![]() ![]() Now, with the kids raised on these diets of giant battling robots and heroes in a half-shell grown up and actually running the Hollywood studios, we’re seeing them relive their childhoods in the current rash of 1980s properties returning to the screen. Whatever its guise, the adventures of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael – the four New York sewer-dwelling turtles turned vigilantes after meeting a dose of radioactive goo – were a certified hit, and naturally a movie was in the offering. So it was that the likes of He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe, TransFormers and (on the girls’ side) the Care Bears were tied directly with heavy merchandising, all of them filling in gaps on the big screen with one-off trips to the cinema.Īny medium was fair game to find the next big property, and when the Ninja Turtles comic became an animated series it launched a huge phenomenon around the world (where, in some territories, strict rules on depicting violence gave the show a name change, to Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles). Big screen animation was either absent or somewhat in the doldrums for much of the decade, allowing cartoons on television to flourish, especially those paid for by the toy companies, who snuck around television advertising rules to sponsor what were essentially half-hour animated commercials. In the late 1980s, Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were everywhere. the Machines, “Gravity Falls” , “Disenchantment”) directs.Golden Harvest/New Line Cinema/Imagi Studios/Weinstein Company (1990, 1991, 1992, 2007), New Line/Warner Home Video (August 11 2009), 4 disc set, 364 mins plus supplements, 1080p high definition 1.78:1 – 2.40:1 widescreen, Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Rated PG, Retail: $84.99 Storyboard:Ĭowabunga! Those heroes in a half-shell return, in a new set that collects their four big screen adventures, from the live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to the recent CGI feature TMNT. ![]() The film marks Nickelodeon’s first-ever CG-animated theatrical production, in partnership with Naito and Jason McConnell. ![]() Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver are producing the all-new iteration. as Michelangelo, Hannibal Buress as Genghis Frog, Rose Byrne as Leatherhead, Nicolas Cantu as Leonardo, John Cena as Rocksteady, Jackie Chan as Splinter, Ice Cube as Superfly, Natasia Demetriou as Wingnut, Ayo Edebiri as April O’Neil, Giancarlo Esposito as Baxter Stockman, Post Malone as Ray Fillet, Brady Noon as Raphael, Seth Rogen as Bebop, Paul Rudd as Mondo Gecko and Maya Rudolph as Cynthia Utrom. Micah Abbey takes on the role of Donatello, Shamon Brown Jr. 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.Įarlier today, Seth Rogen announced the main voice cast for the all-new CG-animated theatrical film. Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, and Point Grey Productions have not only announced the voice cast for the upcoming ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ but dropped the teaser trailer as well.Īfter 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.
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