#DeletedScenes - TMNT2

So we never got the real Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4 film.

You know what we also didn't get? TMNT2.

That's right, a sequel to the 2007 CGi animated film. tmnt2

Planned alongside the film that was released, it would have seen the actual return of The Shredder. It was already established and hinted in the first one, what with the presence of The Foot and Karai.

And here's the only promotional material made for IMAGI's sequel:

Michaelangelo left alone?! His 3 brothers and Splinter demutated?! Shredder back!!!

Why didn't we get that right off the bat, instead of the scifi-ysh alien thingies?!

Anyways, instead of TMNT2 the animation studios went into a lengthy production for a Gatchaman film that also never got made. An unsuccessful Astroboy film (aww...). And that Zelda movie. No wonder they were, sadly, forced to close down.. (and Nickelodeon bought the rights of the franchise since then)

If like me you liked TMNT but kinda wish they'd have used a more grounded story, better villains and a back to basics approach, then this probably will sadden you too...

Oh well... At least we can look forward to the future. (or not...)

#DeletedScenes - Imagi Studios' ZELDA

Did you know we almost got a ZELDA movie at some point?

And no. Not another cringe-worthy Hollywood lackbuster, but an animated CGi film?!

Produced by Imagi Studios from whom we got the Astro Boy movie, the "mmmh..okay, but decent" TMNT CGi film and that Gatchaman film that never got made.

They pitched the film adaptation back in 2007 in the form of the video below... but it sadly never got greenlighted by Nintendo!


۞ par AGBLeaks

You know what?

This actually looked fairly decent. Not sure I'm 100% fan of all the design choices, but at least they tried to make it their own new incarnation of Link & the world of Zelda, rather than simply recycling either Toon!Link or Ocarina!Link. (like, say, Nintendo these days..)

MR Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2007)

The Turtles are back, and for the very first time, not animated, not live action, but in CGi*!

Find more TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA REVIEWS on this very same blog!

Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / The Secret of the Ooze / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Next Mutation

Manga NEWS! Battle of the Planets - reborn!

You probably wouldn't guess it... but I'm a huuuuuuuuuge Gatchaman/Battle of the Planets fan!!

Now, I'm not here to talk about the classic anime series...or the great comic book revival. But about the CGi movie that has been in development hell for a very long time.