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British director Barron, previously known for landmark music videos (Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean," A-ha's "Take On Me") and the Storyteller TV series, describes how he recruited Jim Henson's Creature Shop to develop six new animatronics technologies for the Turtles, and emphasizes that the film's success would depend on making the Turtles emotionally compelling rather than merely technically impressive.

Golden Harvest executive producer Gray traces the full development arc of the TMNT film, from skeptically dismissing the property to championing it after flipping through the comic at lunch. He details the escalation from a $1.5–2 million Hong Kong production to a $12 million US shoot once Steve Barron and the Henson shop came aboard, and explains the deliberate strategy of casting rising talent over major stars so as not to overshadow the Turtles.