Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2023 film)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 2023 American animated-superhero film based on the fictional superhero team the of the same name. It is directed by Jeff Rowe, produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg through Point Grey Pictures. The film stars the voices of Freddie Highmore, Shameik Moore, Ryan Potter, Keegan-Michael Key, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jake Johnson, Nick Kroll, Seth Rogen, Jack Black, Giancarlo Esposito, Gemma Chan, Ian McShane, J. K. Simmons, Ken Watanabe, and Benedict Wong. It is the tenth Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film in the franchise and the fifth animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. It is scheduled to be released in the United States on August 4, 2023, by Paramount Pictures.
The film's success led to two sequels, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (2029) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Enter the Turtle-Verse (2033).
==Synopsis==
The film follows the four turtle brothers, Leonardo (Highmore), Donatello (Potter), Raphael (Moore), and Michelangelo (Key) who are trained in the art of their adoptive rat sensei, Splinter (Wong), team up with local news reporter April O'Neil (Joy) who happens to be their long lost pet owner and hockey mask wearing vigilante Casey Jones (Johnson) to stop their archenemy, The Shredder (Watanabe) and his army of foot soldiers/mutants from taking over most of New York City.
==Voice Cast==
*Freddie Highmore as Leonardo, the leader of the Turtles.
**Indiana Arnold as Young Leonardo
*Ryan Potter as Donatello, the scientist of the Turtles. 
**Roger Dale Floyd as Young Donatello
*Shameik Moore as Raphael, the hotheaded member of the Turtles. 
**Duncan Joiner as Young Raphael
*Keegan-Michael Key as Michelangelo, the light-hearted and carefree member of the Turtles.
**Baste Granfon as Young Michelangelo
*Benedict Wong as Hamato Yoshi/Splinter, a mutant rat who is the adoptive father and sensei of the Ninja Turtles. Previously, he was once a human student of the foot clan.
*Anya Taylor-Joy as April O'Neil, a reporter for Channel 6 News and friend/long-lost pet owner of the Turtles.
**Quinn Copeland as Young April
*Jake Johnson as Casey Jones, a streetwise vigilante and former ice hockey player, who becomes an ally of the turtles and love interest of April.
**Ethan Thomas Jung as Young Casey
*Ken Watanabe as Oroku Saki/The Shredder, leader of the Foot Clan and main antagonist of the film.
*Nick Kroll as Krang, an evil Utrom from Dimension X equipped with a robotic prototype body disguised as a human named Dr. Kirby Rang and the secondary antagonist of the film.
*Seth Rogen as Bebop, a criminal partner of Rocksteady who was genetically mutated into an anthropomorphic warthog.
*John Cena as Rocksteady, a criminal partner of Bebop who was genetically mutated into an anthropomorphic rhinoceros.
*Giancarlo Esposito as Dr. Baxter Stockman, a mad scientist and creator of the mousers, who allies with Shredder before later geting genetically mutated into a humanoid fly.
*Gemma Chan as Karai, Shredder's adoptive daughter and second in-command.
*Ian McShane as Hattori Tatsu, Shredder's right hand man and most loyal enforcer in the foot clan.
*J.K. Simmons as Agent John Bishop, leader of the Earth Protection Government, who allies himself with the Shredder to eliminate all mutants, but later becomes an ally of the turtles.
*Liev Schreiber as Hun, leader of the Purple Dragons.
*Bill Hader as Vernon Fenwick, April's co-worker and cameraman.
*Abbi Jacobson as Irma Langenstein, April's best friend and roommate.
*John Mulaney as Burne Thompson, April's stubborn and irascible boss at Channel 6 News.
* as Wingnut, a mutant bat and member of Shredder's mutant army who is a superhero wannabe.
* as Genghis Frog, a mutant frog and member of Shredder's mutant army who wields a battle axe.
*Rose Byrne as Leatherhead, a mutant crocodile and member of Shredder's mutant army.
*Post Malone as Ray Fillet, a mutant manta ray and member of Shredder's mutant army.
*Paul Rudd as Mondo Gecko, a mutant gecko and member of Shredder's mutant army who is a skater.
*Snoop Dogg as Skitter, a mutant sliverfish and member of Shredder's mutant army.
*Tamlyn Tomita as Tang Shen, Hamato Yoshi's beloved fiancée who was murdered by Oroku Saki for rejecting him.
*Judith Hoag as Courtney Cameron, a reporter for Channel 6 News and April's mentor.
*Maya Rudolph as Cynthia Utrom, Krang's second in-command.
Cameos during the film's post-credits include: Cam Clarke as 1987 Leonardo, Rob Paulsen as 1987 Raphael, Barry Gordon as 1987 Donatello, and Townsend Coleman as 1987 Michelangelo.
==Soundtrack==
No. Title.......................................................................Music
#"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme Song"....................................Green Day
#"Can I Kick It"...............................A Tribe Called Quest
# "Theme (From "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles") [Original Television Series]"....................................Michael Giacchino
#"Beat It"....................................Michael Jackson
#"Someone Like Me"....................................Tessyo Genda
# "This Is What We Do"....................................MC Hammer
#"Happy Together"....................................The Turtles
#"Kung Fu Fighting"....................................Carl Douglas
#"A Little Less Conversation"....................................Elvis Presley, JXL
#"Trouble"....................................Shampoo
#"Ante Up".......................................M.O.P.
#"Love You In the Fall"....................................Paul Westerberg
#"Barracuda"....................................Heart
#"Welcome to the Jungle"....................................Guns N' Roses
#"Go Green Machine!"....................................Fall Out Boy
#"Rock You Like A Hurricane".......................... Scorpions
#"Big in Japan"....................................Alphavile
#"Woo Hood"....................................The 5.6.7.8's
#"Battle Without Honor Or Humanity"....................................Tomoyasu Hotei
#"Party Up".......................................DMX
==Production==
On June 20, 2018, it was reported that Paramount Pictures will once again reboot the series with Bay, Fuller and Form returning to produce the film and Andrew Dodge writing the script. Fuller and Form announced while at the 24th Critics' Choice Awards that production on the reboot is set to start in 2019. However, in July 2019, TMNT co-creator revealed that the film is still in development and believed that Paramount took the reactions to the 2014 and 2016 films "to heart", and that "its going to be a next-level type of stuff".
On June 30, 2020, it was reported that the reboot will be a CG animated film with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg producing through their Point Grey Pictures production company. It will be the second animated film in the franchise following 2007's TMNT. The film will be directed by The Mitchells vs. the Machines co-director Jeff Rowe with a script by Neighbors co-screenwriter Brendan O'Brien. Nickelodeon president Brian Robbins has described the project as a "next-level reinvention of the property".
==Gallery==
===Concept art===
Ninja Turtles 2023 The Turtles.png|The Turtles
Ninja_Turtles_2023_The_Allies.png|The Allies
Ninja_Turtles_2023_The_Villain(1).png|The Villains (1)
Ninja_Turtles_2023_The_Villain(2).png|The Villains (2)
===Opening Credits===
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==Trivia==
*This will be the third theatrical Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film to be made by Nickelodeon.
*It is the second theatrical animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. The first being 2007's TMNT.
*This will also be the fifth animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. The first four were TMNT, Turtles Forever, Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie.
*It will also be the first animated TMNT film produced in-house by Paramount since Turtles Forever, a TV movie, premiered on The CW, which is a joint venture of ViacomCBS. (It also premiered on Nickelodeon Movies at the same time.)
*This is the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film where Splinter is Hamato Yoshi.
*The film and origin story uses elements from both the Mirage Comics and 1987 cartoon.
*Originally, the restaurant where the Turtles escape, the Yellow Dog, was originally going to be blown up by a member of the Purple Dragon gang. However, due to the January 3 attacks, along with the scene being too dark and traumatizing for kids, it was changed to have the restaurant be decontaminated.
*While the Turtles are lost at sea, a large shark comes up out of the water in the fashion of the classic Jaws book cover and movie poster.
*Judith Hoag previously portrayed April O'Neil in the 1990 film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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