When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home.
Trivia
VFX supervisor Pablo Helman requested the actors to improvise the elevator beatboxing scene after noticing their on-screen chemistry.
When the Turtles rush out of the elevator for the climactic showdown, they are seen to have no pupils. Their pupil-less look was their original appearance in the TMNT comics and the post-2000s era TMNT cartoons.
The elevator scenes are based on shots from the 2003 series when the turtles ride the elevator to the top of a building being used as a base for the foot clan, stopping at several levels along the way to fight, and ending with a face off against the Shredder at the top.
In the elevator scene, the side of the elevator has two signs. The first reads "Safety requires teamwork, be a part of our team," which foreshadows the Turtles working together to defeat the Shredder. The second reads "Notice: weapons of any kind prohibited", which is a joke.
Goofs
During the elevator scene when the Turtles begin to beatbox together, the control panel is lit up for floor 36, then jumps straight to floor 54.
Director
Jonathan Liebesman
Writers
Screenplay
Josh Appelbaum
André Nemec
Evan Daugherty
Based on
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by
Kevin Eastman
Peter Laird
Cast
Voice actors and motion-capture
Pete Ploszek (motion-capture) and Johnny Knoxville (voice) as Leonardo
Jeremy Howard as Donatello
Alan Ritchson as Raphael
Noel Fisher as Michelangelo
Danny Woodburn (motion-capture) and Tony Shalhoub (voice) as Splinter
Live action
Megan Fox as April O'Neil
Will Arnett as Vern Fenwick
William Fichtner as Eric Sacks
Tohoru Masamune as The Shredder
Whoopi Goldberg as Bernadette Thompson
Minae Noji as Karai
Abby Elliott as Taylor
Taran Killam as Jim McNaughton
K. Todd Freeman as Dr. Baxter Stockman
Paul Fitzgerald as Dr. O'Neil
Chance Kelly as Mr. Rivetti
Derek Mears as Dojo Ninja
Kevin Eastman as Himself (credited as "Doctor")
