TMNT: Mutant Mayhem trailer shows the Ninja Turtles being actual teens

The new trailer of their animated film, “The Animated Movie”, shows Michelangelo as a teenager. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. They’re in that awkward-but-fun-loving teen phase, getting into trouble, daydreaming about girlfriends, and looking for social acceptance — which bad guy Superfly, voiced by Ice Cube (and channeling Ice-T here), offers them.

But the the kids, raised by Splinter (voiced by Jackie Chan), know better than to buy into Superfly’s menacing message of mutant domination over humankind. Mike, Leon Raph Donny and Raph are fuelled by pizzas and cowabungas to end the evil mutant menace.

Teens who are a little more gloomy can look forward to another exciting event in Mutant Mayhem: Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross scored the film, director Jeff Rowe recently confirmed (by way of Tony Hawk…?).

Filmmakers behind Mutant MayhemThey are said to be inspired by films about coming of age, with a voice cast that is dominated by young actors. In addition to Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon, and Micah Abbye, who play Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, and Donatello respectively, the voice cast includes Hannibal Buress as Genghis Frog; Rose Byrne as Leatherhead; John Cena as Rocksteady, Jackie Chan as Splinter; Ice Cube as Superfly; Natasia Demetriou as Wingnut; Ayo Edebiri as April O’Neil; Giancarlo Esposito as Baxter Stockman; Post Malone as Ray Fillet; Seth Rogen as Bebop; Paul Rudd as Mondo Gecko; and Maya Rudolph as Cynthia Utrom.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is co-directed by Jeff Rowe, one of the directors of Netflix’s You can also find out more about the following: Mitchells vs. Machines,Kyle Spears was a Storyboard Artist on The Mitchells vs. Machines. The movie will be released in theaters on August 2.