Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jonathan Liebesman
Produced by	Michael Bay Andrew Form Brad Fuller Galen Walker Scott Mednick Ian Bryce
Written by	Josh Appelbaum André Nemec Evan Daugherty
Based on	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Peter Laird Kevin Eastman
Starring	Megan Fox Will Arnett William Fichtner Noel Fisher Jeremy Howard Pete Ploszek Alan Ritchson
Music by	Brian Tyler
Cinematography	Lula Carvalho
Edited by	Joel Negron Glen Scantlebury
Production company	Nickelodeon Movies Platinum Dunes Gama Entertainment Mednick Productions Heavy Metal
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	July 29, 2014 (2014-07-29) (Mexico City premiere) August 8, 2014 (2014-08-08) (United States)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$125 million
Box office	$493.3 million

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 2014 American action adventure film based on the Mirage Studios characters of the same name, produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Platinum Dunes, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the fifth film of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film series and is also a reboot that features the main characters, portrayed by a new cast and the first in the reboot series. The film was directed by Jonathan Liebesman, written by Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec and Evan Daugherty, and stars Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Minae Noji, Whoopi Goldberg, Abby Elliott and Tohoru Masamune, and featuring the voices of Johnny Knoxville, Alan Ritchson, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard and Tony Shalhoub. The film was announced shortly before Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Peter Laird sold the rights to the characters to Nickelodeon in October 2009.