"TMNT: Mutant Mayhem" Voice Cast Revealed

Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, and Point Grey Productions have set an all-star voice cast for the upcoming CG-animated reboot movie "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem", Seth Rogen announced on Saturday.

The Point Grey principal, who voices mutant warthog Bebop, made the announcement at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards in an appearance alongside lead cast members Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, and Brady Noon. 

Abbey will voice Ninja Turtle Donatello, with Brown Jr. as Michelangelo, Cantu as Leonardo, and Noon as Raphael.

Others lending their voices to the movie include Hannibal Buress as Genghis Frog; Rose Byrne as Leatherhead; John Cena as Rocksteady; Jackie Chan as Splinter; 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.

The upcoming movie premieres in theaters on August 4 and is an original story following the crime-fighting Ninja Turtles as they protect the sewers and streets of New York City. 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 (Edibiri) 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.

Jeff Rowe is directed the movie from a script by Brendan O’Brien. The movie marked Nickelodeon’s first-ever CG-animated theatrical production. 

Point Grey Productions’ Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and James Weaver produced, with the company’s Lukas Williams co-producing and its own Josh Fagen overseeing the project.

Nickelodeon Animation and Paramount Animation President Ramsey Naito and Jason McConnell have overseen production for Nickelodeon, with Paramount handling the movie's worldwide distribution.

The “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” franchise first launched in 1984 as a comic book and birthed several animated TV series, a live-action film franchise in the ’90s, and a Michael Bay-produced reboot series in the 2010s. The movies have grossed more than $1.2 billion at the worldwide box office.

The first teaser for Mutant Mayhem is set for release on Monday.