Paramount is giving Turtle fans a behind-the-scenes look at the real origin story of four of pop culture’s most enduring heroes in a new documentary called Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, arriving on DVD, VOD and Digital HD on August 12.
Written and directed by Randall Lobb, the film chronicles the birth of the TMNT franchise and celebrates the 30th anniversary of Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael.
Here’s the official synopsis: “In the spring of 1984, a strange new comic book sat beside cash registers in select shops, too big to fit in the racks, and too weird to ignore. Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles presented a completely original breed of superhero. It was too bizarre, too crazy. It broke all the rules and should never have worked. Until it sold out. Again and again and again. For 30 years. Now, peek under the shell and see how this so-called ‘happy accident’ defied every naysayer to become one of the most popular and beloved franchises in the world.”
