Yes, we are aware that this news story is about one day stale. Once a day, we get a call from someone or an e-mail from one of you fantastic readers that points us in the direction of something that we’ve read but – for whatever reason – got skipped over for a day. When Dave lost the Spider-Man story over the weekend, we had to beat him with a leather whip (and he’s not the kind to enjoy that). He’ll only get the riding crop for this one.

Kevin Eastman has been all over the webs in the past week talking about a live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, which was later decried as rumor/pipe-dream. Thing is, Eastman has sold off his portion of the Turtles, and all official news should come from someone who still controls the property. That man is Peter Laird.

“I have to say that I don’t know why Kevin was talking about something with which he has no involvement. The blurb he put on his website was very inaccurate. He has not been involved with any meetings in Northampton, nor any others related to a new “TMNT” movie, as far as I know. That being said, I can confirm that we have had several meetings with very interested people, and I think we are pretty close to making a deal. As owner of the TMNT property, I want to be the first to announce it at a time of my choosing (hopefully soon).

“As it stands now, there is no intention of doing another live-action film like the first three, with actors and stuntmen in actual Turtle suits, contrary to what was said by Kevin. 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).”

So there you go, now if we can please forget this until Laird makes an official announcement, that would be great. We’re like 6-year-olds when it comes to Turtles movies, we get really excited, then let down, then we have to take a nap.