WWE Superstar John Cena lends his voice as villain, Baron Draxum, an alchemist warrior mutant who seeks to turn all of humanity into mutants. The series stars the voice talent of Omar Miller ( Ballers) as Raphael, Ben Schwartz ( Parks and Recreation) as Leonardo, Josh Brener ( Silicon Valley) as Donatello, Brandon Mychal Smith ( You're The Worst) as Michelangelo, Kat Graham ( The Vampire Diaries) as April O'Neil and Eric Bauza ( Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) as Splinter.

Along for the adventure is the Turtles' most trusted ally, April O'Neil, a street savvy native New Yorker and Splinter, father figure and sensei to the Teenage Turtles. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reimagines the characters in a fresh new way, featuring jagged-shelled Raphael as a snapping turtle, wielding twin tonfas as his weapons Leonardo as a red-eared slider, using an odachi sword Donatello as a soft-shell turtle, sporting a tech-bo staff and Michelangelo as a box turtle, arming himself with a kusari-fundo. There is no word on when the first footage of these heroes in a half-shell will debut at this time. The 2D-animated series debuts later this year on Nickelodeon. Nickelodeon today revealed a first-look of the characters in its brand-new animated series, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which follows the band of brothers as they discover new powers and encounter a mystical world they never knew existed beneath the streets of New York City.

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