Summary

The newTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtleslive - action movie will make a major change to the moving picture , finally doing the comedian judge after 37 years . TMN is a immense and ever - inflate dealership created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird . Ever since the success ofTMNT Mutant Mayhem , head have loomed about what ’s next . Information has come out about a sequel to the hit movie and a cartoon calledTales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , both of which proceed the comedic and gutsy tonus of the onscreen renditions of the show .

However , the onscreen part of the franchise is taking a turn with the most recent news . Paramount is making aTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesmovie based onThe Last Ronin , a fan - pet comic rule book miniseries that run from October 2020 to April 2022 and was adapted into a video game in 2023 . PreviousTMNTmovies have taken a light - hearted access to the characters . They always included fighting , but the gore and violence were never much darker than the children ’s cartoon . The new lively - actionTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtleswill take a different approach that ’s more in line with the original comics .

fan were shocked when Michelangelo was revealed as the Last Ronin , but one TMNT comic proves why his transformation should n’t have been surprising .

TMNT Mikey becomes the Last Ronin.

The New Live-Action TMNT Movie Will Be Darker Than Previous Movies

Michelangelo is the last turtle anyone would ’ve ask to becomeThe Last Ronin , making it harder to swallow .

As a grade - gas constant movie , the upcoming bouncy - actionTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesmoviewill likely admit gore , intense violence , cursing , and possibly even drug . The movie will also feature a sorry plot line from the funnies and video games – The Last Ronin . This electric arc consider lieu in a future tense where New York City is persist by fascism and totalitarianism . The setting alone is already exceedingly glum for aTMNTmovie . The plot follows Michelangelo after he watches his brothers and Master Splinter expire at the hands of the Foot Clan .

This event deeply shock Michelangelo , turning him cold and vicious . He begin hallucinating his brothers . The character ’s anger actuate him to take on the eponymous identity , assay vengeance for the deaths of his entire family . This is a much darker plot line than anything that ’s been featured in aTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesmovie thus far , touching on mental health , trauma , and grief . Plus , Michelangelo is the last turtle anyone would ’ve expected to becomeThe Last Ronin , stool it intemperately to swallow .

Leonardo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem and Michael Bay TMNT era turtles

It Finally Gets Back To The Original Comic Roots Of TMNT (Not The Cartoons)

The Last Roninis reflective ofTMNT ’s grainy and darker root

WhileThe Last Roninmight seem dark forTMNTfans who only learn the sketch and movies , the storyline is wholly in tune with the original comics ' roots . The first comics showedthe turtles dismembering their enemies . Blood , gore , and cursing were exceedingly common . Later comics featured multiple lumbering storyline like Casey ’s father severely maltreat him , Donatello dying , and Leonardo getting kidnapped and brainwashed by Shredder .

There have been many versions of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles between both animated and live - action appearances , with varying degrees of quality .

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As such , The Last Roninis reflective ofTMNT ’s grittier and darker source . Paramount using this plot line for a rated - R picture also makes horse sense from a practical standpoint . The Last Roninis a new amusing miniseries , arrive at it more familiar than the earlier plot line . in the end , it ’s exciting to have a go at it that this horrifying and perverted interlingual rendition ofTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtleswill at long last appear on the magnanimous screen in all its glory .

The Last Ronin from TMNT is in front of film reels.

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The Last Ronin, Michelangelo stares down angrily in a rain soaked city.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles look out over the city in TMNT comics.