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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TURTLES!

A big shout out to our Turtles who turn 25 today! That's right, 25 years ago on 1 May 1984 the very first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles black and white comic was published by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman.

Happy birthday boys!

If you'd like to celebrate, then check out this rad video clip called "Turtle Power" from the original 1990 Turtle's flick. This hit song, by MC Hammer, made it into the Top 40.

Just click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zTJnjc-Xhg

It's Official The Movie Is Coming

New Theatrical Film to tell Origin Story of the Legendary Characters

We've got some exciting news Turtles fans. The Mirage Group has given the green light for development of a live-action major motion picture focusing on the origins of the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, targeted for release in 2011.

Announcement of the latest (fifth) big screen version of the crime-fighting “heroes in a half-shell” comes on the day the Turtles kick off their 25th anniversary national “Shell-ebration” in New York City with multiple events that include the honor of lighting the Empire State Building in ‘turtle green’ and a unique outdoor presentation of their beloved first “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” film at the Tribeca Film Festival “Drive-In”.

Mirage is partnering with producers Scott Mednick (“300”, “Superman Returns”, “10,000 BC”, and the upcoming “Where the Wild Things Are”) and Galen Walker (who produced the most recent computer-animated “TMNT” theatrical release) to create this live action film. Peter Laird, Gary Richardson, Frederick Fierst, Eric Crown and Napoleon Smith III will serve as executive producers of the film, which is based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters created by Laird and Kevin Eastman. Mednick and Walker will serve as producers.

“It was critical to us to find people who both understood the Turtles franchise and were accomplished film makers who appreciated both the action and humor components of the Turtles’ identity,” said Gary Richardson CEO, The Mirage Group. “With Galen and Scott we know we’ve found great talent with those essential attributes.”

“The original dozen comics created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman are some of the best source material one could hope for,” said Mednick. “We’re excited to bring this story to a whole new generation of moviegoers as well as the legions of fans that have made the Turtles - Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael as well as Splinter, April O’Neil, Casey Jones and, of course, the great villain Shredder - a part of their world for 25 years.”

Mednick has begun reaching out to writers and directors and is already in discussion with several high-profile actors interested in portraying Turtles characters they loved as kids.

We will keep you posted as we learn more about the new movie!

Message from TMNT Headquarters

Hey There Crew,

There is so much going down in our Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle’s world right now it’s hard to keep up! The 25th birthday party keeps getting bigger and better, and I thought I’d shoot through some of the latest info for you. I am also excited to introduce you to a guy called Tristan Jones. He is an aussie guy who actually writes TMNT comics! He is one of the writers on the new “Tales of the TMNT” comic books just released by Mirage Studios.

Please check out the latest news below and if you have any questions, thoughts, updates, anything, feel free to email in to info@tmnt25.com.au.

Signing-out
Lee

Labels: 25, Birthday, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TMNT

Get a Freet TMNT Beanie!

Dudes if you need some new threads take your mum down to Big W! We have new TMNT styles in store now, plus this hot long sleeve “Shell Shock Em” top comes with a free TMNT Beanie. Too Cool!

Labels: Beanie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TMNT

Turtles Help Save Our Planet

We’ve got some Turtletastic news for you!

Our green friends are heading back to Underwater World at Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast to do some more “green” work. They have come back to help save many of the endangered Turtles species we have in Australia. And while they are here you can check them out doing their live performances daily. Don’t miss out guys! Head to Underwater World, Mooloolaba for the holidays to join in the fun!

TMNT Smash-Up is Coming to Nintendo Wii

It’s official the new TMNT game from Ubisoft is coming! “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up” a four-player action fighting game is being developed by Game Arts, noted for working on the critically acclaimed Super Smash Bros.™ Brawl for Wii™.

TMNT Smash up is rumoured to hit our shelves in September this year, the video game will be a key event in the year-long “Shell-ebration” of the 25th anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles® You will be able to find it at JB, EB Games, Kmart, Target, Big W all good games retailers.

Here is link to the rad trailer incase you missed it last time...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73PGo7ei3Bg

Labels: Game, Smash-up, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TMNT, Turtles, Ubisoft

Tales of TMNT Comic Book Series

Hello, all you Aussie TMNT fans (and I’m sure there are a few from overseas visiting too)! My name’s Tristan Jones, I’m a writer living in Melbourne and one of the writers of the exciting “Tales of the TMNT” comic books Mirage Studios publishes each month. Didn’t know about the comics? Well now is the time to find out about them, because if you thought the cartoons and movies were exciting, you ain’t seen NOTHING yet!

Almost everybody knows about the cartoons, the old ones and the ones on TV at the moment, but did you know that before the cartoons, the TMNT had their own comic book series? All the characters you know and love from the cartoons had their origins in the comics, but after talking with Peter Laird, the creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I was given the opportunity to bring one INTO the comics who had previously only existed in the most recent TV show -- Hun!

If you’re not a fan of Hun in the TV show, don’t worry, you will love him in the comics, and if you are a fan, then you’re really going to love him! The Hun in the comics is a little different to the one in the TV show -- he’s bigger, meaner and a heck of a lot scarier! He also hates the Foot Clan even more than the Turtles do, but that certainly doesn’t make them any friendlier!

Now, I know there are some people out there that didn’t even know TMNT comics existed, and I know they are a little hard to find here in Australia, but if you go down to your nearest comic book shop and speak to the people behind the counters, they should be able to help you out (you can always learn about th

e comics and order them on the official Ninja Turtles website, too!).

There are all sorts of things happening in the comics that you’ll never get to see in the cartoon show or in the movies -- creepy new villains, exciting adventures, the Turtles even come to Australia in one story!

I’ll be back again soon to keep you up to date on the comics, but in the meantime, here’s a look at Hun’s debut issue, available now at all good comic shops.

Labels: comic, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TMNT, Tristan Jones

Thursday, April 30, 2009