Seth Rogen's new
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated film will be the first of multiple planned projects for the "heroes in a half-shell" revival. Among a slew of video games, animated shows, and
a gritty comic miniseries featuring Michelangelo as the last living Ninja Turtle, the franchise remains as popular as ever for old and new fans. But the Turtles have not been present at the box office since 2016's Michael Bay-produced sequel,
Out of the Shadows, an ill-received live-action/animation hybrid.
Paramount hopes to remedy the Turtles' absence from theaters with a resurgence that goes back to the origins of the comic book series that birthed the billion-dollar franchise. This reboot will be fully CG-animated, a style last featured in the 2007 movie
TMNT. While that film got a less-than-welcome critical reception, audiences enjoyed it far more, and Paramount is putting its money on producer
Seth Rogen to lead the next CG-fueled attempt and attract those same viewers.
The studio's new chief, Brian Robbins, appears confident in Rogen and his partner Evan Goldberg's approach to the
Ninja Turtles. In an interview with
Variety, he states that the producers will take the heroes back to their roots as teenagers, and Paramount has plans to create "
multiple animated movies this way," indicating that the film will be the first in a new feature franchise. He also remarks that the movie will work for every demographic and that Paramount may someday go back to the hybrid version that Bay spearheaded.