Behind the Inspiration of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

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Here's your behind the scenes look at the inspiration for the animated action movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Cast:  Nicolas Cantu, Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Brady Noon, Jackie Chan, Ayo Edebiri, Seth Rogen, John Cena, Hannibal Buress, Rose Byrne, Ice Cube, Post Malone, Paul Rudd, Maya Rudolph, Natasia Demetriou and Giancarlo Esposito  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem will hit theaters August 2, 2023!

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00:00 The original creation of the Turtles came out of love, passion, and a late night out

00:07 of goofiness.

00:08 I did this drawing of a turtle standing upright with a mask on, nunchucks strapped to his

00:13 arms, and I put it on Pete's desk and I said, "This is going to be the next big thing, a

00:17 Ninja Turtle."

00:18 The animated series came out in 1987 when I was five years old.

00:25 The live action movie came out in 1990.

00:28 I was eight.

00:29 It was like perfectly geared towards someone my age.

00:32 Ninja Turtles is something that all of us have been obsessed with ever since we were

00:35 kids.

00:36 I remember being four years old and wanting all of the toys.

00:39 Action figures, cartoons, the bed sheets.

00:41 I was just kind of obsessed with them.

00:43 I started taking karate probably because of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

00:47 How much love was put into their designs and the props.

00:51 My dad bought me nunchucks because of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

00:54 The package art and everything about it was funny and weird and told a story.

01:00 They called us and said, "Would you guys ever be interested in working on the Teenage Mutant

01:05 Ninja Turtles?"

01:06 Did we play it cool at all?

01:07 No.

01:08 No, no.

01:09 If we can approach it through this teenage lens, really lean into a coming of age version

01:14 of it, and they said yes.

01:17 Jeff was willing to say, "We have to make this look and feel totally different."

01:22 He's like, "What if it's animated by teenagers, so to speak?"

01:25 We put so much work into the visuals, into the artwork.

01:29 The style is perfect for this.

01:31 It's almost like an underground comic.

01:32 It reminds me a lot of the original stuff that Peter and I did.

01:36 It's you and your buddies.

01:39 It's you and your brothers.

01:40 It's you and your sister and your brother.

01:41 I think a lot of people can relate to kind of feeling like an outsider at times.

01:46 This desire to fit in, to be accepted.

01:50 It's one of the most essential emotions.

01:53 The fans are insanely awesome.

01:56 Whether it be, "I love the turtles so much, I wore the same Halloween costume for three

02:00 years in a row," or, "I had a really tough childhood, and the turtles helped me get through

02:04 that."

02:05 That's when it hits you emotionally.

02:08 Wanting to create, wanting to tell your own stories, and then actually having it happen.

02:12 It's a dream, and it happened.

02:14 I love the Ninja Turtles.

02:15 It was like the first thing I was ever a fan of.

02:19 It's fun and exciting.

02:22 Here I am, 61 years old, and I'm still getting up and drawing comics.

02:25 Turtles every day.

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