00:00 A live-action, R-rated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is in the works,
00:03 following the success of the animated film Mutant Mayhem.
00:06 The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively reveal that Paramount Pictures is developing Teenage
00:11 Mutant Ninja Turtles The Last Ronin, adapting a popular storyline in the recent IDW Comics.
00:17 Tyler Burton-Smith is writing the script. The scribe wrote 2019's Child's Play
00:22 and co-wrote the upcoming R-rated action movie Boy Kills World.
00:25 Walter Amata is producing through his 18 Hertz production company as part of his
00:29 multi-year deal with the studio. Amata is the former head of DC Films, who rose through the
00:33 ranks at New Line, where he oversaw the Warner Bros. division's horror movies, including The
00:37 Conjuring and It franchises. His 18 Hertz banner is focused on making features in the horror genre.
00:43 The comic miniseries The Last Ronin is about as terrifying as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
00:48 tale can get. The story, set in a totalitarian future New York City, tells of how the Turtles
00:53 and Master Splinter are killed off one by one by the grandson of the villainous Shredder and
00:58 synthetic ninjas. One Turtle manages to survive, barely, and vows to exact bloody revenge.
01:03 As for Mutant Mayhem, the animated flick was praised by critics and audiences alike.
01:08 The Paramount Pictures project grossed $118.6 million at the domestic box office,
01:13 and a sequel is now in the works. For more on this story and the latest movie news,
01:17 head to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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