The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are headed back to the theaters for the first time in almost 20 years with next week's debut of TMNT: Mutant Mayhem. Co-directed by Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears with Rowe sharing screenplay credit alongside Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Dan Hernandez, and Benji Samit, Mutant Mayhem does something movies usually don't do with the Turtles: actually treats them like teenagers.
Speaking with GameSpot at Comic-Con in San Diego, Rowe (a self-described Donatello who wants to be a Michelangelo) discussed why he thinks the Turtles are still with us and why he wanted to channel that authenticity by hiring actual teenagers for the first time in their respective roles--played by Micah Abbey, Shannon Brown Jr., Nicholas Cantu, and Brady Noon.
"I think it makes them more emotionally resonant, you're able to because we were chasing authenticity and really making them feel like real teenagers," Rowe explained. "We're trying to give them teenage problems and emotions and ways of dealing with their issues. It gives it a level of emotional grounding and relatability that hopefully, the audience more so than ever is able to really connect with these characters."
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