Sections
Log in
Top News
U.S. News World News Featured Voices
Odd News
Entertainment
Movies Music TV
Sports
Soccer NFL NBA MLB NHL Golf Horse Racing Tennis Col. Football Col. Basketball
Photos
News Entertainment Sports Features Archives
More...
Defense Featured Science Health Archive Almanac
About Feedback
About Feedback
Search
Trending
'El Chapo'
Jussie Smollett
Plastic pollution
Trampoline break
Lottery
Syria troops
Jeffrey Epstein
Michael Cohen
Terror plot
Measles
Doorbell cam
TV
Updated Feb. 2, 2018 at 7:26 AM

Nickelodeon: First look at 'Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'

By
Wade Sheridan
Nickelodeon shared the first image from "Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." Photo courtesy of Nickelodeon

Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Nickelodeon has released the first image for their upcoming {iNinja Turtles} animated reboot tilted Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that features new takes on the iconic heroes in a half shell.

The new image, released Thursday, features all four of the Ninja Turtles leaping into action with the normally hot-headed Raphael front and center as the new leader of the clan. He is sporting a bigger look as he represents a snapping turtle.

The other members are also based on different turtles with Leonardo as a red-eared slider, Donatello as a soft-shell turtle and Michelangelo as a box turtle.

Other changes include Leonardo, normally portrayed as the leader of the group, now being described as the "coolest" member who uses one single sword as opposed to two. Donatello maintains his status as the brains of the crew with a staff, while Raphael, the "biggest brother," will now fight with two tonfas.

Michelangelo, described as the "youngest brother, a skateboarder and artist who is wild and imaginative," will be using a combat chain with a weight at the end called a kusari-fundo rather than his familiar nunchucks.

The Turtles signature ally April O'Neil has also been reimagined as she is now seen as a young African-American girl for the first time.

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will feature the crimefighters discovering "a mystical world they never knew existed beneath the streets of New York City."

The show features the voice talents of Ben Schwartz as Leonardo, Kat Graham as O'Neil, Josh Brener as Donatello, Brandon Mychal Smith as Michelangelo, Omar Miller as Raphael and Eric Bauza as master Splinter.

WWE Superstar John Cena will also be providing his voice as an original villain named Baron Draxum.

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will debut later this year with a 26-episode first season.

Read More

John Cena to host the 2018 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Ben Schwartz, Kat Graham join Nickelodeon's 'Ninja Turtles' animated reboot Ninja Turtle visits museum to view namesake's art
  • Topics
  • Ben Schwartz
  • John Cena
Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for more UPI news and photos.

Trending Stories

BtoB singer Ilhoon shares short film for new single 'Spoiler'
Netflix: What's coming and going in March 2019
Peter Tork, bassist for the Monkees, dead at 77
Pink returns with new single 'Walk Me Home'
Mark Consuelos split from Kelly Ripa days before marriage

Photo Gallery

 
Longest celebrity relationships

Latest News

Bees' waggle dance becomes nonsense in some human-influenced environs
Bengals' Tyler Eifert shows off progress from broken ankle in video
Don Nelson has been 'smoking some pot' in Hawaii since NBA retirement
Woody Allen may film new movie in Spain
Jon Bernthal thanks Eminem for 'Punisher' support after cancellation
 
Back to Article
/
Back to top
About UPI Contact Feedback Advertisements Submit News Tips
Copyright © 2019 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Terms of UsePrivacy Policy