Seth Rogen’s New ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Will Lean More Into The “Teenage” Angle
Back at the end of June, we got some surprising news about the future of theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesfranchise. The heroes in a half-shellare getting rebooted yet again, but this time as a computer animated movie from Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Paramount Pictures.Seth RogenandEvan Goldbergare on board as creators and producers through their Point Grey Pictures production banner, and the former recently opened up about how this iteration of the turtles will be different.
Collidercaught up with Seth Rogen in support of his upcoming HBO Max original movieAn American Pickle. Though Rogen couldn’t yet divulge any details about the story, he did briefly discuss his approach to theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesand how it will stand out from the previous adaptations. Rogen said:
Though each of theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesmovies and TV shows have featured the turtles goofing around with each other and having moments of immaturity and levity in between fights with Shredder, the Foot Clan, and various other villains, none of them have truly tapped into what it’s really like being a teenager. That’s likely because the movies focus much more on the action and heroics, but digging into the teenage part could open up a whole new can of anchovies.
Seth Rogen is no stranger to teenage comedies, having made major waves as one of the writers ofSuperbad. Plus, he recently captured the raunchier side of being a middle school aged kid by producingGood Boys. If Rogen and Goldberg can bring the same comedic sensibilities from those movies without getting too vulgar, then we could be looking at the funniest version of the superheroes yet. And since we’ve seen that they can handle comedyandaction thanks toPineapple Express, that only makes us more confident and excited about what they can do with these characters.
The newTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesmovie will be directed byJeff Rowe(Gravity Falls, Connected, Disenchantment) and written byBrendan O’Brien(Neighbors, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates).Ramsey Naito, Executive Vice President of Animation Production and Development, will be overseeing production for Nickelodeon. There’s no release date set, but we’ll let you know as soon as it’s announced.
