TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Megan Fox (Transformers), Will Arnett (Arrested Development), Alan Ritchson (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Noel Fisher (The Riches), Pete Ploszek (film debut), Johnny Knoxville (Jackass), Jeremy Howard (Galaxy Quest), Danny Woodburn (Watchmen), Tony Shalhoub (Men in Black), William Fichtner (The Lone Ranger), Tohoru Masamune (Inception), Whoopi Goldberg (Ghost), Minae Noji (General Hospital), Abby Elliott (Saturday Night Live), Taran Killam (12 Years A Slave), K. Todd Freeman (The Dark Knight), Paul Fitzgerald (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jonathan Liebesman (Wrath of the Titans), director; Josh Appelbaum (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol), André Nemec (Alias) and Evan Daugherty (Divergent), writers; Michael Bay (Transformers), Ian Bryce (Spider-Man), Andrew Form (The Purge), Bradley Fuller (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Scott Mednick (300) and Galen Walker (TMNT), producers; Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3), composer; Lula Carvalho (RoboCop), cinematographer; Joel Negron (21 Jump Street) and Glen Scantlebury (Dream House), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

The city of New York is under a tight grip from the sinister Foot Clan and their leader, the Shredder. However, hope arises when four outcast brothers emerge from the sewers and team with eager reporter April O’Neil (Fox) and cameraman Vernon Fenwick (Arnett) to bring them down for the sake of the city – for they are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Nostalgia should play a huge part in this anticipated reboot of a childhood classic, and even though Michael Bay’s name may be on the producers’ credits it should still be a reminder as to why we loved those heroes in a half-shell in the first place.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 17TH OCTOBER 2014

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