Angelique Jackson “Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” stars Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu and Brady Noon appeared at Comic-Con to preview the teen turtles’ latest adventure — this time a 12-episode series for Paramount+.
The quartet (who reprise their roles from the 2023 movie “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”) were joined onstage by executive producers and showrunners Chris Yost (“The Mandalorian,” “Thor: Ragnorok”) and Alan Wan (“Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and the 2012 series “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”), as well as Alanna Ubach, who joins the crew as the villainous Bishop. “It’s an honor to not only be playing a female antagonist, but to be asked to be a part of something that is such a pop culture phenomenon and something that has had so much staying power for the past 40 years,” Ubach told the Comic-Con crowd, saying that she’d been looking to voice a villain because those are the characters that her son, Thomas, is most intrigued by. “I’m really stoked to be playing, finally, a bad lady.
I hope you dig it, little guy.” (The panel also happened to coincide with his seventh birthday, so the crowd gave him a “Happy Birthday” shoutout. “We’ll never be able to top that, buddy,” she joked.) During the panel, Ninja Turtle fans were treated to a preview of Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey’s latest adventures, as the story bridges the gap between “Mutant Mayhem” and its planned sequel.
Abbey, Brown, Cantu and Noon each selected a clip to showcase their characters’ individual journey, as the brothers find themselves taking on their enemies solo instead of a team, which presents new challenges. “When we first heard talking about the series, we sit down with Seth [Rogen] and.
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