The ink is barely dry from Skydance’s latest takeover of Paramount Footage, and we’re already seeing one other casualty of recent CEO David Ellison’s new regime.
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Final Ronin,” which was imagined to be an R-rated live-action film adapting one of many darkest tales in TMNT historical past, is now lifeless on the new Paramount, regardless of the venture being introduced again in April of 2024. In keeping with The Hollywood Reporter, “Quick and Livid” producer Neal H. Moritz is in talks to develop into the lead producer on a brand new live-action Turtles venture, respiratory life again right into a property that hasn’t had a live-action entry since 2016’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.” Sadly, that signifies that the plan for this franchise is being reworked.
“The Final Ronin,” which had “No one” filmmaker Ilya Naishuller in talks to take a seat within the director’s chair, was imagined to mark the Turtles’ large return to live-action, however THR says the explanation for the cancellation is “the brand new regime wasn’t eager on having the primary non-animated film in 10 years be a bloody, adult-skewing story.” And this comes only a few days after Ellison and his crew cancelled the animated “Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” TV present, so the Turtles have taken fairly a bruising currently.
The sort of factor occurs on a regular basis. New management swoops in and scraps a venture as a result of it was developed beneath the earlier house owners. If the film was truly allowed to return out and it truly labored creatively and financially, the brand new folks in cost could not stand the thought of their predecessors taking any credit score, so that they play it secure, scrap the entire thing, and rent their very own man to return in and shake issues up.
Nonetheless, this might not be the top of “The Final Ronin.”
It is attainable The Final Ronin may nonetheless occur at some point
The Hollywood Reporter quotes an insider who signifies that Paramount “needs to go away the door open to presumably revisit it down the highway,” so simply because that is being scrapped now, it doesn’t suggest it is lifeless endlessly.
Primarily based on an IDW comedian, “The Final Ronin” is a darkish and gritty alternate universe story following the lone surviving member of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as he seeks to avenge the loss of life of his brothers by killing Shredder’s grandson. By way of violence, it is like “Logan,” however with a Turtle on the middle of the story — rather more hardcore than the family-friendly violence of the earlier movies and TV exhibits. The comedian hides the identification of which Turtle is the title character for a very long time, as flashbacks reveal how every of the brothers died. It is a bleak story, nevertheless it’s broadly beloved within the fan group, and contemplating how a lot cash “Logan” made on the field workplace, you’ll be able to in all probability see why it was put into improvement as a live-action film.
Maybe with Moritz overseeing the franchise, Paramount will resurrect this concept just a few years down the road after they can declare full possession over it. Within the meantime, we eagerly await the sequel to the implausible “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” which is slated to hit theaters on September 17, 2027.
