Earlier this year, Paramount Pictures announced that there are are several Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies in development, some of which will focus on different villains from the TMNT universe and which will stream on Paramount+ some time during 2023. Show However, we’ve known for some time that there are also two theatrical Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies in the works — one a live-action reboot from SNL writers Casey and Colin Jost and producer Michael Bay, and the other a CG animated project from Seth Rogen. Credit: Paramount PicturesRelated: A Guide to the ENTIRE ‘Ghostbusters’ Franchise Unfortunately, we don’t know anything about the live-action reboot yet, other than that it will likely not be a continuation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) and its sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016), which failed to impress at the box office. As for the CG film, a lot was recently unveiled by Paramount Pictures. Produced by comedy duo Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and co-directed by Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears, the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot now has an official title and release date. Credit: Imagi Animation Studios/Warner Bros.Related: ‘Back to the Future’ “Reboot” Coming In 2023 These were recently confirmed by Seth Rogen on Twitter, in a post that includes some funky, comic book/graffiti-inspired artwork for the movie that just “oozes” mutant mayhem.
Related: All the ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Movies Ranked Worst to Best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) will be released in theaters on August 4, 2023, and will be the seventh theatrical movie in the TMNT series. It follows Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993), TMNT (2007), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. Credit: Paramount PicturesRelated: Marvel Director Potentially Rebooting ‘Scooby-Doo’ With R-Rated Movie However, the film is not a continuation of either one of the two current theatrical timelines. While little is known about the plot, in an interview with Collider back in 2020, Seth Rogen said the following about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem: Credit: Imagi Animation Studios/Warner Bros. Related: All 4 ‘Ghostbusters’ Movies Ranked Worst to Best And last year, he tweeted bios for each of the Turtles, as well as excerpts from Leonardo’s journal, one of which can be seen below:
Related: Original Cast Joins ‘Back to the Future’ “Reboot” In February this year, two concept art images were leaked, both of which can be seen below in a tweet from GVN News:
Related: All Upcoming ‘Ghostbusters’ Movies, TV Shows, Comic Books and More In an interview with Variety in June, Paramount’s chief Brian Robbins discussed the film, saying: Credit: Paramount Pictures Related: The Fifth ‘Ghostbusters’ Movie Could Feature Characters From the 2016 Reboot It all sounds pretty exciting, but it’s no mystery that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are no strangers to R-rated material — This Is the End (2013), The Interview (2014), and the hugely controversial CG animated Sausage Party (2016), to name but a few — so should fans be concerned? It’s really that last movie that makes us wonder whether Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem will be R-rated, which will be a first for the franchise. While TMNT fans have been calling for an R-rated reboot for years, a Sausage Party-style movie definitely isn’t what they’re after. Related: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Gets an R-Rated Reboot With that all said, Rogen is also no stranger to family-friendly projects, either, with the live-action remake of The Lion King (2019) coming to mind. Not only that, but Robbins’ comments about the new film working for “kids, parents, Gen Z-ers and Millennials” likely means we have nothing to worry about. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem will be released in theaters on August 4, 2023. The film will feature a 2D-style animation similar to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). Are you excited for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem? Let us know in the comments down below! Will TMNT ever return?The next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie to play on the big screen has gotten its official title. From Paramount Pictures, the animated feature film is scheduled to release in theaters on Aug. 4, 2023, and to mark the one-year countdown, the studio has officially unveiled the movie's title.
Is TMNT coming back in 2022?Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie is a 2022 American animated superhero film based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.
Who is the last Ninja Turtle that survived?For the next six months, fans debated who was hiding behind that mask. Eastman and the team kept silent, building the buzz for a first issue that arrived on Oct. 28, 2020. Its final page revealed Michelangelo as the last turtle standing.
Will there ever be another Ninja Turtles movie?These movies will be based on Seth Rogen's reboot. Seth Rogen and creative partner Evan Goldberg are hard at work on a new CGI-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie but Nickelodeon will follow this with more TMNT movies focused on the franchise's villains.
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