Turtle brothers Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo’s next big screen adventure will leap into theaters a little sooner than previously scheduled.
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The new
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie,
Mutant Mayhem 2, will debut on Friday, August 13, 2027, moving up a month from its previously announced Friday, September 17 release date.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 2 is being produced by Point Grey Pictures and is being directed by Jeff Rowe with co-directors Kyler Spears and Yashar Kassai. Rowe and Spears worked on the first film alongside producers and writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who also return. Rounding out the producing team are Point Grey’s James Weaver, Josh Fagen and Ramsay McBean, with Lukas Williams serving as executive producer.
The TMNT brand has been a major priority for Paramount in recent years, and the focus on the beloved cross-generational IP only increased under the new Skydance management. The first Mutant Mayhem movie launched in August 2023, grossing $181 million worldwide. But Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies were already so bullish on the fresh new spin on the 40-year-old franchise that they began developing the sequel before the movie hit theaters, which was originally set to open on Friday, October 9 this year.
The star-studded voice cast for the first
Mutant Mayhem included Micah Abbey (
Cousins for Life) as Donatello, Shamon Brown Jr. (
The Chi) as Michelangelo, Nicolas Cantu (
The Walking Dead: World Beyond) as Leonardo, Brady Noon (
Family Switch) as Raphael and Ayo Edebiri (
The Bear) as April O’Neil, along with Ayo Edebiri, Maya Rudolph, John Cena, Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Jackie Chan, Ice Cube and Paul Rudd.
Last year, Paramount also added an
untitled live-action/CG animation hybrid Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film to the calendar for Friday, November 17, 2028. It will be the first live-action
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles since 2016’s
Out of the Shadows.
Then, earlier this month, Paramount
announced plans to expand the TMNT franchise through several ventures, including a
major toy licensing partnership with Mattel (beginning in 2027), an illustrated book for middle schoolers (
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splinter’s Dojo), a novel for adults (based on the bestselling graphic novel
The Last Ronin), a preschool-targeted digital series (
Teeny Mutant Ninja Turtles for YouTube) and themed pizzerias opening in Santa Monica, Monterrey, Mexico and Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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