Press Release – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Present a Platinum Dunes Production

A Gama Entertainment / Mednick Productions / Heavy Metal Production

A Jonathan Liebesman Film “TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES”

Executive Producers Denis L. Stewart, Eric Crown, Napoleon Smith III, Jason T. Reed

Produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, Galen Walker, Scott Mednick, Ian Bryce

Based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Characters Created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman

Screenplay by Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec and Evan Daugherty

Directed by Jonathan Liebesman

Cast:               Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Danny Woodburn, Abby Elliott, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Alan Ritchson, Minae Noji

Synopsis:       The city needs heroes.  Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians.  The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April O’Neil (Megan Fox) and her wise-cracking cameraman Vern Fenwick (Will Arnett) to save the city and unravel Shredder’s diabolical plan.  Based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Characters Created by PETER LAIRD and KEVIN EASTMAN with a Screenplay by JOSH APPELBAUM & ANDRÉ NEMEC and EVAN DAUGHERTY, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesis produced by MICHAEL BAY (director and executive producer of the blockbuster Transformers franchise), Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, Galen Walker, Scott Mednick and Ian Bryce, and directed by JONATHAN LIEBESMAN (Wrath of the Titans).

Release:         August 8, 2014

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES has been rated PG-13 for SCI-FI ACTION VIOLENCE