If this pans out, I’ll be overjoyed.

According to the Playmate’s Toy website (here) Mirage is in negotiations for another Turtles movie set for release in 2010.

 “Following the success of the ‘TMNT’ theatrical release in 2007, Mirage Licensing is in negotiations with several companies about a new TMNT movie for 2010.”

What’s even more interesting is the fact that Ainitcool news is reporting that this post at Playmates has been altered significantly.  Originally, much more information about the movie deal was available:

“Following the success of the ‘TMNT’ theatrical release in 2007, Mirage licensing and Imagi Studios have begun work on a new live-action TMNT film for 2010.  It’s the turtles like you’ve never seen them before!  Shellacious!”

Aside from the bad “shell” pun and all the exclamation points, this paragraph excites me a lot more.  The first live action Turtles movie, directed by Steve Barron and starring Corey Feldman as the voice of Donatello and Elias Koteas as Casey Jones was a benchmark in comic book filmmaking and still stands up as a very good film to this day.  Seriously, I love this movie.

In case those responsible for the Turtles are reading this, a great mine of material for a movie can be found in the Image Turtles series.  If you can track them down, read them.  They are pretty much some of the best Turtles material EVER published.

I have them all in case any of you fellow robots want to check them out.