The Casey and Jost brothers co-author a fresh new Paramount Pictures film entitled “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” The unnamed film is different from the CGI animated feature produced by Seth Rogen for Paramount and Nickelodeon. The upcoming film “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” is being produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, Scott Mednick, and Galen Walker. The new film is being developed in the early stages, therefore specifics about the storyline are retained. In 1984, the franchise “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” became a comic book, spreading into multiple animated TV shows, a live movie franchise in the 1990s, and a reboot series by Micheal Bay in the 2010s.
At the global box office, the films have grown in excess of $1.2 billion. Colin Jost is co-writing with Universal “Worst Man,” which he will start with Pete Davidson’s “Saturday Night Live.” Only Jost was nominated for an Emmy, and lately he has been starring in “Tom and Jerry” for “Saturday Night Live.” Next season, he will be back on “Saturday Night Live.” He has just written his memoir “A Very Punchable Face” in July 2020 and was published by the press this past July. Casey Jost produces “Impractical Jokers” for TruTV’s prank show. Since 2012, he has been on the show and he also starred in 2020 in the feature film “Impractical Jokers: The Movie.”
He’s also got writing credits for “The Special without Brett Davis,” “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” and “Characters Welcome.” The Relevant & Morris Yorn Barnes and Levine are repped by Colin Jost. The initial news was breached by the deadline first.
Source: Variety
Frequently asked questions
Who was hired to write the live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film for Paramount Pictures?
Paramount Pictures attached brothers Colin Jost and Casey Jost to co-write the screenplay for a new live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. Colin Jost is a Saturday Night Live writer, while Casey Jost has produced Impractical Jokers and written for late-night programming.
Who were the producers attached to the live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles project?
The producing team named at the time included Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, Scott Mednick and Galen Walker, several of whom had produced the earlier 2014 and 2016 live-action Turtles films for Paramount.
How did the live-action script differ from the animated Turtles film in development?
The Jost brothers live-action screenplay was a separate track from the computer-animated Turtles feature being developed by Seth Rogen for Paramount and Nickelodeon. The animated project moved forward and reached theatres as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem in 2023, while the live-action script never went into production.
