‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Gets a Visually Striking Reboot in First Trailer for ‘Mutant Mayhem’ (Video)
thewrap.comThe new “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” movie coming later this year promises to show you these comics character like you’ve never seen them before — in more ways than one.
The first trailer for “Mutant Mayhem” not only introduces a visually striking animation style for the new film (not unlike “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”), but also showcases a twist on the characters that positions them as genuine teenagers (right down to the voice casting) instead of the pseudo early twentysomething iterations that have permeated other adaptations.“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” hails from director Jeff Rowe, a writer on the acclaimed series “Gravity Falls” and co-writer and co-director of the Oscar-nominated Netflix animated film “The Mitchells vs.
the Machines.”The logline for this new film is as follows: 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.
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.Nickelodeon Movies and Point Grey Productions’ Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver are producing the all-new iteration.
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