Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Writer Wants Franchise to Return to '90s Roots

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie writer Bobby Herbeck wants to see the heroes in a half-shell return to their roots for an updated sequel to the original '90s trilogy. In an interview with ComicBook.com, Herbeck, who co-wrote the original 1990s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, revealed that he would love to see the sewer-dwelling reptilian heroes come up above ground again for an all-new sequel that would revisit the world of the original trilogy while utilising all of the latest technologies in Jim Henson's Creature Shop. When asked whether he would be interested in developing a Halloween or Bill & Ted-style "20 years later" entry in the TMNT franchise, Herbeck said: "Yes. The answer is yes." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/11/07/9-facts-one-lie-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles"] He added: "We're trying to make that happen. We want to do a reboot. We got our fans come to us on Instagram, they're [saying], 'Why don't you guys do a reboot of the first movie?' We'd love to do it." Original movie producer Kim Dawson also shared her enthusiasm for a potential sequel, as she admitted that they had been in talks with Steve Barron, the director of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, as well as Brian Henson, the son of the late Jim Henson and chief puppeteer on the first film, over the prospect of returning to the franchise all of these years later. "The truth is, this property, it's established now after 30 years as a part of our modern pop culture, it's not going away," Dawson said. "It's only going to continue to grow. I do wish that we could go back. "I mean, we've talked to Steve Barron about this, and Brian Henson, and if there were an opportunity, if one of the studios saw fit, I think we could go back and reboot it like it was... Imagine if Brian Henson had access to the technology he does today to make these costumes and all that. I think it would be amazing. A reboot like that I think would really get people's juices flowing." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle-movie-tv-series-and-game&captions=true"] The franchise made its theatrical debut with the 1990 live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. That film is notable for both its darker, more comic-accurate tone and the animatronic rubber Turtle suits designed by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. The movie became the highest-grossing independent film in history until The Blair Witch Project unseated it nine years later. The popularity of the first film garnered two direct sequels, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze in 1991 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III in 1993. While moderately successful, the diminished box office numbers and withering critical reception ensured that the third installment would be the last live-action TMNT movie for more than 20 years. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

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