Fans of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be happy to know that their well-loved action heroes are coming to cinemas this Aug. 8, 2014. A film by Jonathan Liebesman, the movie is taken from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. The follow-up to the popular series was announced after the rights were sold in 2009 to Nickelodeon by Peter Laird, co-creator of the film. Nickelodeon Movies and Platinum Dunes (owned by Michael Bay) will produce the movie with Paramount Pictures as distributor.

Work started in Tupper Lake, New York on March 22, 2013 while shooting started in New York City and at Jones State Beach in Wantagh, Long Island, N.Y. in April 2013 using "four squared" (4SQ) as a code name.

Here are other significant events that transpired during the shooting of the film:

  • April 20, 2012 -- they renamed the movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • April 29, 2012 -- Michael Bay withdrew his comments saying the turtles are aliens
  • Aug. 3, 2012 -- film production was finished
  • Feb. 2014 -- Megan Fox was cast as April
  • Nov. 2013 -- January 2014 -- additional scenes were made and filmed

Set photos that show the actors playing turtles wearing black and grey motion capture suits with actual-sized turtle shells were publicized later. Bands and accents are seen on their arms that match their designated color.

The cast of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles includes:

  • Megan Fox as April O'Neil
  • Alan Ritchson as Raphael
  • Noel Fischer as Michelangelo
  • William Fichtner as The Shredder
  • Will Arnett as Vernon Fenwick
  • Whoopi Goldberg as Bernadette Thompson
  • Abby Elliott as Irma Langinstein
  • Jeremy Howard as Donatello
  • Danny Woodburn as Splinter
  • Minae Noji as Karai
  • Pete Ploszek as Leonardo
  • Ami Sheth as Female Newscaster
  • K. Todd Freeman as Dr. Baxter Stockman
  • Michelle Guo as Mr. Chang Translator
  • Malina Weissman as Young April
  • Alison Fernandez as Rosa
  • Raquel Merediz as Rosa's mother

There are several other characters that Ninja Turtles' fans will meet when they watch this action movie.