The ink is barely dry from Skydance’s latest takeover of Paramount Photos, and we’re already seeing one other casualty of latest CEO David Ellison’s new regime.
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Final Ronin,” which was alleged to be an R-rated live-action film adapting one of many darkest tales in TMNT historical past, is now useless on the new Paramount, regardless of the undertaking being introduced again in April of 2024. Based on The Hollywood Reporter, “Quick and Livid” producer Neal H. Moritz is in talks to change into the lead producer on a brand new live-action Turtles undertaking, respiration 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 implies that the plan for this franchise is being reworked.
“The Final Ronin,” which had “No one” filmmaker Ilya Naishuller in talks to sit down within the director’s chair, was alleged to mark the Turtles’ massive return to live-action, however THR says the rationale 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 just some days after Ellison and his workforce cancelled the animated “Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” TV present, so the Turtles have taken fairly a bruising these days.
This sort of factor occurs on a regular basis. New management swoops in and scraps a undertaking as a result of it was developed underneath 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 concept of their predecessors taking any credit score, in order that they play it secure, scrap the entire thing, and rent their very own man to return in and shake issues up.
Nonetheless, this will not be the tip of “The Final Ronin.”
It is doable The Final Ronin may nonetheless occur in the future
The Hollywood Reporter quotes an insider who signifies that Paramount “needs to go away the door open to probably revisit it down the street,” so simply because that is being scrapped now, it doesn’t suggest it is useless eternally.
Based mostly 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 — far more hardcore than the family-friendly violence of the earlier movies and TV exhibits. The comedian hides the id 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, but it surely’s extensively beloved within the fan neighborhood, and contemplating how a lot cash “Logan” made on the field workplace, you’ll be able to most likely 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 unbelievable “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” which is slated to hit theaters on September 17, 2027.
