“Child Shrek” returns in the first trailer of youth Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Chaosfrom perpetual teenager Seth Rogen.
“A new generation of heroes will rise,” the nearly two-minute trailer teases, “right from the sewers.”
The first insight into the upcoming film shows the iconic turtles, loitering on the roof of a Manhattan building when they accidentally hurl a star across the street and get into trouble.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem begins as Donatello (Micah Abbey), Michelangelo (Shamon Brown Jr.), Leonardo (Nicolas Cantu) and Raphael (Brady Noon) seek to win the hearts of New Yorkers by performing the heroic deeds they claim to be. hopes to make them accepted as normal teenagers. When they join a mysterious criminal organization with the help of their new friend, April O’Neil (Ayo Edebiri), they find themselves overwhelmed when an army of mutants is unleashed.
Jackie Chan voices the wise mouse mentor Splinter, with Rogen playing the villain Bebop and John Cena playing his best friend Rocksteady.
The rest of the cast includes Hannibal Buress as Genghis Frog, Rose Byrne as Leatherhead, Ice Cube as Superfly, Natasia Demetriou as Wingnut, Giancarlo Esposito as Baxter Stockman, Post Malone as Ray Fillet, Paul Rudd as Mondo Gecko and Maya Rudolph as Cynthia Utrom.
“We are incredibly excited by the world-class cast we have assembled to bring these beloved, iconic characters to life in a new chapter of the series. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Universe,” Nickelodeon Animation and Paramount Animation Ramsey Naito said in a statement when the cast was announced. “This really sets a new standard for this globally acclaimed series, and we can’t wait to get this movie out.”
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem in theaters on August 4.
