Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 Film)

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jonathan Liebesman
Produced by	Michael Bay Andrew Form Brad Fuller Galen Walker Scott Mednick Ian Bryce
Written by	Josh Appelbaum André Nemec Evan Daugherty
Based on	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles  by Peter Laird Kevin Eastman
Starring	Megan Fox Will Arnett William Fichtner Noel Fisher Jeremy Howard Pete Ploszek Alan Ritchson Whoopi Goldberg
Music by	Brian Tyler
Cinematography	Lula Carvalho
Edited by	Joel Negron Glen Scantlebury
Production companies	Nickelodeon Movies Platinum Dunes Gama Entertainment Mednick Productions Heavy Metal
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	July 29, 2014 (Mexico City premiere) August 8, 2014 (United States)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$125 million
Box office	$493.3 million

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 2014 American superhero film based on the Mirage Studios characters of the same name. It is the fifth film in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film series, and is also a reboot that features the main characters portrayed by a new cast, as the first in the reboot series. The film was directed by Jonathan Liebesman, written by Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec and Evan Daugherty, and stars Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner and Whoopi Goldberg, and featuring the voices of Johnny Knoxville, Alan Ritchson, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard and Tony Shalhoub. The film was announced shortly before Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Peter Laird sold the rights to the characters to Nickelodeon in October 2009.

The film was released on August 8, 2014, and received generally negative reviews from critics. However, it was a box office success, earning $493.3 million on a $125 million budget and it became the highest grossing film in the series. It was also nominated at the 28th Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Movie, Favorite Movie Actor and Favorite Movie Actress. A sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, was released on June 3, 2016.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 2.1 Live-action actors 2.2 Voice actors and motion-capture 3 Production 3.1 Development 3.2 Casting 3.3 Filming 3.4 Visual effects 3.5 Music 4 Release 4.1 Marketing 4.2 Home media 5 Reception 5.1 Box office 5.2 Critical response 5.3 Accolades 6 Video games 7 Sequel 8 References 9 External links

Plot

Cast

Live-action actors

• Megan Fox as April O'Neil

• Malina Weissman as Young April O'Neil

• Will Arnett as Vern Fenwick
• William Fichtner as Eric Sacks
• Tohoru Masamune as The Shredder
• Whoopi Goldberg as Bernadette Thompson
• Minae Noji as Karai
• Abby Elliott as Taylor
• Taran Killam as McNaughton
• K. Todd Freeman as Dr. Baxter Stockman
• Paul Fitzgerald as Dr. O'Neil
• Derek Mears as Dojo Ninja

Voice actors and motion-capture

• Pete Ploszek (motion-capture) and Johnny Knoxville (voice) as Leonardo
• Alan Ritchson as Raphael
• Noel Fisher as Michelangelo
• Jeremy Howard as Donatello
• Danny Woodburn (motion-capture) and Tony Shalhoub (voice) as Splinter

Production

Development

Casting

Filming

Visual effects

Music

Main article: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Score

The film's score was composed by Brian Tyler. The soundtrack was released by Atlantic Records on August 5, 2014.

Release

Marketing

Home media

Reception

Box office

Critical response

Accolades

List of awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipients	Result

Video games

Sequel

Main article: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

References

External links