Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jonathan Liebesman
Written by	Josh Appelbaum André Nemec Evan Daugherty
Based on	The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman
Produced by	Michael Bay Andrew Form Brad Fuller Galen Walker Scott Mednick Ian Bryce
Starring	Megan Fox Will Arnett William Fichtner Danny Woodburn Abby Elliott Noel Fisher Jeremy Howard Pete Ploszek Alan Ritchson
Cinematography	Lula Carvalho
Edited by	Joel Negron Glen Scantlebury
Music by	Brian Tyler
Production companies	Nickelodeon Movies Platinum Dunes Gama Entertainment Mednick
Distributed by	Paramount 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]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$125–150 million[4][5]
Box office	$485 million[4]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 2014 American superhero 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 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.