Paramount Sets 2028 Dates for TMNT, Sonic Films

Paramount Pictures has announced release dates for upcoming films in two of its popular franchises, including a live-action and CGI hybrid Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie set for November 17, 2028, and an untitled Sonic the Hedgehog project slated for December 22, 2028. The studio also plans a 40th anniversary rerelease of the 1986 classic Top Gun on May 13, 2026.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film marks a return to live-action storytelling for the property, following the 2016 release Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, which underperformed at the box office. Produced by Neal H. Moritz, known for his work on the Sonic series, the new movie will blend live-action elements with CGI animation in a family-friendly style similar to the successful Sonic adaptations. It follows the animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, which arrived in theaters in 2023 and earned positive reception for its fresh take on the turtle brothers Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo. A sequel to that film, directed by Jeff Rowe and produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, is scheduled for September 17, 2027.

Under Paramount's ownership since 2009, the Teenage...