“It was time to put teenagers back in the spotlight in Ninja Turtlesexplains to 20 minutesJeff Rowe co-director of Ninja Turtles Teenage Years at the Annecy Festival. I’ve been a fan of the saga for a very long time and I wanted to pay tribute to the spirit of the comic books created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman. “It’s won! Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphaël are teenagers well in their time for this new version.
The heroes suffer from living hidden in the sewers without being able to share the lives of kids their own age until they cross paths with an aspiring journalist and even more impressive mutants. “The creators of Spider-Man Next Generation paved the way for us with their original graphics, insists Jeff Rowe. Their success and their Oscar gave us a lot of freedom. In which the director of Mitchell against the machines frolicked with delight.
A large space of freedom
Flirting with the dark side of the original comic books, this new version is a feast for the eyes. “I’m sure today’s audience wants more than formatted drawings,” says Jeff Rowe. We drew a lot of inspiration from street art for the aesthetics of the film. “ Dirty, sinister but also flamboyant New York is particularly honored by revealing its undersides and its less glamorous neighborhoods. The scenes of clashes between mutants are sublime.
As for the characters, they too have undergone a makeover by being greatly modernized. We will take for example April, who has become a young woman with an Afro cut and assumed curves. “The animators embroidered on the original hero as on the newcomers. “Kevin Eastman, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has dubbed the project.
Seth Rogen on screenplay
Real teenagers were also chosen to lend their voices to the heroes while Seth Rogen and Evan Goldbergactor and writers of triumph of “teen comedy” and Sausage Party came to lend them a hand with the script. “We wanted young audiences to recognize themselves in Les Tortues and their issues, such as the desire for independence and acceptance. These well-treated themes make us even more fond of a film that does not shy away from humor or action. The new golden age of cinema goes through Ninja Turtles: Teenage Years.