Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhemis the name of the new band of Ninja Turtles who It will be released on the big screen next August. Only a few months left to see the return of Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo there LeonardoParamount Pictures has unveiled the first look at the team that has been part of many’s childhoods since its debut in 1985.
Regarding the Tortugas quartet, this is perhaps the version in which they look the youngest, in fact, it is the first time the voices of the shell ninjas have been performed by child actors: Micah Abbey in Donatello, Shamon Brown Jr. in Michelangelo, Nicolas Cantu in Leonardo and Brady Noon in Raphael.
speaking of discard, this film will feature a top-notch cast. Size Names John CenaJackie Chan, Giancarlo Esposito, Post Malone, Paul Rudd, Maya Rudolph there Ice Cubewill give life to this new version of the Ninja Turtles.
With a cast of this size, it’s clear there will be an awful lot of characters, and the trailer confirms that. April O’Neil, Baxter Stockman, Rocksteady, Superfly, Leatherhead, Bebop and a Maestro Splinter con afroare just a few of the iconic characters from this universe that will be featured in this film.
Although the trailer doesn’t give too many details regarding the plot, it is clear that it will take place during the first years of the turtles, who will learn to become heroes to save New York from all the threats they face. find on their way. Add to that, Seth Rogen is the producer of this tapeso you can expect a good dose of comedy.
Thanks to the popularity of comic books and television series, Ninja Turtles They have appeared on the big screen several times. The first time was in 1990 and it was a live action where the turtles were botargas created by Jim Henson, mastermind behind The Muppets and Sesame Street. Despite a low budget, the film was a smash hit with fans of the iconic turtles.
The Turtles returned a year later for their sequel titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of Slime, where the four brothers discover the origin of the substance that mutated them, trying to get hold of it so that their nemesis, the Shredder, does not find it before.
The trilogy ends in 1993 with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, where the turtles travel to the past, more precisely to feudal Japan to face real samurai. Interestingly, this movie tried to be much more mature than the previous ones, and because of the violence, Jim Henson didn’t want to be involved. Despite its efforts to be more mature, the film is considered the worst of the trilogy.
It took 14 years to Ninja Turtles returned to theaters, now with an animated film released in 2007 that functioned as a direct sequel to the 1990 film, completely ignoring the events of its two original sequels. Despite positive reviews, it performed poorly at the box office.
Seven years later, Michael Bay produced a new version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, returning to live action but giving them a much more intimidating design thanks to CGI. perhaps this is the most popular film version of Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo (in addition to the one that received the most budget). This film chronicled the Turtles’ origins, and while Megan Fox’s role as April O’Neil was acclaimed, the double-meanings were heavily criticized.
The film’s success led to Bay launching a sequel in 2016, which was even better received thanks to the inclusion of Rocksteady characters Beshop and anti-hero Casey Jones. Although this one was also well received at the box office, a third film could never happen.
Finally, the most famous turtles in history will return this August 4Will they manage to surpass their previous versions?