Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Director: Dave Green
Screenwriter: Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec
Cast: Megan Fox, Stephen Amell, Will Arnett, Pete Ploszek, Alan Ritchson, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Gary Anthony Williams, Stephen Farrelly, Brian Tee, Tyler Perry, Laura Linney
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Rated PG-13 | 112 Minutes
Release Date: June 3, 2016

I gave Jonathan Liebesman’s 2014 film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a pretty definitive thumbs-down:

“I wish someone had regarded this movie as something more than an opportunity to sell action figures and create product placement opportunities for Pizza Hut and Orange Crush. I wish someone involved would’ve given at least one shit – but of course we’re talking about the same people who churn out brain-dead Transformers movies filled with racist stereotypes and giant robots with wrecking balls for testicles.”

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows does something its predecessor didn’t. It tries. Is it successful? Not entirely, but at least Paramount Pictures and Platinum Dunes are making an effort to deliver an experience fans of Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman‘s beloved characters can appreciate.

To go along with the release of the second installment in the Michael Bay-produced reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, this Friday, CineFix has released a fitting episode of their “Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know“ YouTube series.

As always, the video offers various fun facts about the franchise you might not have known before. They also did the same thing for the first reboot movie a couple of years back, so as an added bonus there’s a second video with another seven things you might not have known to bring the grand total to 14 fun facts. Be sure to head below to watch both videos.

Before they come “out of the shadows” on June 3rd, the gang at Screen Junkies wants to take you back in time… to a horrifying past where the heroes in a half shell wore denim jackets and put on a rock musical! Yep, before Michael Bay turned my childhood heroes into tall CGI monstrosities, and way after the greatness of the animated show, the toys, and the first two live action movies, the turtles hit the stage for the most bizarre and awful live act you may ever see. So sit back and enjoy, or avert your eyes from an Honest Trailer that NO ONE asked for – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out of Their Shells. In full disclosure, I did NOT have this VHS and never saw it, but if I knew it existed in 1990, I would’ve been all over it!

Check out the Honest Trailer below.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are coming back this Summer for an all-new action adventure that brings in some very familiar faces to those who are fans of the 1980s animated series. A new trailer has popped up for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, which you can watch here below.

We’ve been covering the film for quite some time, and this trailer may be the best of all as it features better looks at the new threats that the Turtles will face. Previous trailers have featured the heroes in the half shell fighting against the likes of Shredder’s newest creations, Bebop and Rocksteady. But now they also have to contend with Dimension X’s greatest warlord, Krang – who will be voiced by Brad Garrett.

Paramount Pictures has just released a new trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows. The film brings back the Turtles Leonardo (Pete Ploszek and Johnny Knoxville), Raphael (Alan Ritchson), Michelangelo (Noel Fisher), and Donatello (Jeremy Howard), who must once more fight against Shredder and the Foot Clan, who are now supported by an arsenal of new deadly mutants. Megan Fox also returns to reprise her role as April O’Neill, and she will be joined by Stephen Amell, who plays Casey Jones, a man who allies himself with the Turtles.

Check out the full trailer here below.

Paramount Pictures has released the second trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows, which is a sequel to the 2014 hit.

Check out the trailer and poster here below.

Director David Green (Earth To Echo) takes over for previous director Jonathan Liebesman, for an all new adventure that sees the Turtles face off against their greatest threat. A new enemy has arrived who’s new alliance with the likes of Bebop (Gary Anthony Williams), Rocksteady (Stephen Farrelly, a.k.a. WWE’s Sheamus), and Doctor Baxter Stockman (Tyler Perry). This can only give the Turtles more problems. That is when they make a few allies of their own when Casey Jones (Stephen Amell) comes in to save April O’Neill (Megan Fox).

The first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot had a very polarizing effect on its fans, but it was enough of a box office smash to lend itself to have a sequel. Following the release of the first trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Out Of The Shadows comes a brand new TV spot, which features all sorts of new footage and a few more details on the plot of the upcoming film.

Watch the new Super Bowl TV spot here below.

A brand new Ninja Turtles video game has been announced titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan The game is the joint effort of Activision Publishing, Nickelodeon, and PlatinumGames, the developer behind the much-anticipated upcoming action RPG Scalebound.

The game offers both a single player campaign to enjoy alone (what a magnificent idea; more games should have such a wonderful option!) and the ability to play with up to three other people if you’re more into co-op action.

You can read more about Mutants in Manhattan and check out a trailer for the game below.

While the most recent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film wasn’t well received by film critics, it was still a big hit with audiences, and a lot closer to the ’80s cartoon then the first trilogy. the sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, will introduce the hockey mask wearing vigilante Casey Jones (Stephen Amell), the nefarious scientist Baxter Stockman (Tyler Perry) and the Shredder’s (Brian Tee) dim-witted mutant henchman Bebop (Gary Anthony Williams) and Rocksteady (WWE’s Sheamus).

But the new characters don’t stop there. Producer Michael Bay has one more character to confirm for the sequel, and it is most definitely a fan-favorite. According to the producer, Krang, the living brain who hails from Dimension X will make an appearance. More on the story below.

Those heroes in a half shell are back for an all new adventure that will surely be a polarizing trip down nostalgia lane. The first reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film franchise debuted back in 2014, where it was a huge box office success but was critically panned. The fact that Michael Bay was and is attached as producer doesn’t help with loyal fans. But since the film was a resounding success grossing over $490 million worldwide, obviously a sequel was going to happen.

For Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of Shadows, director David Green takes over for previous director Jonathan Liebesman. And with a sequel comes brand new characters, some of which may be familiar to fans of both the comics and the cartoon. Bebop (Gary Anthony Williams), Rocksteady (Stephen Farrelly, a.k.a. WWE’s Sheamus), and Doctor Baxter Stockman (Tyler Perry) will be the Turtles’ new adversaries. But there will also be new allies to aid them in their fight against the Foot Clan. Casey Jones (Steven Amell) will join the turtles as the hockey mask wearing vigilante and possible love interest to April O’Neill (Megan Fox).

You can check out the latest trailer below along with some images.