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Chandler High alum wrote story for first Ninja Turtles film

Cave Creek resident spent time in Hollywood

Bobby Herbeck says it’s the surprises that kept him in business.

The idea of the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ live-action movie doing well in theaters in the spring of 1990 wasn’t a surprise to Herbeck and the film’s other writers — but it was a surprise to the studio.

“Writers and directors are often more optimistic than studios,” Herbeck said. “We thought the film would do well. But we didn’t know it would do ‘that’ well.”

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