TMNT no longer "teenage" nor "mutant" according to the title of the new movie

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TMNT no longer “teenage” nor “mutant” according to the title of the new movie

Now that you know that Michael Bay’s upcoming live action TMNT movie will have the ninja turtles as aliens, not mutants, hold onto your shells, because the official title of the movie will just be ‘Ninja Turtles’, minus the “teenage” or “mutant”. Let the first world problems nerd raging begin.

We haven’t been able to get a definite statement as to why this title change is occurring, and our sources are not 100% clear on whether or not the Turtles will indeed be adolescents. One of our sources has said: It seems to be driven by marketing. Think of John Carter and how Disney wouldn’t allow for a title with either “Princess” or “Mars”.

Meanwhile, director Jonathan Liebesman (previously of the seminal alien invasion film Battle Los Angeles), has weighed in on edgy, lovable alien-gate:

“Look, it’s so funny—if everyone was such a die-hard fan, they would know that the TCRI canisters where the ooze comes from. That is alien ooze. Now I’m not saying what Michael said is exactly what the movie is, because we’re sitting in a room now figuring everything out. So we don’t know, but we are like Michael said: we’re expanding it, and the expansion will be true to the mythology. I promise you: fans will love it.”

I know there’s already a bunch of people bitching about this, because people have absolutely nothing else to bitch about these days other than the title of a movie, but fuck it. When it comes out, you’ll fucking love it and you’ll have forgot all the lack of “teenage” in the title.

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