![]() From the very start, what we now call the Roninverse began to clearly reveal itself, and Kevin and I knew we weren’t just doing something old… we were actually doing something new based on a timeless idea. Waltz continues, "Luckily for us - and despite what the publishing delays we experienced might’ve indicated otherwise - molding The Last Ronin into a cohesive (and commercially and critically acclaimed) comic-book adventure came naturally to us. "Personally, I could see how strong the foundational concept was from my first reading of Kevin and Peter’s amazing outline from 1987 - but knowing and doing are two very different things, and Kevin and I had our work cut out for us when it came to adapting/adjusting a 35-year-old outline into a tale that would still work for a modern audience." To say we were (and continue to be) surprised is the understatement of the century," Waltz tells IGN. "Kevin and I started discussing the evergreen potential of The Last Ronin from the very start, but neither of us ever expected the kind of reaction/connection the story has made with so many folks across such a wide demographical swath. The Last Ronin is a story almost as old as TMNT itself. But fans may not know that the origins of the series go back several decades, when Eastman and Laird developed their original pitch back in 1987. ![]() Issue #2 is actually IDW's most heavily printed single issue ever. Tom Cruise Filming Part of “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two ” On U.S.It's no stretch to say The Last Ronin is one of the most successful releases in the IDW era of the franchise. Seth Rogen Reveals “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Star-Studded Cast Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem hits theaters on August 4.įor more films and series from Paramount and Paramount+, check out these stories: Paul Rudd plays Mondo Gecko, Rose Bryne is Leatherhead, Maya Rudolph voices Cynthia Utrom, Ice Cube is Superfly, Ayo Edebiri is April O’Neil, Hannibal Buress plays Genghis Frog, Giancarlo Esposito is Baxter Stockman, Natasia Demetriou is Wingnut, and Post Malone is Ray Fillet.Ĭheck out the trailer below. Rogen stars as the villain Bebop, while John Cena plays Rocksteady, Bebop’s best bud. The turtle’s mentor Splinter is voiced by Jackie Chan. (Michaelangelo), and Brady Noon (Raphael). The film’s four Turtle Brothers are played by Micah Abbey (Donatello), Nicolas Cantu (Leonardo), Shamon Brown Jr. Jeff Rowe and Kyle Spears direct from a script by Brendan O’Brien, and the trio seem to have captured the spirit of the original cartoon, the lunacy of the central conceit, and the love that flows between these mutant turtles. The new film is, thankfully, a fully CG-animated romp. Mutant Mayhem is the second CG animated Turtles movie (2007’s TMNT was the first), but it looks better than any we’ve seen before, and it’s the first outing for our half-shelled heroes since Michael Bay’s 2016 live-action film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. This new film was originally supposed to be the third installment in Bay’s live-action TMNT trilogy, but then Seth Rogen picked it up in 2018, and the rest is turtle history. ![]() The trailer begins with our heroes filming each other doing ninja stuff on their phones with the goofy, giddy energy that is sacrosanct to teen life. The Turtle Brothers act precisely like normal teenagers act, only, you know, with shockingly awesome ninja skills and, again, they’re talking turtles. Mutant Mayhem will tell a brand new story about the Turtle Brothers emerging from the sewers of the Big Apple to fight crime and have a blast doing it while explaining to the world just how they came to be (baby turtles meet “mystery goo” and voila-they’re buff superhero turtles extremely capable with throwing stars). The film was conjured into life by “permanent teenager” Seth Rogen, as the opening credits reveal, and the animation has a texture and playfulness to it that would be impossible to recreate in a live-action version. Then Paramount Pictures dropped this delicious first trailer, and even for the uninitiated, perhaps, the excitement makes more sense. All this star power for a movie about teenage turtles with mutant superpowers mucking it up in New York City? Yup. Rogen revealed that along with the central cast, all appropriately voiced by teens, the supporting stars included Rose Byrne, Jackie Chan, Ice Cube, John Cena, Paul Rudd, Maya Rudolph, Hannibal Buress, and more. When Seth Rogen revealed the star-studded cast helping bring the heroes in a half shell back to the big screen, even those not intimately connected to the 1980s cartoon (or the previous film adaptations thereafter, or the new, more recent animated series) had to pause.
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