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Some time ago we reported that Kevin Eastman, co-creator of TMNT, was looking to get a live-action film based on the turtles. MTV News sat down with Peter Laird, the other creator of the franchise and its current owner, to talk about the movie.

Laird reveals that while Eastman is not involved in the process, there have been several meetings with interested people and he believes that they are pretty close to making a deal. He notes that further details are to be expected soon.

As for the film itself, don’t expect it to be full live-action. “We have pretty much decided that the next “TMNT” movie should be what we’ve been calling a “hybrid” — that is to say, live-action humans and sets combined with very realistic CGI Turtles (and possibly some other CGI characters),” Laird revealed.

The storyline for the film is yet to be finalized, he disclosed, adding that his preference would be a story that fits into the TMNT movie continuity. In the case of casting, he would like to see Chris Evans and Sarah Michelle Gellar, who voiced Casey and April in TMNT, reprise their roles “in the flesh”.

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TMNT co-creator and Heavy Metal publisher, Kevin Eastman, has revealed that the film incarnation of the publication has found a new home: Sony Pictures. We reported in July that Paramount had dropped the project.

"We developed it for Paramount in January… And it was time for them to make a decision and they were at odds with Fincher over another project, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button… they wanted him to reduce the running time," he explained, adding that the studio would not go forward with any of Fincher’s other projects if he didn’t comply with them. "And David said, Fine, f**k you, I’m going to set up Heavy Metal somewhere else,’ so we jumped over to Sony and set it up there."

Eastman expects production to begin this Fall, noting that Guillermo del Toro and Zack Snyder have expressed interest in helming segments.

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