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  • ‘Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 2’ Release Shifts to August 2027

    Are you excited for the sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem? If so, good news; it’s coming out on… oh, it’s been moved again.

    On Friday, Variety revealed the film’s been moved by Paramount to August 13, 2027. That’s a ways away, but at least this new date moves it a month up from its previous date of September 17 that same year. And before that, you might remember it was first scheduled to hit theaters later this year on October 9. So at time of writing, we’re on our third release date, with the potential for more in either direction on the horizon.

    All this shifting is eventful for a movie we haven’t seen or know anything about, other than that it’ll pit this latest incarnation of the Turtles against the Shredder. Mutant Mayhem 2 is far from the only movie to hop around on the calendar, but the announcement is funny after the recent news of Paramount recommitting to the Ninja Turtles as a property. Sometime after this Mutant Mayhem sequel hits, we’re supposed to get a big expansion of the franchise with licensed restaurants, a web series for kids, and a live-action/animated movie due out in 2028. Maybe. We’ll see.

    While you’re waiting for Mutant Mayhem 2, you can go ahead and watch the original film, or the short film Chrome Alone 2 – Lost in New Jersey, which is on Paramount+ as a special feature for the first Mutant movie. It came last year, and it sounds like fans who saw it liked it.

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  • ‘TMNT: Mutant Mayhem’ Is Returning Sooner Than You Think (And Not in the Way You Thought)

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem was one of the best animated features in recent years, and fans are desperately awaiting news of its sequel. It’s coming, slowly, but there is some exciting news that’s tangentially related. Earlier this year, news broke that a short film set after the original movie is coming to theaters very soon, and now, there’s a first look.

    The film is called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey, and it’ll be in theaters on December 19 attached to The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. It follows the Turtles as they head across the river to New Jersey, investigating someone who is making toys of them.

    “We wanted to honor the Ninja Turtles’ history while asking what would happen if we put them somewhere completely unfamiliar,” director Kent Seki, who was the cinematographer on the first film, told Variety. “New Jersey became the perfect backdrop because it’s so close to New York, yet has its own energy and quirks that challenge the turtles in new ways.”

    The trade also revealed the first official image from the film, which you see in full below, along with the previously revealed logo.

    An image from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey – Paramount/Variety

     

    Ninja Turtles Short Logo
    The logo for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey – Paramount

    What’s great about the existence of this, besides the lovely winks to two 1990s classics, is that it is a nice way to hold over fans until we get the full, proper, Mutant Mayhem sequel. That was originally scheduled for release in 2026 but was recently moved back to October 2027. We can’t tell if Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey will in any way impact that movie, but Seki does think it scratches that itch.

    “I think audiences are hungry for new ways to experience these characters,” he said. “We’ll always love seeing them in New York, but throwing them somewhere unexpected opens the door to new humor, new stakes, and new visual possibilities. If people connect with this one, I’d love to keep exploring that.”

    Read more about the short over at Variety, and check it out in theaters with SpongeBob on December 19.

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    Germain Lussier

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