Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)

This article is about the 2014 film. For other entries in the franchise, see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (disambiguation).

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJonathan Liebesman
Written by
Based onThe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters created
by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyLula Carvalho
Edited by
Music byBrian Tyler
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • July 29, 2014 (2014-07-29) (Mexico City premiere)[1]
  • August 8, 2014 (2014-08-08) (United States)
Running time
101 minutes[2][3]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$125–150 million[4][5]
Box office$485 million[4]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 2014 American superhero comedy film based on the characters of the same name created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman. A reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film series, it was directed by Jonathan Liebesman and written by Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, and Evan Daugherty. The film stars Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Danny Woodburn, Abby Elliott, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, and Alan Ritchson, with the voices of Johnny Knoxville and Tony Shalhoub. The plot follows the Turtles, who, with the help of their new ally April O'Neil, face the evil Shredder and his Foot Clan, as well as protect their New York City home.

The film was announced shortly before Turtles co-creator Peter Laird sold the rights to the characters to Nickelodeon in October 2009. In late May 2010, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies brought Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners Andrew Form and Brad Fuller on to produce the film. Liebesman began negotiations to direct in 2012. The screenplay went through numerous rewrites, with Applebaum, Nemec, and Daugherty ultimately getting final credit. Principal photography began in March 2013, in Tupper Lake, New York, and production concluded in August 2013.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premiered on July 29, 2014 in Mexico City, and was released in theaters on August 8, 2014. The film received generally mixed to negative reviews from critics for its screenplay and characterizations, while its performances, action sequences, and visual effects were praised. Despite this, it became a box office success, grossing $485 million against a $125–150 million budget, becoming the highest-grossing film in the franchise, as well as the highest-grossing film from Nickelodeon Movies. A sequel, Out of the Shadows, followed in 2016 to slightly better reviews but failed to match the first film's box-office gross.

  1. ^ Megan Fox presenta a las “Tortugas Ninja” en México Retrieved July 30, 2014
  2. ^ "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES [2D] (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. August 8, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  3. ^ "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". AMC Theatres. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
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