you clicking through to view the full article on FilmSchoolRejects.com]

Not before, not since, and, I imagine, never again, will a film come into my life the way Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles did. It arrived at exactly the perfect time in my life, and, as such, deserves a place among the Movies We Love.

Paramount and Nickelodeon have Turtle Power. In a big $60 million dollar acquisition deal — as reported today by Variety — Viacom has acquired the rights to one of the most successful television/film/toy/comic franchises of all-time.

We’ve got Turtle Power! We will Go Ninja, Go Ninja Go! We know The Secret of the Ooze! Alright, enough. We’ve got copies of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 25th Anniversary DVD Box Set to give away…

Today is the 25th Anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And what better day could there be to announce a brand new TMNT live-action movie? I can’t think of one…

In honor of the 25th Anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, we’ve got a special treat for today’s Daily Diversion. Anyone remember the special appearance of Vanilla Ice in The Secret of the Ooze? Yeah, I thought so.

The first teaser trailer for Summit Entertainment’s Astro Boy has hit the web with a flash of cool CG-animation.

Of the two creators of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, one (Kevin Eastman) has come out and said it will be a live-action film like the first three films, prompting the other (Peter Laird) to say “not so fast.”

The heroes in a half shell might be coming back to the big screen, in live-action, with the same director. Wait, what was that?

Check out this first look at a concept image of the titular Astro Boy for the upcoming CGI feature film, planned to storm into theaters in 2009.