'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' gets new writers
Franck Tabouring
Last year, news broke that John Fusco would be writing the live-action reboot of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," but Paramount Pictures is now heading into a different direction. It's time for new writers.
Deadline reports Art Marcum and Matt Holloway have been hired to write "Turtles." Paramount is eager to get this thing into production for a release in 2012, so they have to write a draft for October.
Wait, who are these guys? Holloway and Marcum co-wrote "Iron Man" (yay!) and "Punisher: War Zone" (damn). They also penned the upcoming "Highlander" reboot. Film will likely focus on the turtles' origin.
The turtles have made several big-screen appearances. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" debuted in 1990, and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II" followed in '91. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III" opened in 1993.
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