'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' co-creator Kevin Eastman and writer Jason Aaron talk 'The Last Ronin' and the future the franchise
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TMNT, Transformers, GI Joe, etc. all have interesting futures.
TMNT, I feel has done a good job at rebooting itself for each new generation. Helped that the cast was fairly small (4 turtles, Splinter, April, Casey, plus Shredder, Kirai, Kang, Beebop, Rocksteady, Baxter). And a few more side characters. So, lots of character development and each turtle had a certain personality. Probably best to stay out of live action.
Transformers, influence of the GI fans hang over the franchise. Which is both good and bad. They are the ones that are more into buying the higher end toys. But, will compare all new series to G1. With trademarks, they have to keep issuing new versions of the same characters, so not getting many brand new characters or some of the later G1 characters, when it comes to series (regular or recurring cast). If they return to live action, need a complete reboot from the Bayverse. Too bad TF1 didn't match TMNT's box office. Bad marketing. Whoever did trailer 1 and whoever okayed it for release should be fired and never have anything to do with TF again. Movie overall was solid. But, first trailer, made me think it was too kiddie or goofy. When, it was actually a fairly sound origin movie.
GI Joe, I think that is going to be the hardest one to keep going. Last couple of tv series I think Cobra employed machines for their army, which allows the Joes to destroy them vs shoot humans. Can't have that on TV. I don't think we see another live action movie for the franchise.