The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back. The popular heroes of the New York sewers, fans of pizza and named after icons of the Italian renaissance, will have a new opportunity to shine on the big screen at the hands of Seth Rogen in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, their next film.
During the Kid's Choice Awards celebration, the franchise will reveal the first preview of this new project, which comes six years after the last one. In this case, unlike the previous installment, the turtles will return to the animated format to surprise their fans with a style closer to the original material of the comics and their legendary animated series.
In the lead-up to the trailer's debut, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles social media posted a colorful new logo for the film:
“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,” reads the official synopsis for the film. “Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a notorious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.”
Who Are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in 1984, they made their first appearance in a comic book series and quickly became a successful franchise with toys and action figures. To promote the products, an animated series was released in 1987 that lasted almost a decade, consecrating the turtles as a worldwide phenomenon.
Three live-action films were made later; the first one, released in 1990, became the highest-grossing independent film till that moment. After that, video games, more action figures, and all kinds of merchandising came along, with the characters becoming a huge part of pop culture even today.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles follows the charismatics Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael, four anthropomorphic turtle brothers trained in jiujutsu who fight evil in the New York City streets and live in the sewers to hide away. Supporting characters include the turtles' rat sensei Splinter, their human friends April O'Neil and Casey Jones, and enemies such as Baxter Stockman, Krang, and their archenemy, the Shredder.