Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ movie won’t be boring says Seth Rogen

TMNT: The Heroes in a Half-Shell Enter a New Era With Mutant Mayhem

Rogen touched on what fans can expect out of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, which releases in August 2023. “The film itself is permeated with this teenage energy – where you don’t stay in the lines, and you’re pushing harder on the stuff that you like, and you’re impressionably scribbling in the background,” Rogen said. “We started to write to the animation style. It needed to capture that – we can never have boring scenes, because the movie itself just seems to be crackling with energy.”

Rogen, who co-wrote the screenplay for the movie alongside Evan Goldberg, director Jeff Rowe, Dan Hernandez, and Genji Samit, added, “Part of the reason I did karate was because of the Ninja Turtles. Me and Evan both did karate together. My dad got me nunchucks that I cracked my head open with, because I was obsessed with the Ninja Turtles, and Michelangelo specifically.”

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’s is reassuring fans the upcoming animated film won’t have any “boring” scenes.

Originally created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in 1984, the four heroes in a half-shell made their theatrical debut in 1990’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Two sequels followed, 1991’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze and 1993’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, before 2007 brought about an animated remake, TMNT. In 2014, the turtles returned to live-action with the Michael Bay-produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which was followed by a 2016 sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.

Mutant Mayhem Cast: Who’s Who in New Ninja Turtles Movie?

Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, John Cena, Maya Rudolph, Ice Cube, Post Malone, and Jackie Chan are just some of the film’s voices.

It’s been quite the summer if you’re a fan of amazing animation. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is still blowing minds at the box office. Nimona is ready to make your heart melt on Netflix this week—and soon after that, you truly aren’t ready for the awesome that is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.

I say that from experience. I was lucky enough to see a rough cut of the film last week and even without all the finished animation, I was blown away by how much heart and soul was put into it. It’s hilarious and heartfelt and effortlessly cool, even in unfinished form.

A lot of that is due to the beyond-words voice cast that the filmmakers were able to wrangle up for the movie. With the exception of the turtles themselves (who are voiced by real teenagers, which adds a whole new level of energy and fun to the proceedings), every single character that you both know and love already (like April, Splinter, Bebop, and Rocksteady)—and some you’ll come to love soon (like Mondo, Wingnut, Ray, and Superfly)—are voiced by huge, huge stars.

The official synopsis for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem reads, “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 notorious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.”

With a voice cast that includes Micah Abbey, Sharon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon, Rogen, Paul Rudd, Maya Rudolph, Giancarlo Esposito, Ayo Edebiri, Ice Cube, Jackie Chan, John Lena, Rose Byrne, Hannibal Buress, and more.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem hits theaters August 2.