Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem looks totally cowabunga, dude
Giving us a lovely (pizza) slice of the action
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The first trailer forTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhemhas landed online – and it looks totally rad, dude.
Set for release in theaters this August, and one of our eagerly anticipatednew movies for 2023, the turtles' latest cinematic adventure looks to be a far cry from Michael Bay’s gritty, grounded duology in the iconic franchise.
Yes, it’s another CGI-style film, butMutant Mayhemappears to have everything that makes for a brilliang tubular turtle power-based film: gorgeous visuals, plenty of humor, and crowd-pleasing action. Oh, and pizza – lots and lots of pizza.
Take a look atTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’s first teaser below:
I don’t know about you, dear reader, but I can’t get over how visually innovativeMutant Mayhemlooks. It’s positioned as a CGI movie, but there are clear nods to the ground-breaking visuals seen inSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verseand its upcoming sequelAcross the Spider-Verse. It also appears to have been inspired by claymation-based projects, such asWallace & GromitandThe Nightmare Before Christmas;and I wouldn’t be surprised if Mutant Mayhem has taken some cues fromThe Mitchells Vs. The Machines, too, one of thebest Netflix movies, which is equally pioneering in its aesthetic.
In a press release, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies – the studios behind the turtles' latest revival – provided a brief synopsis of what to expect from the animated flick.
“After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts,” the synopsis reads. “Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.”
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Of course, no animated flick is complete without its voice cast – andTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhemhas one of the best we’ve seen in a while.
The Mandalorianstar Giancarlo Esposito,The Suicide Squad’s John Cena,Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’s Paul Rudd, and Kung fu legend Jackie Chan are just four of the big names attached to this movie. For a full rundown of who’s playing who, check out the below list:
Building onMutant Mayhem’s links toThe Mitchells Vs. The Machines, the latter’s writer Jeff Lowe, who also worked on fan-favorite TV seriesGravity Falls, is in the hot seat for the turtles' latest big-screen team-up. Storyboard artist Kyler Spears (Minions: The Rise of Gru) is on co-directorial duties, withNeighborsalumnus Brendan O’Brien writing the screenplay.
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and James Weaver produced the movie via their Point Grey Pictures company, which also producedPam & TommyforHulu, plusThe BoysandInvincibleTV adaptations forPrime Video.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhemis due to slice its way into theaters on August 4. Make sure to travel by skateboard, and bring some pizza along for the ride.
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