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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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1990–present
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.2 billion

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is the fictional comic book team created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird and have appeared in six feature-length films since their debut. The first film, titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, was released in 1990 at the height of the franchise's popularity and was a commercial success. The success of the film garnered two direct sequels, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze in 1991 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III in 1993. During a revival of the franchise prompted by the successful 2003–2009 TV series, a separate computer-generated imagery (CGI) film titled TMNT was released in 2007. A fifth film by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies was released on August 8, 2014, and served as a reboot to the original live-action films. A sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, was released on June 3, 2016. The six films have grossed $1.2 billion worldwide. A seventh film, which will be a CGI reboot, is in development and is scheduled to be released on August 4, 2023.

Films[edit]

Live-action[edit]

Film U.S. release date Director(s) Screenwriter(s) Story by Producer(s)
Original series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles March 30, 1990 (1990-03-30) Steve Barron Todd W. Langen and Bobby Herbeck Bobby Herbeck Simon Fields, David Chan and Kim Dawson
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze March 22, 1991 (1991-03-22) Michael Pressman Todd W. Langen Thomas K. Gray, Kim Dawson and David Chan
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III March 19, 1993 (1993-03-19) Stuart Gillard
Reboot series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles August 8, 2014 (2014-08-08) Jonathan Liebesman Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec and Evan Daugherty Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, Galen Walker, Scott Mednick and Ian Bryce
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows June 3, 2016 (2016-06-03) Dave Green Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, Galen Walker and Scott Mednick

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)[edit]

Main article: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)

The first film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, closely follows the storyline from the Mirage comic books, in addition to some of the more lighthearted elements of the cartoons. The film tells the origin story of Splinter and the Turtles, their initial encounters with April O'Neil (Judith Hoag) and Casey Jones (Elias Koteas), and their first confrontation with The Shredder and his Foot Clan. Directed by Steve Barron and released by New Line Cinema, the film showcases the innovative puppetry techniques of Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)[edit]

Main article: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

A sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, expands on the Turtles' origin story while claiming the distinction as Vanilla Ice's film debut. The film was dedicated to puppeteer Jim Henson. It also introduced the Turtles' human friend Keno (Ernie Reyes Jr.) and Shredder's mutant henchmen Tokka and Rahzar. This film was internationally released by 20th Century Fox.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)[edit]

Main article: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III

A sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, features Elias Koteas reprising his role as Casey Jones. The plot revolves around the "Sacred Sands of Time", a mystical scepter which transports the Turtles and April back in time to feudal Japan, where they become embroiled in a conflict between a daimyō and a group of rebellious villagers.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)[edit]

Main article: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)

A new feature film, rebooting the film franchise, was originally scheduled to be released in December 2013 as part of the acquisition of the franchise by Viacom. It was announced on May 27, 2010, that Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes production company had landed the rights to the new film. The film is a co-production between Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.[1] The first film was directed by Jonathan Liebesman and stars Megan Fox as April O'Neil, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, and features motion capture CGI for the Turtles and Splinter, the film was released on August 8, 2014.[2] The film became a box office success.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)[edit]

Main article: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

A sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows was announced for June 3, 2016 with Dave Green directing.[3][4] The sequel was announced on August 10, 2014, two days after the first film was released. The original cast (with the exception of Johnny Knoxville) returns with Stephen Amell, Brian Tee, Tyler Perry, and Gary Anthony Williams joining as Casey Jones, Shredder, Baxter Stockman, and Bebop respectively.[5][6][7] WWE wrestler Sheamus was later confirmed to portray Rocksteady.[8]

Upcoming untitled reboot film[edit]

In June 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.[9][10] Fuller and Form announced while at the 24th Critics' Choice Awards that production on the reboot is set to start in 2019.[11] However, in July 2019, TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman 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".[12] In August 2021, Colin Jost and Casey Jost were announced to be doing a rewrite of the script.[13]

Animation[edit]

Film U.S. release date Director(s) Screenwriter(s) Story by Producer(s)
TMNT March 23, 2007 (2007-03-23) Kevin Munroe Thomas K. Gray, Galen Walker and Paul Wang
Turtles Forever November 21, 2009 Roy Burdine and Lloyd Goldfine Sarah C. Nesbitt
Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles March 31, 2019 Jake Castorena Marly Halpern-Graser Ben Jones
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie 2022 Ant Ward & Andy Suriano Tony Gama-Lobo and Rebecca May TBA
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Next Chapter August 4, 2023 (2023-08-04) Jeff Rowe Brendan O'Brien Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver

TMNT (2007)[edit]

Main article: TMNT (film)

A 2007 feature film, titled simply TMNT and written and directed by Kevin Munroe, was released March 23, 2007. Unlike the previous films, it used 100% computer-generated imagery, produced by Imagi Animation Studios and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Weinstein Company. It was the final Ninja Turtle movie to be distributed by Warner Bros. due to the franchise being purchased by Viacom.

This film opens with the Turtles scattered as Leonardo is training in Central America, Donatello and Michelangelo have jobs, and Raphael spends his time as the vigilante crimefighter "Nightwatcher". Leo returns to New York City due to the events surrounding a series of monsters being hunted by the mysterious businessman Max Winters, but tensions begin to rise between Raph and Leo over the leadership of the team. The Foot Clan also appear with Karai leading them, while not being continuation of the prior films.[14]

Turtles Forever (2009)[edit]

Main article: Turtles Forever

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the franchise a television film titled Turtles Forever was made. It was a crossover between the original comic, the 1987 television series, and the then-current incarnation.[15]

Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019)[edit]

Main article: Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Batman, Batgirl and Robin forge an alliance with The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to fight against the Turtles' sworn enemy, The Shredder, who has teamed up with Ra's Al Ghul and The League Of Assassins.

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (2022)[edit]

On February 5, 2019, Variety revealed that Nickelodeon is developing a film adaptation of the 2018 TV series Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which is set to be released on Netflix.[16] The film will be about the turtles saving the world from the Krang.[17] The film had been slated to be released in 2021, but on August 27, 2021, the film was announced to be pushed back to 2022 due to production not being completed.[18]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Next Chapter (2023)[edit]

On June 30, 2020, another reboot film separate from the upcoming Bay live-action movie was reported. It will be a CGI animated film, titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Next Chapter[19] with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg as producers operating through their Point Grey Pictures production company. It will be the second theatrical 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".[20] The film is set to be released on August 4, 2023.[21][22]

Future[edit]

In February 2022, at the ViacomCBS’ Investors Event it was announced that a number of spin-off films were in development. Each movie will center around a villain in the franchise, with the projects being developed by Nickelodeon Animation for streaming exclusively released on Paramount+.[23]

Recurring cast and crew[edit]

  • A C indicates the actor or actress portrayed their character through a costume.
  • A M indicates a performance through motion-capture technology.
  • A P indicates a performance through puppetry.
  • A U indicates the actor or actress was uncredited for their role.
  • A V indicates a performance through voice-work.
  • A Y indicates an actor or actress portrayed a younger version of their character.

Cast[edit]

Characters Original series Animated film Reboot series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II:
The Secret of the Ooze 		Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III TMNT Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
Out of the Shadows
1990 1991 1993 2007 2014 2016
Leonardo Brian TochiV James Arnold TaylorV Johnny KnoxvilleV Pete PloszekM
David FormanC Mark CasoC Pete PloszekM
Martin P. RobinsonP Rob TygnerP Jim MartinP
Raphael Josh PaisVC Laurie FasoV Tim KelleherV Nolan NorthV Alan RitchsonM
Kenn TroumC Matt HillC
David GreenawayP Noel MacNealP
Donatello Corey FeldmanV Adam CarlV Corey FeldmanV Mitchell WhitfieldV Jeremy HowardM
Leif TildenC Jim RaposaC
David RudmanP Rob MillsP Rick LyonP
Michelangelo Robbie RistV Mikey KelleyV Noel FisherM
Michelan SistiC David FraserC
Mak WilsonP Gord RobertsonP
Splinter Kevin ClashV James MurrayVP MakoV Tony ShalhoubV
Ricky BoydP Lisa SturzP Danny WoodburnM Peter Donald Badalamenti IIM
Rob TygnerP Susan DacreP Tim LawrenceP Greg BaldwinUV
April O'Neil Judith Hoag Paige Turco Sarah Michelle GellarV Megan Fox Megan Fox
Malina WeissmanY
Oroku Saki
The Shredder 		James Saito François Chau Silent cameo Tohoru Masamune Brian Tee
Kevin Nash
David McCharenV
Casey Jones Elias Koteas Elias Koteas Chris EvansV Stephen Amell
Tatsu Toshishiro Obata
Michael McConnohieV
Karai Zhang ZiyiV Minae Noji Brittany Ishibashi
Vern Fenwick Will Arnett
Baxter Stockman K. Todd Freeman Tyler Perry
List indicator(s)
  • A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.

Additional crew[edit]

Film Crew/Detail
Composer(s) Cinematographer(s) Editor Production companies Distributing company Running time
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles John Du Prez John Fenner William D. Gordean, Sally Menke & James R. Symons Golden Harvest, Limelight Entertainment, 888 Productions, Mirage Enterprises, Northshore Investments New Line Cinema 93 minutes
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II:
The Secret of the Ooze 		Shelly Johnson Steve Mirkovich & John Wright Golden Harvest,
Mirage Enterprises,
Northshore Investments 		88 minutes
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III David Gurfinkel William D. Gordean & James R. Symons Golden Harvest,
Clearwater Holdings 		96 minutes
TMNT Klaus Badelt Steve Lumley John Damien Ryan Imagi Animation Studios Warner Bros. Pictures 87 minutes
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Brian Tyler Lula Carvalho Joel Negron & Glen Scantlebury Nickelodeon Movies, Platinum Dunes, Gama Entertainment, Mednick Productions, Heavy Metal Paramount Pictures 101 minutes
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
Out of the Shadows 		Steve Jablonsky Jim May, Debra Neil-Fisher & Bob Ducsay Nickelodeon Movies, Movie Media Group, Alibaba Pictures, Platinum Dunes, Gama Entertainment, Mednick Productions, Smithrowe Entertainment 122 minutes
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
The Next Chapter 		TBA N/A TBA Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon Movies, Point Grey Pictures TBA

Reception[edit]

Box office performance[edit]

Film Release date Box office gross Box office ranking Budget Ref.
North America Other
territories 		Worldwide All time
North America 		All time
worldwide
Original series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles March 30, 1990 $135,265,915 $66,700,000 $201,965,915 #331 #568 $13,500,000 [24]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze March 12, 1991 $78,656,813 $12,000,000* $90,656,813* #804 N/A $25,000,000 [25][26]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III March 19, 1993 $42,273,609 $12,214,177 $54,487,786 #1,665 $21,000,000 [27][28]
Animated film
TMNT March 23, 2007 $54,149,098 $41,653,818 $95,802,916 #1,289 N/A $34,000,000 [29]
Reboot series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles August 8, 2014 $191,204,754 $302,128,830 $493,333,584 #183 #157 $125,000,000 [30]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows June 3, 2016 $82,051,601 $163,538,376 $245,589,977 #829 #512 $135,000,000 [31]
Total $583,601,790 $598,235,201 $1,181,836,991 $353,500,000 [32]
* The international gross listed above for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze is actually the theatrical rentals, which is the distributor's share of the gross. In the United States and Canada, the film earned theatrical rentals of $41.9 million.[33] If the ratio of gross to rental achieved in the United States was matched overseas, the film would have an international gross of around $22 million and a worldwide gross of around $100 million.

Critical and public response[edit]

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore
Original series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 40% (50 reviews)[34] 51 (21 reviews)[35] N/A
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze 35% (41 reviews)[36] 45 (20 reviews)[37]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III 23% (29 reviews)[38] 40 (12 reviews)[39]
Animated film
TMNT 35% (115 reviews)[40] 41 (21 reviews)[41] A-[42]
Reboot series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 21% (133 reviews)[43] 31 (33 reviews)[44] B[42]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 37% (139 reviews)[45] 40 (27 reviews)[46] A-[42]

Music[edit]

Soundtracks[edit]

Title U.S. release date Length Composer(s) Label
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack March 16, 1990 44:08 N/A SBK Records
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack March 26, 1991 41:32 SBK Records
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack March 9, 1993 45:01 SBK Records
TMNT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Music from the Motion Picutre) March 20, 2007 45:22 Klaus Badelt Atlantic Records
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Score August 5, 2014 70:02 Brian Tyler Atlantic Records
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) June 3, 2016 TBA Steve Jablonsky TBA

Cancelled projects[edit]

Untitled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III sequel[edit]

Kevin Eastman was working on a fourth Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film between 1995 and 1997 titled TMNT 4: The Next Mutation or TMNT 4: The Foot Walks Again. In 2012, Heritage Auctions published concept arts showing a fifth turtle named Kirby, but also featured are Fang, Shredder, Spyder, Nano Spyder, Super Shredder, Casey, Talbot, Lawson, Bugman and "Evil April". Peter Laird showed some concept art of the Turtles and Splinter on his blog.[47][48][49][50][51] The main concept behind the film would have the turtles undergo a second mutation due to the mutagen in the heroes' bloodstream beginning to change with age and giving them new abilities and new problems. Also, the film would revolve around the return of the Shredder and proceeded to rebuild the Foot empire.

John Fusco-written film[edit]

In late April 2009, a new live-action film was announced to be in the works for a 2011 release. Mirage Studios was partnering with producers Scott Mednick and Galen Walker, with Peter Laird, Gary Richardson, Frederick Fierst, Eric Crown as executive producers, and 4Kids Entertainment handling the film's merchandising with Lightbox Productions, LLC. funding the project.[52] The film would have used animatronic suits whose facial expressions would be digitally enhanced in post-production.[53] It was stated that the story would focus on the Turtles origin.[54] Few months later, an open casting call was made for extras to play as members of the Foot Clan with Ernie Reyes, Jr. as an acting judge.[55] "Ninja Turtles" co-creator Peter Laird said "there were a lot of positive feelings about a Batman Begins-style reboot,[56] while producer Galen Walker said the film would be headed in a darker direction.[57] In July the same year, John Fusco was hired to be the film's writer.[58] His version was to be inspired by the original dark and gritty black and white comics that Eastman created with Peter Laird, but Paramount wasn't on board. Kevin Eastman described the script as being "too edgy for what Paramount wanted". Peter Laird revealed the film would have been a direct sequel to the 1990 film while ignoring its earlier sequels.[59] In October, Viacom's subsidiary network Nickelodeon had purchased all of Mirage's rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles property for $9.75 million, thus terminating all deals with 4Kids and Time Warner.[60][61][62]

TMNT sequels[edit]

In 2007 Kevin Munroe stated that he would like to direct a possible sequel to TMNT, possibly involving the return of the Shredder.[63] Munroe planned a trilogy. TMNT 2 would have loosely adapted the Turtles’ 13-part comic book saga "City At War". Michelangelo would have felt rejected and joined the Foot Clan, while the Turtles would have traveled to Japan and would have crossed paths with Karai and Shredder. TMNT 3 would have featured the Triceratons as well as the Technodrome’s arrival from Dimension X. Munroe wanted Michael Clarke Duncan to voice the Triceraton's leader, Commander Mozar.[53] In an interview, Peter Laird stated he was interested in the idea of having the next film be a live-action and CGI hybrid film, with the Turtles rendered in CGI and Sarah Michelle Gellar and Chris Evans reprising their TMNT roles in live-action.[64]

Out of the Shadows sequel[edit]

In August 2014, Noel Fisher stated in an interview that he and the other Turtle actors had signed on for three films.[65] Megan Fox had also signed on for three films.[66] In May 2016, Tyler Perry said that if a third film was made, his character, Baxter Stockman, would probably mutate into his fly form during the movie.[67] Pete Ploszek also expressed his interests in reprising his role in a third film as Leonardo.[68] In October 2016, in light of the second film's financial failure, producer Andrew Form indicated that a third film was unlikely.[69]

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