As artists who worked on Paramount Pictures' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem continue to share their designs online, this latest artwork gives us a look at some early character concepts for two of the Heroes in a Half-Shell.
Leonardo and Michelangelo don't look a million miles away from the versions of the characters we met in the animated reboot, but there are a few notable differences.
For one, the spots indicate that the Turtles were originally going to take more inspiration from the '90s live-action movie. It also seems like the Fearsome Foursome were going to be a little older, and maybe slightly edgier.
Mutant Mayhem recently passed $120 million worldwide on a reported $70 million budget (before marketing costs), but there is a perception that the movie is underperforming due to the strikes (find out more here).
Check out the artwork at the link below, and if you're interested in my take on Mutant Mayhem along with the other six theatrically-released TMNT movies, have a listen to the latest episode of the Roll Credits podcast.
“After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.”
Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu and Brady Noon will voice the roles of Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael, respectively. The cast also includes Jackie Chan as Splinter, Hannibal Buress as Genghis Frog, Rose Byrne as Leatherhead, Ice Cube as Superfly, Natasia Demetriou as Wingnut, Ayo Edebiri as April O’Neil, Giancarlo Esposito as Baxter Stockman, Post Malone as Ray Fillet, Paul Rudd as Mondo Gecko, and Maya Rudolph as Cynthia Utrom.
Jeff Rowe (The Mitchells vs. the Machines) directed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, which is produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.