It takes a lot of work to keep a franchise alive for decades, and nobody knows this better than the co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kevin Eastman. For 40 years, Eastman has shepherded the IP that he and co-writer Peter Laird launched back in 1984, although there’s been …
Read More »Racing Golf Carts and Talking Hollywood With Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg
“We’re not jaded to the point that we don’t appreciate the golf carts,” Seth Rogen says when I tell him I rode one over to our meeting. “No,” says Evan Goldberg. “We raced them the other night.” Let that reassure anyone who suspects these lifelong creative partners, now in their …
Read More »From 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' to the Lollapalooza Livestream, Here's Everything to Watch This Month
In some ways, August is a month of endings, at least on television. Both Billions and Archer begin their final seasons as does a great, unusual comedy covered below. But as melancholy as that sounds, there’s plenty of new stuff on the horizon, too, including everything from a new take …
Read More »Everything Ayo All at Once
W hether we like it or not, comedian Ayo Edebiri and I are both about to learn a lesson. For Edebiri, a California resident who’s in New York for a few whirlwind days of press, she’s about to find out that our interview is taking place at a Brooklyn pottery …
Read More »Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross to Score 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Movie
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have been tapped to score the CG-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem movie, director Jeff Rowe revealed on Sunday. The film arrives on Aug. 2 via Paramount Pictures. Rowe confirmed the score news after Tony Hawk had recently leaked during a podcast that Ross …
Read More »'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Co-Creator Kevin Eastman Teases 'The Last Ronin 2'
The ninja turtles are dead — long live the ninja turtles. Following the end of 2020’s massively successful mini-series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin, the heroes in a half shell are officially gone —at least, in one continuity dubbed the “Ronin-verse.” In their absence, a new generation is …
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