Baby turtles wake up in a new extract from Ninja Turtles: Teenage years
Another featurette, devoted to the process of creating the film, was also unveiled for the occasion.
Ninja Turtles are back ! 9 years after a last adaptation in live action, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello are reborn in an animated film produced by the duo Seth Rogen – Evan Goldberg and directed by Jeff Rowe, one of the thinking heads behind The Mitchells versus the Machiness, surprise hit of summer 2021 on Netflix.
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As its title suggests, Ninja Turtles: Teenage Years focuses on the childhood and adolescence of the four turtles. In a new excerpt, the film invites us to observe their childhood, finding themselves infected by a “fluid” mysterious at the time of their birth and later becoming impetuous warriors in contact with the mutant rat Splinter, who acts as a father figure. Check out this excerpt:
Paramount also took the opportunity to unveil another featurette which looks back on the creative process of the film, in which we can see Seth Rogen, who says he wanted to create a version “fun” and captivating Ninja Turtles, while director Jeff Rowe explains that he wanted Turtles that “look like teenagers”, allowing Evan Goldberg to bounce with humor on the fact that they were animated by “teenagers”. As a reminder, the duo Seth Rogen – Evan Goldberg produced the series The Boysbut also preacher and the movies It is the end And The interview that kills!
Jeff Rowe also talks about the animation format the team wanted, “with bizarre shapes and completely crazy perspectives”: “We got to this point where we wanted it to be ever more crooked and misshapen.”
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This animated version of the Ninja Turtles therefore promises a real “teenage energy”, as production designer Yashar Kassai would like to point out. Ninja Turtles: Teenage Years will be released in French cinemas on August 9.
