Manchester City Centre BID has worked with partners Premier and Paramount Pictures to launch a Manchester city centre-wide street art trail of much-loved Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters – Leonardo, Michelangelo, Rafael and Donatello.
Hidden across the city, fans can find the turtles up to mischief, with the uniquely created hand-painted artwork that matches the new, distinct hand-drawn style of animation in the upcoming film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.
The full list of locations:
- Exchange Square tram stop
- Spinningfields
- Great Northern
- Police Street
- First Street
- Circle Square
- Projekts MCR
Press Release
MUTANT MAYHEM IN MANCHESTER!
‘TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES’ STREET ART TRAIL ARRIVES IN THE CITY
Press: Photos and Video of the artwork can be found HERE
- Seven different artworks hidden across the city for fans to explore, in a partnership with Manchester City Centre BID
- City-wide street art trail of the much-loved characters arrives in Manchester, ahead of the cinema release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
- Artwork created by street art collective, Blank Walls, with an additional street art takeover at Projekt MCR skatepark created by Jim Vision from End of the Line
- QR codes at each site leading to map of trail and content
Mutant mayhem has descended on Manchester as a city-wide street art trail is unveiled of much-loved Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters – Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello.
Hidden across the city, fans can find the turtles up to mischief, with the uniquely created hand-painted artwork that matches the new, distinct hand-drawn style of animation in the upcoming film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Fans will see Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey doing some of their favourite activities, including performing ninja tricks, tucking into pizza and skateboarding.
A team of six street artists Woskerski, Brezaux, Captain Kris, Oust, Reves One and Sidok, part of the Blank Walls artist collective, created the mini-murals over six days around the city taking a total of 192 hours and using 448 cans of paint. The trail was commissioned by Paramount Pictures, supported by Manchester City Centre BID.
The artwork has been unveiled ahead of the release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, in cinemas July 31st, a new family action-comedy boasting a stellar cast of Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Hannibal Buress, Rose Byrne, Nicolas Cantu, John Cena, Jackie Chan, Ice Cube, Natasia Demetriou, Ayo Edebiri, Giancarlo Esposito, Post Malone, Brady Noon, Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, Maya Rudolph.
After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.
The characters were first introduced to the world in 1984 through a comic book, and since then have become firm favourites with kids and teens all over the world through TV and film adaptations. The street art trail matches the new, impressive hand-drawn animation style we see in the upcoming film and will appeal to all the generations of fans who have grown up with the ninja turtles through the last four decades.
The full list of locations are:
- Exchange Square tram stop
- Spinningfields
- Great Northern
- Police Street
- First Street
- Circle Square
- Projekts MCR – created by Jim Vision
Artwork will be on display until 15th August, with Exchange Square tram stop on display for a limited time until 8th August only.
Vaughan Allen, chief executive of CityCo and Manchester City Centre BID said: “Manchester is renowned for its street art which is well-loved by residents, workers and visitors.
“We’re delighted to be partnering with Paramount to bring the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle characters to the city centre for this fun, family-friendly, outdoor art trail.
“In addition to Manchester BID’s annual programme of public events, the trail is a great way to animate the city in support of our business community.”
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is released in cinemas nationwide on July 31st
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NOTES TO EDITORS
ABOUT TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM
Directed by Jeff Rowe
Co-Directed by Kyler Spears
Screenplay by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg & Jeff Rowe and Dan Hernandez & Benji Samit
Story by Brendan O’Brien and Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg & Jeff Rowe
Based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Characters Created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman
Produced by Seth Rogen, p.g.a., Evan Goldberg, p.g.a., James Weaver, p.g.a.
Executive Producers Ramsay McBean, Josh Fagen
Starring:
Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Hannibal Buress, Rose Byrne, Nicolas Cantu, John Cena, Jackie Chan, Ice Cube, Natasia Demetriou, Ayo Edebiri, Giancarlo Esposito, Post Malone, Brady Noon, Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, Maya Rudolph.
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM has been rated PG.
ABOUT MANCHESTER CITY CENTRE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
Manchester City Centre Business Improvement District (BID), brings together +600 business across the city centre, including retailers, hospitality providers and office tenants, to deliver services and initiatives which make Manchester a better place to work, live and visit.
The BID is managed by The City Centre Management Company, CityCo, and is partner of Manchester’s Accommodation BID, collectively bringing together a network +1500 businesses.
This trail follows our first film-themed street art trail in partnership with Looney Tunes in 2021. View images
