Ahead of the cartoon's August 9th premiere, a new teaser trailer for Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has been released which reveals that Metalhead, a fan-favorite, mechanical "5th Turtle" will be making his debut.
Metalhead has previously appeared in the classic '80s cartoon and the 2012 animated series. The character also appeared in the 2014 IDW series, debuting in issue 34, during the Monsters, Misfits, and Madmen story arc.
Since its debut in the animated series, Metalhead has especially been a fan favorite within the action figure community.
The animated series will pick up from where the 2023 animated feature film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (directed by Jeff Rowe and written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg) left off. The reimagining of the TMNT mythos grossed $180.5 million worldwide on a production budget of $70 million.
While the film didn't perform as well at the box office as initially anticipated, Paramount is soldiering on with this new version of the Turtles, with plans that include an animated film sequel that will feature the Shredder. The sequel will open in theaters on October 9, 2026.
From Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures, Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian) and Alan Wan (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).
Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President of Big Kids Animation and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.
Paramount+ will begin streaming Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on August 10. The show will mark the first time that a 2D Nicktoon will premiere on Paramount+ first.
Flying Bark Productions, who animated the film, will also be handling production duties on the series.
Paramount has confirmed that the first season will consist of 12 episodes.
Actors Micah Abbey (Donatello), Shamon Brown Jr. ( Michelangelo), Brady Noon (Raphael), Nicolas Cantu (Leonardo), and Ayo Edebiri reprise their roles from Mutant Mayhem.
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Synopsis: The Turtles will be challenged like never before as Leo, Raph, Donnie, and Mikey each go it alone for the first time. Face with new threats and teaming up with allies old and new, the Turtles will discover who they really are when they don't have their brothers at their sides.