Per Variety.com, producers will relaunch the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles–Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael–and their master Splinter, in a new film set to open in 2011.

Writer John Fusco recently signed on to the project.  He has practiced martial arts since age 12, and continues to study Shaolin kung fu, qualities he said will help him handle the live-action elements of the movie.

Fusco told Variety in an interview, “It is always exciting when you can come aboard a project that bridges the worlds of what you do with what you love.”  The writer also plans to incorporate many elements of the “Turtles” comics, created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman in 1983.

According to the article, the Ninja Turtles starred in four films for New Line in the early 1990s that earned more than $323 million worldwide.  The animated feature, “TMNT,” helped reignite interest in the foursome, but only brought in $95 million for Warner Bros.

Some Twitterers are excited for the new flick, while others think the Turtles should be remembered by their movies from the 90s:

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   melygonzalez19 I’d LOVE to be in the next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie!!!
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   patriccinc Watching a teenage mutant ninja turtles try out for the new movie. Wow this shit is funny http://myloc.me/bqI7 1
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   shady_jason I can’t stand that they’re doing ANOTHER Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. Enough already.
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   ARBetts New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie to be made! This = amazing! http://tinyurl.com/mauhy9 Turtle Power!
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   argentinexport They’re going to remake the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie. Don’t mess with the classics! It’s right up there with Gone With The Wind.
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   jmelch Am I the only one super excited about a new live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie??
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   dustinjames They are remaking the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (live action version) movie! If they make it suck I will be very upset….#fb
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   TSTOECK They are making a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie in 2011…”secret of the ooze” is going to be hard to top…
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   coltonhensley Colton thinks a new live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is like fanny packs and rat tails, some things should stay in the 90s…
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    LeahBrinkman teenage mutant ninja turtles new movie in 2011?!! yesssssssss!

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