Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (2024 film)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (also known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Blue Blood) is a 2024 upcoming live-action American sci-fi superhero film directed by Steven Caple Jr., produced by Michael Bay and Kevin Eastman, and written by Colin and Casey Jost, it is a sequel to 2016's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, itself, a sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014), the film follows the Turtles as they try to save the world from Lord Dregg, a Insectoid alien warlord who can bring other versions of the Turtles and other villains to their dimension, and look for a diamond that he has been trying to steal called The Blue Blood. The film cost $258 million, being one of the most expensive films ever made.
== Plot ==
=== Prologue ===
The movie opens with a flashback with an alien (revealed to be the evil Lord Dregg) summoning a ball, which is revealed to be a god, it gives him powers, Meanwhile, Hamato Yoshi, a young man, is mediating in a facility, but he is mutated by his rival, Oroku Saki and turns into a rat, it cuts to modern day, where in London, where King Charles III is talking with the head of a spy organization, played by Mark Strong, when Lord Dregg steals a diamond called "The Blue Blood". The title is then shown. 
=== Act 1 ===
TBA
== Cast ==
* Chris Evans (voice) and Pete Ploszek (motion-capture) as Leonardo, Evans replaces Ploszek from the second film.
* Noel Fisher as Michelangelo
*Jeremy Howard as Donatello
*Dacre Montgomery as Raphael, Montgomery replaces Alan Ritchson from the first two films.
*Megan Fox as April O'Neil
*Stephen Amell as Casey Jones
*Scarlett Johansson as Ninjara
*Brian Tee as the Shredder
*Gary Anthony Williams and Sheamus as Bebop and Rocksteady
*TBD and TBD as Tokka and Rahzar
*Tyler Perry as Baxter Stockman 
*T.J Miller as TBA
*Henry Cavill as The Newtrailzer
*Jeremy Irons as Lord Dregg
*Terry Notary (motion capture), RJ Cyler (voice), and Frank Welker (grunts and roars) as Slash
*Brian Tochi as 90s Leonardo
*Josh Pais as 90s Raphael
*Corey Feldman as 90s Donatello
*Robbie Rist as 90s Michelangelo
*Paul Rudd as Mondo Gecko
*Hugh Jackman as Ray Fillet
*Tony Shalhoub as Master Splinter
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== Production ==
=== Original plans ===
Noel Fisher stated in an interview that he and the other Turtle actors had signed on for three films. Megan Fox had also signed on for three films. Tyler Perry said that if a third film was made, his character, Baxter Stockman, would probably mutate into his fly form during the movie. Pete Ploszek also expressed his interests in reprising his role in a third film as Leonardo. In October 2016, in light of the film's mixed reception and financial underperformance, producer Andrew Form indicated that a third film was unlikely.
=== Re-development ===
In 2021, after numerous attempts of Platinum Dunes trying to reboot the films, it was announced that Colin and Casey Jost were hired to make a new TMNT film, along with a new set of three films, these are all separate from the Rogen movie, Andrew Form announced that they are planning to feature Lord Dregg as the Villain, and that it would be a third film.
The film was formally announced in November 2022 on Twitter, revealing the main actors, and teasing the appearance of certain turtles.
by April 2023, work was underway, the script had been finished, the cast was confirmed, and filming had begun. The film suffered major delays to the Writers and Actors strike of 2023, and the film was delayed from July 4, 2024, to November 6, 2024, though it was eventually changed to July 6th.
Filming took place from February 15, 2023 to July 6, 2023, around the time of the end of filming, several screenshots leaked, showing off some plot points, including the confirmation of the 1990s Ninja Turtles appearing.
=== Marketing ===
* On November 8, 2023, a teaser featuring a formal reveal of the rest of the cast, and a formal confirmation of the 90s turtles. 
** A teaser trailer was released on March 10, 2023, during the beginning of filming, featuring the Aftermath of the scene where both groups of the turtles beat up several gangs at a bar.
** A second teaser trailer was released on December 22, 2023, alongside Migration in theaters, featuring footage of Leo and Mikey mostly, some shots of Donnie, Raph and Ninjara, Ray Fillet, Mondo Gecko, April, Casey, Shredder's new design, Krang, Tokka and Rahzar, Bebop and Rocksteady, Chrome Dome, teases of Dirtbag and Groundchuck, and a tease at Lord Dregg, it featured the songs Bullet with Butterfly Wings by the Smashing Pumpkins and In The End by Linkin Park.
** on December 30, 2023, M&M's released an advert featuring Mikey being brought to M&M's World in Las Vegas (which was featured briefly in the film), and being hit by Yellow, who is thrown at the building by Mikey, as he starts having a meltdown.
** The first theatrical trailer was released on February 2, 2024, with music composed by Steve Jablonsky and the song We Will Rock You by Queen.
** A TV Spot with music composed by Steve Jablonsky premiered at the Super Bowl on February 11, 2024.
** On March 3, 2024, McDonalds released a commercial featuring The Turtles battling Tokka and Rahzar and wrecking a McDonalds location in the progress.
** On March 17, 2024, Mountain Dew released an ad featuring the Mountain Dew flavors, Code Red, Voltage, Livewire, and Pitch Black, as the Turtles try getting the Blue Blood from a gas station, battling Lord Dregg, and getting Mountain Dew cans, while causing destruction, this was to promote the new Special Edition cans of each flavor.
** A second theatrical trailer was released on April 3, 2024, with music from Starship Troopers and Transformers.
** TV spots for the film were released on May 6, 2024.
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== Trivia ==
== Gallery ==
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File:Raphaelholdingadiamondleak.png|an early development screenshot that was leaked in 2023 of Raphael holding the blue blood near the end of the film.
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File:OIG.jpg|Another leaked screenshot from 2023, featuring 90s Leonardo stepping out of a portal.
File:2023-7-1-sony.png|third leaked screenshot from July 2023 showing a screenshot of Michelangelo.
File:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles- The Blue Diamond Poster.png|this leaked poster shows 90's Leonardo and various turtles from other universes skydiving, from 2023 during production.
File:Couch.webp|The 90's turtles sitting on a couch.
File:Leonardofallingthrougharainbowvortex.png|90's Leonardo falling through a rainbow vortex after he was sucked in by a paradox unlocked by the blue blood
== Video game ==
A hack-and-slash game based on the film, and other TMNT projects, which began development in 2022, shortly after the final story of the movie was greenlighted, named Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Bug Swarm, was released for PS4, Xbox One, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Switch on July 2, 2025, one year after the film's release, to make the game not terrible.
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