Paramount Pictures' planned "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" reboot has run into new trouble, pushing both the production's start date and the film's release date.
Deadline is reporting the studio is pushing back the production's start date 10 weeks in an effort to trim the budget by $10 million or $20 million. The film, which was slated for a Dec. 25, 2013, release is now targeting May 16, 2014.
According to the report, the studio is looking to get the budget down to $125 million.
This isn't the first trouble for the reboot. Producer Michael Bay courted fan outrage earlier this year when he mentioned that the Turtles' origin story would be more alien in nature than in the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" comics, cartoon series and movies. This was compounded when Paramount Studios announced the title for the upcoming movie was being shortened to "Ninja Turtles."
The new film will be directed by Jonathan Liebesman ("Wrath of the Titans") based on a screenplay from Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec ("Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol").
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| The new film is now targeting 2014. |
According to the report, the studio is looking to get the budget down to $125 million.
This isn't the first trouble for the reboot. Producer Michael Bay courted fan outrage earlier this year when he mentioned that the Turtles' origin story would be more alien in nature than in the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" comics, cartoon series and movies. This was compounded when Paramount Studios announced the title for the upcoming movie was being shortened to "Ninja Turtles."
The new film will be directed by Jonathan Liebesman ("Wrath of the Titans") based on a screenplay from Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec ("Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol").
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