September 13, 2024

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem tells the acquainted however all-new story of grasp rat martial artist Splinter (Jackie Chan) and his 4 adoptive sons Donatello (Micah Abbey), Michelangelo (Shamon Brown Jr.), Leonardo (Nicolas Cantu), and Raphael (Brady Midday) — all of whom occur to be humanoid turtles mutated by sewer ooze. 

As tends to be the case in Ninja Turtles tales, Mutant Mayhem’s brothers are used to preserving the streets of New York Metropolis protected by working within the shadows as they tackle foes like Bebop (Seth Rogen) and Rocksteady (John Cena). However after years of preserving their hero work secret, all of the boys really need is to be accepted and beloved by their metropolis as common youngsters like their new good friend April O’Neil (Ayo Edebiri).

Mutant Mayhem’s trailer makes clear that it’ll be specializing in the turtles’ early years as they’re nonetheless determining how you can greatest use their expertise for good. What actually jumps out, although, is the movie’s beautiful sketch-like artwork course and the gritty / dirty texturedness that defines the movie’s aesthetics — one thing that instantly units it aside from different latest Turtles tasks like Netflix’s Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles additionally stars Hannibal Buress, Rose Byrne, Ice Dice, Natasia Demetriou, Giancarlo Esposito, Put up Malone, Paul Rudd, and Maya Rudolph. The film hits theaters on August 4th, 2023.