Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem was a critical hit when it came out in theaters, and it was only inevitable that we would be getting a spinoff series featuring MM’s version of the Heroes in a Half-Shell.
Paramount has actually released a look at Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and it gives us a good feel of what the series is going to look like. Check this out:
Here’s the description for the series:
The new series Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, streams this summer exclusively on Paramount+. Reprising their roles from the film for the series are Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu and Brady Noon as the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles will be challenged like never before as Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey each go it alone for the first time. Faced with new threats and teaming up with old allies, the Turtles will discover who they really are when they don’t have their brothers at their sides.
Though the series is going to be bringing back the original voice actors for the Turtles, it’s not clear if they’ll be able to have the other actors from the movie reprise their roles. It’s likely Jackie Chan won’t be voicing Splinter for the show, and after all the success that Ayo Edebiri has undergone since Mutant Mayhem came out, I can imagine she’ll be too busy to come back and voice April O’Neill for a series.
Then again, we’ll just have to wait and see.
I personally love the emphasis of the ‘teenage’ in TMNT, but I felt that all the characters aren’t as distinct as they are in previous incarnations. Hopefully they manage to develop them more in this series and the sequel film.
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is expected to start streaming this summer on Paramount+.
