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What's New on Paramount+ in February 2026 | Streaming Release Schedule

Here's your guide to what's new on Paramount+ in February 2026! Try Paramount+ at ParamountPlus.com!

UFC Fight Night / 'Dreaming Whilst Black' Season Two / 68th Annual Grammy Awards

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Paramount has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows, and live sports coming to Paramount+ in February. The Paramount Plus February 2026 schedule includes all the UFC action, alongside a fresh wave of new and returning series.

The highlights include the U.S. debut of Can You Keep a Secret?, the arrival of Wild Boys: Strangers in Town, plus the mid-season returns of your favorite CBS Original series** – and music’s biggest night with the GRAMMYS**.

Paramount Plus February 2026 Movies, TV Shows, and Sports - Dreaming Whilst Black Season 2
Dreaming Whilst Black Season 2

The landmark 50th season, Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans, also kicks off on February 25, featuring a series of audience‑driven surprises as part of the show’s anniversary celebration.

The Season 2 premiere of Dreaming Whilst Black* headlines February’s refreshed Black Voices Collection. The collection honors the stories, creativity, and enduring impact of Black trailblazers in art, culture, and history. In celebration of Black History Month, new titles joining the lineup include Us, Marshall, Queen & Slim, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and more.

And with Valentine’s Day on the horizon, February’s Peak Romance Collection has nothing but love and laughter in store. New swoon‑worthy additions run from classic rom‑com charmers to heartfelt love stories, including Sixteen Candles and The Best of Us.

Paramount Plus February 2026 - Can You Keep a Secret?
Can You Keep a Secret?

They join fan favorites like Shakespeare in Love, Titanic, Chocolat, and more for a month of viewing that’s perfect for date nights, friend nights, or cozy nights in.

Paramount Plus February 2026 - Coldwater
Coldwater

PARAMOUNT+ FEBRUARY HIGHLIGHTS

February 1 - 68th Annual Grammy Awards** (CBS) 

February 1 - Old Guy - Paramount+ Exclusive* / Streaming Debut

February 12 - Can You Keep A Secret? - Paramount+ Original Series (US debut)

February 13 - Coldwater Series Finale - Showtime Original Series*

February 18 - Wild Boys: Strangers in Town - NEW Paramount+ Original Series

February 20 - Dreaming Whilst Black Season 2 - Showtime Original Series*

February 23 - CIA - NEW CBS Original Series**

February 25 - Survivor 50: In The Hands of the Fans** (CBS) 

PARAMOUNT+ FEBRUARY PROGRAMMING

New Episodes Weekly:

Wednesdays: School Spirits - Season 3 [ATV]

Thursdays: Canada Shore


Thursdays: NFL Slimetime - Season 5

February 1

UFC Unleashed (season 1)

UFC Ultimate Knockouts (season 1)

A Night At The Roxbury

A Walk on the Moon

Almost Famous

American Assassin*

American Beauty

American Gigolo

Amistad

Anything Else

Ashby

Ask The Dust

Bad News Bears (2005) 

Bang Bang

Becoming Jane

Blue Eyed Girl

Boomerang

Bottom of the 9th

Boudica: Queen of War

Bounce

Boys And Girls

Bride & Prejudice

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Bridget Jones's Baby

Bridget Jones's Diary

Call Me By Your Name

Changeland

Cinema Paradiso

Cloverfield

Down to Earth (2001) 

Down To You

Due Justice

Eagle vs Shark

Ella Enchanted

Emma (1996) 

End of Sentence

Face/Off

Fear

Forces Of Nature

Four Letters of Love

Frida

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Grease

Grease 2

Hardball

Harlem Nights

Heatwave

Here Comes the Boom

Hotel Artemis*

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

I Used to Go Here

Jane Eyre (1996) 

Jersey Girl

Just Like Heaven

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

Katy Perry The Movie: Part of Me

Kindred

Kiss The Girls

Like Water for Chocolate

Lilies Not for Me

Losing Isaiah

Love, Rosie

Marshall

Marshmallow

Match Point

Old Guy*

Our Friend

Persona

Pretty Red Dress

Queen & Slim

Regarding Us

Roman Holiday

Rugrats Go Wild [NM]

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie [NM]

Run

Runaway Bride

Sabrina (1995) 

Save the Last Dance

Seaside

Shakespeare in Love

She's All That

Shrink

Sixteen Candles

Superstar

Team America: World Police

The Argument

The Beldham

The Best of Me

The Foreigner*

The Godfather

The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone

The Godfather Part II

The Golden Child

The Heartbreak Kid (2007) 

The Hurricane

The Longshots*

The Original Kings of Comedy

The Outlaws

The Prince and Me

The Prophecy

The Romantics


The Saint (1997) 

The Score

The Silent Planet

The Sons of Katie Elder

The Stepford Wives (2004) 

The To Do List

The Violent Heart

The Virgin Suicides

The Wood

The Words

The Yards

Til Death Do Us Part

To Catch a Thief

Us

Vampire in Brooklyn

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Win A Date With Tad Hamilton!

February 2

The Reader*

February 4

Air Disasters (season 23)

68 Kill*

February 11

How Did They Fix That?: Season 4

February 12

Can You Keep A Secret? | Paramount+ Original Series (US premiere)

February 13

Coldwater | Showtime Original Series (Series Finale)

February 15

Mother’s Day*

February 18

PAW Patrol: Season 11 [N]

Wild Boys: Strangers in Town | Paramount+ Original Series

February 20

Dreaming Whilst Black: Season 2 | Paramount+ Original Series  (US premiere)

February 23

CIA** (new CBS series)

DMV: Season 1** (mid-season premiere)

FBI: Season 8** (mid-season premiere)

The Neighborhood: Season 8** (mid-season premiere)

February 25

Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans** (CBS series)

February 26

Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage: Season 2** (mid-season premiere)

Ghosts: Season 5** (mid-season premiere)

Matlock: Season 2** (mid-season premiere)

Elsbeth: Season 3** (mid-season premiere)

February 27

Boston Blue: Season 1** (mid-season premiere)

Fire Country: Season 4** (mid-season premiere)

Sheriff Country: Season 1** (mid-season premiere)

ONLY ON PARAMOUNT+

Can You Keep a Secret?
Premieres: February 12, 2026 (US debut)
Logline: In Can You Keep a Secret?, domineering granny Debbie Fendon, a woman who will stop at nothing to protect her family, is just the person they most need protecting from. When her hermit-like husband, William, unexpectedly dies, she makes an outlandish decision that will put the family under more pressure than ever before.

Because William isn’t actually dead – he just got mistakenly declared dead and has been living in the loft while they wait for the life insurance to pay out. This comes as a bit of a shock to their easily frazzled son, Harold, whose wife, Neha, works for the local police.

Just as they come to terms with the baffling behavior of these geriatric toddlers, Debbie reveals another secret she’s been keeping up her sleeve – and this one could bring the whole family down.
Format: Scripted Series | 6 episodes | Full Series Release

Wild Boys: Strangers in Town
Premieres: February 18, 2026
Logline: In 2003, two young men emerge from the forests of British Columbia claiming to have been raised entirely off the grid. As a small town tries to help them, a mystery unfolds, testing how far people will go to believe the unbelievable.
Format: Docuseries | 2 episodes | Full Series Release

Dreaming Whilst Black* Season 2
Premieres: February 20, 2026
Logline: Kwabena (Adjani Salmon) is on the hunt for his first directing gig. Having previously “sold out” his cousin during the making of his short film, he is determined not to repeat the same mistake.

When the opportunity to direct the radical color-blind historical drama “Sin and Subterfuge” arises, Kwabena thinks his dreams have come true. However, things aren’t quite as they seem, and he realizes how difficult it is to create something with integrity as he peers behind the curtain of a “progressive” industry.
Format: Scripted Series | 6 episodes | Weekly Release

SPORTS

February 1 - Zuffa Boxing 02

February 1 - NCAA Men’s Basketball - Purdue at Maryland*

February 1 - PGA Tour - Farmers Insurance Open (Fourth Round Coverage)*

February 3 - Carabao Cup Semifinal - Arsenal vs. Chelsea

February 4 - Carabao Cup Semifinal - Manchester City vs. Newcastle United

February 6-7 - Women’s Rugby - HSBC SVNS Series (Perth)

February 7 - UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs. Oliveira

February 7 - EFL Championship - Wrexham vs. Millwall

February 7 - PBR Monster Energy Team Challenge* 

February 7 - NCAA Men’s Basketball - Oregon at Purdue*

February 7-8 - PGA Tour - WM Phoenix Open (Third and Fourth Round Coverage)*

February 8 - Serie A - Juventus vs. Lazio

February 8- NCAA Men’s Basketball - Michigan at Ohio State* 

February 11 - UEFA Women’s Champions League - OH Leuven vs. Arsenal

February 11 - UEFA Women’s Champions League - Paris FC vs. Real Madrid

February 12 - UEFA Women’s Champions League - Wolfsburg vs. Juventus

February 12 - UEFA Women’s Champions League - Atlético Madrid vs. Manchester United

February 14 - Zuffa Boxing 03

February 14 - NCAA Men’s Basketball - UCLA at Michigan*

February 14-15 - AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Third and Fourth Round Coverage)*

February 14-15 - Women’s Rugby - HSBC SVNS Challenger Series 

February 15 - PBR Monster Energy Team Challenge*

February 15 - NCAA Men’s Basketball - Indiana at Illinois*

February 15 - Serie A - Inter vs. Juventus

February 15 - Serie A - Napoli vs. Roma

February 17-18 - UEFA Champions League - Knockout Playoffs (Leg 1)

February 18 - UEFA Women’s Champions League - Arsenal vs. OH Leuven

February 18 - UEFA Women’s Champions League - Real Madrid vs. Paris FC 

February 19 - UEFA Women’s Champions League - Juventus vs. Wolfsburg

February 19 - UEFA Women’s Champions League - Manchester United vs. Atlético Madrid

February 19 - UEFA Europa League - Knockout Playoffs (Leg 1)

February 19 - UEFA Conference League - Knockout Playoffs (Leg 1)

February 21 - EFL Championship - Wrexham vs. Ipswich Town

February 21-22 - PGA Tour - The Genesis Invitational (Third and Fourth Round Coverage)*

February 21 - UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez

February 21 - NCAA Men’s Basketball - Cincinnati at Kansas*

February 22 - NCAA Men’s Basketball - Ohio State at Michigan State*

February 22 - Serie A - Milan vs. Parma

February 22 - PBR Monster Energy Team Challenge*

February 24-25 - UEFA Champions League - Knockout Playoffs (Leg 2)

February 25 - UCL Knockout Phase Playoffs - Second Leg 2025-26 

February 26 - UEFA Europa League - Knockout Playoffs (Leg 2)

February 26 - UEFA Conference League - Knockout Playoffs (Leg 2)

February 28 - UFC Fight Night : Moreno vs. Almabayev

February 28 - SailGP - ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix*

February 28 - NCAA Men’s Basketball - San Diego State at New Mexico*

February 28 - NCAA Men’s Basketball - Texas Tech at Iowa State*

February 28 - EFL Championship - Charlton Athletic vs. Wrexham

February 28 - EFL Championship - Coventry City vs. Stoke City

Throughout February: English Football League competition 

Throughout February: Serie A competition

Throughout February: Scottish Professional Football League competition

Throughout February: UEFA Champions League competition

Throughout February: UEFA Women’s Champions League competition

Throughout February: UEFA Europa League competition

Throughout February: UEFA Conference League competition

* Title is available to Paramount+ Premium subscribers.

**All Paramount+ Premium subscribers can live stream CBS titles via the live feed on Paramount+. Those titles will be available to stream on-demand to all subscribers the day after they air live.

Dates for library titles are subject to change.

Key: [N] - Nickelodeon Show; [ATV] = AwesomenessTV; [NM] - Nickelodeon Movie.

Paramount Plus February 2026 - Survivor 50
Survivor 50

'Dreaming Whilst Black' Season 2
Dreaming Whilst Black Season 2

Can You Keep a Secret?
Can You Keep a Secret?

Coldwater
Coldwater

'Dreaming Whilst Black' Season 2
Dreaming Whilst Black Season 2

Can You Keep a Secret?
Can You Keep a Secret?

Coldwater
Coldwater

'Dreaming Whilst Black' Season 2
Dreaming Whilst Black Season 2

Survivor 50
Survivor 50

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Originally published: January 23, 2026 at 04:55 GMT.

What's New on Paramount+ in February 2026 | Streaming Release Schedule
Paramount+ February 2026 Movies, TV Shows, and Sports

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Classic Rugrats Comic Strip for January 26, 2026 | Nickelodeon

Classic Rugrats Comic Strip for January 26, 2026 | Nickelodeon

Classic Rugrats Comic Strip for January 26, 2026 | Nickelodeon

Stream the classic Rugrats series on Paramount+! Try it at ParamountPlus.com!

Rugrats, provided to Creators Syndicate by Nickelodeon, based off the popular animated television series has been created for children and family's to laugh and enjoy together.

Follow these comics and their take on real episodes of the show and their own spin on hilarious adventures.

Read more Rugrats comic strips!: https://www.creators.com/features/rugrats

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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

3:01 a.m. on Paramount+ - School Spirits - It's a Wonderful Afterlife: Maddie's return upends Split River High; as she adjusts, not everyone welcomes her back; Simon is trapped on the other side while the ghosts search for answers and dark new secrets about the school emerge. (#301; season three premiere.)

3:01 a.m. on Paramount+ - School Spirits - Mean Ghouls: Split River High grows volatile as Maddie faces mounting pressure; buried truths and new dangers are revealed that could change everything for the living and the dead, forcing some to question who they can trust. (#302.)

3:01 a.m. on Paramount+ - School Spirits - The Halls Have Eyes: New mysteries at Split River High force Maddie, Simon and the ghosts to choose between leaving the past alone or exploring it and triggering unseen dangers; as Nicole joins a new circle, Simon and Wally take a risky leap for answers. (#303.)

5:00 p.m. - NFL Slimetime - Week 21: The end zones become the slime zone as former NFL player-turned-TV host Nate Burleson presents weekly NFL highlights like they've never been seen before. Who will be this week's NVP? (#521)

Podcast - Ned's Declassified Podcast Survival Guide: The wait is over, Ned Heads! The gang is back and they’re bringing you the most exciting season yet! This time, it’s all on THEIR terms, and they’re taking things to a whole new level. Expect more laughs, more nostalgia, more unfiltered convos, and epic guests—dropping EVERY WEDNESDAY! (season two)

Thursday, January 29, 2026

3:01 a.m. on Paramount+ - Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Vox in Excelso: STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY introduces viewers to a young group of cadets who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself. (#304)

3:01 a.m. on Paramount+ - NFL Slimetime: Season 5, Week 21

Friday, January 30, 2026

10:00 a.m. - PAW Patrol - Rocky's Cat-astrophe: When one of Humdinger's schemes goes awry, a Junkyard Kitten's home is destroyed and Rocky bites off more than he can chew when he invites the kitten to stay at the Lookout overnight. (#x; special.)

11:00 a.m. - Mr. Crocodile - Lucky Croc/Sleepover Croc: Daisy and Mr. Crocodile search for a lucky item to help them win a bike raffle. / When Mr. Crocodile can't fall asleep at his first sleepover, Daisy helps him figure out why. (#1x; series premiere.)

5:00 p.m. - The Boss Baby: Back in Business - Super Cool Big Kids Inc.: After declaring war on old people, Boss Baby focuses the field team's efforts on Frederic Estes; Tim starts his own big-kid business. (#2x.)

5:30 p.m. - The Loud House - Rough Patch/The GLOAT: Lola must spend quality time with Bernie. / After Lynn sees cousin Shiloh's athletic skills, she gets overly competitive to prove she's the greatest Loud of all time. (#9x.)

6:00 p.m. - Wylde Pak - J-LAD/Big Honey: It's another LAD night as the girls plan a sleepover. Seeing their camaraderie makes Jack want to join in, but he doesn't know how when their bond is already so strong. In an attempt to fit in, he promises a coveted but banned drink he overhears Vlad will be smuggling that night. To get it, he takes the girls on a night they never bargained for and gets them all in over their heads, only to realize true bonds can only be formed by time and unforgettable experiences. / When Will's parents come to visit the family, Jack and Lily begin to wonder who will inherit their prized bee farm. After some honey-inspired antics to prove their place as the rightful heirs to the farm, Grandpa and Grandma Wylde drop the bomb that they're actually planning to sell it to Big Honey. Hearing this sends Will and Min into an inheritance-spiral of their own, forcing Lily and Jack to join forces against their parents to prevent the sale of the farm at all costs. (#2x.)

Sunday, February 1, 2026

3:01 a.m. on Paramount+: Rugrats Go Wild, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, The Rugrats Movie

Additional Programming Notes:


Too cold to play outside? It's PAW Patrol to the rescue! All month long, it's Every PAW Patrol Ever on Nickelodeon! That's over 200 adventures, more than 500 pup treats, and a whole lot of Chickaletta! Catch Every PAW Patrol Episode Ever, all this January on Nickelodeon!

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey’ First Look | Now Streaming on Paramount+

The heroes in a half shell are back — but this time, they’re stranded across the river.

TMNT - Chrome Alone 2 - Lost in New Jersey
TMNT - Chrome Alone 2 - Lost in New Jersey | Paramount Pictures

Update (1/26/26): COWABUNGA! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey is now available to stream on Paramount+, under the Extra Features tab of TMNT: Mutant Mayhem! Get started at ParamountPlus.com.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey, directed by Kent Seki, takes the beloved characters out of their comfort zone and drops them into an unlikely setting. Mixing slapstick humor, gritty animation and unexpected heart, the short film follows the turtles as they attempt to navigate the Garden State after a mishap sends them far from their New York roots.

The animated short film’s premise adds a twist of intrigue: When a mysterious toy company exploits the turtles’ newfound fame with the Tubular Tortoise Karate Warriors, the brothers follow the clues to New Jersey, where they stumble upon a shocking discovery.

“We wanted to honor the Ninja Turtles’ history while asking what would happen if we put them somewhere completely unfamiliar,” Seki told Variety. “New Jersey became the perfect backdrop because it’s so close to New York, yet has its own energy and quirks that challenge the turtles in new ways.”


At its core, Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey continues the franchise’s tradition of balancing martial arts action with outlandish comedy. Seki said the tone intentionally recalls the chaotic spirit of 1990s family movies while still appealing to a modern audience.

“I grew up loving both Home Alone and the Ninja Turtles, and this project became a way to smash those influences together,” he said. “The turtles are constantly in survival mode — but here, survival means figuring out the Jersey Turnpike.”

Seki, who has worked across both live action and animation, said directing a TMNT short allowed him to infuse personal touches while respecting the loyal fan base. “Whenever you work with characters as iconic as the turtles, you have to give fans the personalities they love — Leonardo’s discipline, Michelangelo’s humor, Donatello’s tech obsession, Raphael’s temper — but then ask, ‘How do we surprise people?’ For me, the surprise came from the setting and the way we used the animation style to heighten those contrasts.”

The animation combines stylized character design with photorealistic backgrounds, creating a world that feels both heightened and lived in. Seki credits his team of artists with pushing the medium forward: “It was about making the turtles pop against an environment that feels almost too real, so every pizza slice and sewer lid becomes a character in its own right.”

Chrome Alone 2 is already making a bit of history. The film has been selected for Variety’s Pixels and Pencils, becoming the first animated short to be invited to the panel. The program highlights the year’s most innovative animated films, culminating in a directors roundtable discussion.

Though Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey is a short film, Seki hints it may serve as a springboard for more stories that push the turtles into unexpected corners of the world. “I think audiences are hungry for new ways to experience these characters,” he said. “We’ll always love seeing them in New York, but throwing them somewhere unexpected opens the door to new humor, new stakes and new visual possibilities. If people connect with this one, I’d love to keep exploring that.”

With its inventive visuals, offbeat humor and affectionate nods to the franchise’s lore, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey is poised to carve its own place in the turtles’ history — even if it has to take the long way back to New York to get there.

Fans can see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey in theaters from Friday, December 19, where it'll play with The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants.

'TMNT - Chrome Alone 2 - Lost in New Jersey' Key Art/Logo
TMNT - Chrome Alone 2 - Lost in New Jersey | Paramount Pictures

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES CHROME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW JERSEY

Release Date: In Theatres: Dec 19th, 2025

Synopsis: When a mysterious toy company seeks to profit off the turtles’ new hero status, the brothers follow the clues to New Jersey and make a shocking discovery in this all new original short.

Director: Kent Seki

Cast: Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon, Beck Bennett, Zach Woods

Legal: ©2025 Paramount Pictures. All Right Reserved.


‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey’ Director Unmasks the Half-Shell Heroes’ New Animated Short

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey [Nickelodeon Movies / Point Grey Pictures]

This article was written for the
January ’26 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 355).

The success of the pizza-loving dudes’ 2024 movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem provided a unique opportunity for its director, Kent Seki, to step into the director’s chair for a new short, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey. (If you’re wondering how you missed Chrome Alone 1, don’t worry — there isn’t one.)

The short finds Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael shopping for a Christmas gift for their mentor, Splinter, when they come across some really shoddy bootleg Turtles toys. They track down the maker of the toys to a New Jersey factory and come face-to-face with Chrome Dome, an AI machine that has incorporated into its identity just about every comic-book origin story under the sun.

Seki had always been a fan of the Turtles franchise. “I collected the comic in 1984,” he says. “I was a huge Frank Miller fan at the time, and I couldn’t believe that somebody was doing a parody of Frank Miller, and I loved that comic.”

Perhaps the most AI-like aspect of the story is the villain’s hilarious backstory, which Seki describes as “the amalgamation of a lot of backstories and the worst version of every backstory.”

But that solution came somewhat late in production, Seki says. “We actually had a different version of it for most of the movie,” he says. “There was a character named Archibald Mirthmaker … who was the toy company founder who created Chrome Dome, first as a computer, almost like he was Steve Jobs. He wore a black turtleneck and glasses, and then he changed and converted into a robot.”

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey [Nickelodeon Movies / Point Grey Pictures]

Bad Robot!

But something about it wasn’t right, and it was executive producer Ramsay McBean who suggested trying a funnier approach. “What if we made the backstory like as if he was an AI, a robot made it up using AI? And I thought that was a great idea,” Seki says.

Writer Andrew Joustra ran with the idea, with the storyboard artists taking it to another level and art director Garrett Lee incorporating it into the character’s look.

“We were going to do these vector-line graphics for his face, because it was based on old-school video games like Asteroids or Tempest from Atari,” Seki says. “It was Tiffany Lam, the production designer from the feature … We asked her, ‘What do you think of AI art?’ And she said there’s one word that comes to mind: tacky. And that became a driving factor.”

Inspirations included Terry Gilliam’s classic Monty Python cutout animation, modernized with 8-bit graphics like you remember from old Nintendo games. “It was a collective thing that happened, and that’s a great example of how the theme of AI brought us together to make something that was comedic and yet said something about the thing we were talking about,” Seki says.

The look of the short builds off Mutant Mayhem. Seki says they were looking at teenage art — the kind of stuff everyone drew in high school. “That was really driven by the production designer, Yashar Kassai, as well as Tiffany Lam, the art director, and Arthur Fong, the other art director,” he says. “We were building upon that, and in order to build upon that, we had to develop new shaders and tools to do Chrome Dome and to do metallic surfaces.”

“This is, again, that reaction to AI … How do we make the unconventional choice that relies more on the human eye than the computer tool to do what we want it to do?” — Director Kent Seki

Seki was going for a more organic look, relying upon Mikros Animation’s VFX supervisor, Matthieu Rouxel. “He’s like a magician … who came up with methods to make the CG look like a hand-drawn and hand-rendered reflection, with highlights that crawl across the surface of these metal things.”

He also compliments digital matte paint supervisor Arnaud Philippe-Giraux, who came up with the idea of using Grease Pencil in Blender to hand-draw crowds they couldn’t afford to render in CG.

“And this is, again, that reaction to AI,” Seki says. “How do we make the unconventional choice that relies more on the human eye than the computer tool to do what we want it to do?”

Seki says he’s pleased with the final film, which was well received at a recent screening at SCAD. “The main thing for me was [that] we turned it into a celebration of human creativity,” he says. “I think that’s one reason why the short is resonating with so many people.”

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey plays with Paramount’s The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants in theaters beginning December 19.

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From Polygon:

As Disney bows to AI, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles take a stance against slop

A new TMNT short has a very timely message

Last week, the news hit that Disney has struck a deal with OpenAI, the owners of ChatGPT and Sora, to license over 200 hundred Disney-owned characters for AI-generated videos. As the BBC has reported, industry insiders are worried about what Disney’s $1 billion endorsement of artificial intelligence means for the future of Hollywood, as it's the first major studio to make such a move. Yet, as Mickey Mouse seems content to accelerate AI’s oncoming judgement day, another group of legacy characters are taking a katana-pointed stand in opposition.

The lengthy-titled animated short Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 – Lost in New Jersey is a seven-minute theatrical cartoon attached to The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, which releases today in theaters. The short features the same versions of the TMNT that appeared in 2023’s critically-acclaimed, beautifully animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and sees the foursome Christmas shopping for their father, Splinter. (If you’re wondering why the Ninja Turtles can be openly shopping in public, it’s because they saved the city in the 2023 film and became heroes to all of New York.)

As they’re shopping, our heroes see a commercial in a toy store window for “Tubular Tortoise Karate Warriors,” a set of action figures clearly ripping off their newfound in-universe fame, yet with the aesthetics of a bad He-Man knockoff. From there, the Turtles decide to confront the New Jersey-based toy manufacturer, and that’s where the real meaning of Chrome Alone becomes apparent.

As it turns out, Tubular Tortoise Karate Warriors were created by an AI named Chrome Dome (a reimagining of a classic villain) which wants to cash in on the Turtles’ fame without paying them likeness rights. Chrome Dome also recounts its utterly hilarious origin story, which is a combination of the origins of Superman, Spider-Man, Batman, The Lion King, The Lord of the Rings and a few others, employing clear knockoff versions of characters and story points from each.

Being that the short is only seven minutes long, a fight quickly breaks out where Chrome Dome has the upper hand as it can predict all their ninja moves, until the Turtles start to employ some silly originality into their fighting to trip up Chrome Dome’s system and they win (and, for good measure, they blow up the factory). While some of that leans into traditional Turtle-fare, the message throughout is “AI sucks” — something Raphael actually says verbatim — for its unoriginality and the way it steals from real people (or in this case, real mutants).

While the message is very 2025, it’s in keeping with the spirit of the 1980s origins of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Back then, TMNT came out of the 1980s boom of independent black-and-white comics, which was an artist-led reaction to the often poor treatment and inadequate credit given to creators at Marvel and DC. Out of this boom came characters like Usagi Yojimbo and the Flaming Carrot, but the biggest success was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.

When they hit it big though, Eastman and Laird didn’t just take the money and run, they invested in other independent artists. Eastman founded the ill-fated Tundra comics, which sought to give comic creators a space to tell stories and retain ownership of their creations. Meanwhile, Laird founded the Xeric Foundation, which gave publishing grants to independent creators for more than 20 years. Eastman and Laird were also instrumental in the creation of 1988’s The Creator’s Bill of Rights, a document signed by a number of comic industry professionals which sought to award things like profit sharing to creators across the comics industry. Unfortunately, it didn’t make much of a change as Marvel and DC generally continued their practice of cutting creators out of the profits from their creations, no matter how successful they became.

While the message of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 – Lost in New Jersey isn’t exactly the same of the Creator’s Bill of Rights, the spirit of it is very close, as the meaning of both is/was to protect original creations from being ripped off, be it from corporate overlords or intellectual property-stealing AI — or in Disney’s case with OpenAI, those two forces joining together. And while the right and wrong here is obvious and the Heroes in a Half-Shell are clearly on the right side, one can’t help but think that, given Disney's capitulation, protecting creators from the encroachment of AI might already be a cause as lost and the Creator’s Bill of Rights.

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The Director Of The Ninja Turtles Short Running With The SpongeBob Movie Explained Why They Went So Obscure With The Villain

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem was met with critical acclaim upon its release in 2023, making it unsurprising when Paramount Pictures greenlit a sequel in early 2024. While we’re still two years away from seeing what’s in store for Mutant Mayhem 2, the good news is these versions of Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael have appearances set on the 2025 movies schedule before it ends. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 – Lost in New Jersey will be attached to The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants in a few weeks, and Kent Seki, the director of the short film, shared with CinemaBlend why one of the Turtles’ more obscure villains was selected for this story.

Without going into spoilers, Chrome Alone 2 sees the Turtles going to New Jersey after seeing a commercial advertising the Tubular Tortoise Karate Warriors, i.e. knockoff toys based off them. Upon arriving at the Authentic Imitations Toy Company headquarters in Newark, they run into the robot known as Chrome Dome, voiced by The Office’s Zach Woods. Chrome Dome certainly isn’t on the same popularity level as TMNT baddies like Shredder and Krang, so when I asked Seki why he was a good fit for this short film, he answered:

"I think he's a good fit partly because he is obscure, because a lot of people haven't invested a lot into that character and don't bring their background or their personal baggage with it. I think it was 1987 [that Chrome Dome] was designed and made in the cartoon series. It allowed us to modernize him and his personality in a way that would fit with the times today. And it was Andrew Joustra, the screenwriter's idea to make it Chrome Dome. I think Andrew Joustra is a super Turtles fan, so you can always count on the authenticity from Andrew."

Chrome Dome was introduced in Season 5 of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series as a robotic member of the Foot Clan, and he was later depicted in a few episodes of the 2012 animated series (both of which can be streamed with a Paramount+ subscription). So a lot of people will be learning about this villain for the first time when they watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 – Lost in New Jersey, but as Kent Seki told me, this worked to the creative team’s advantage since it gave them more freedom to tweak him as they saw fit and not worry about how TMNT fans would react. While Chrome Dome’s “in-person” look hasn’t been revealed yet, this is how he’s presented in the toy commercial mentioned earlier from a Chrome Alone 2 clip released in October.

Toy version of Chrome Dome from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 – Lost in New Jersey
(Image credit: Paramount Pictures)

Again, I’m not going to spill any details about what happens when Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael cross paths with Zach Woods’ Chrome Dome. However, Seki also said this to me during the interview when I inquired about the one aspect he’s most proud of in this short film:

I think the design of Chromeome is pretty spectacular. That was Woodrow White, who is the character designer from Mutant Mayhem. He came in and designed our Chrome Dome, which is influenced by Radu Molasar from The Keep, Michael Mann's 1983 film, as well as TARS from Interstellar, and the original Chrome Dome design from the 1987 cartoon. And finally, that Patrick Nagle reference in the face using vector graphics like from the arcade games Asteroids or Tempest. I think having all of that combined creates this unique and iconic robot.

The director added that Zach Woods is “unbelievably funny” in the role, so perhaps Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 – Lost in New Jersey will actually end up becoming the most recognized version of the character. That doesn’t necessarily mean, however, that we’ll see him in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 2. After all, the first movie set the stage for Shredder, the Turtles’ arch-nemesis, to enter the picture.

In any case, check out Chrome Alone 2 on the big screen once The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants comes out on December 19. Mutant Mayhem 2 will follow on September 17, 2027, and it was also announced earlier this week that the new live-action TMNT reboot is set for release on November 17, 2028.

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Originally published: October 10, 2025 at 00:28 BST.


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Rocky is patrolling in his search and rescue scooter, when he discovers a traffic light at a railroad crossing is broken. Worse, both a train and a truck are approaching, and in danger of crashing. When Rocky is unable to give them a warning, he builds a temporary bridge for them to use.

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Su transmisión es los martes a las 9:45 AM y 3:20 PM

Kaled e Isa se unen a Yilued para preparar pasteles de sushi en un desafío que transforma por completo la forma de cocinar. Deben sincronizar sus movimientos con las manos unidas a las de sus compañeros. Cada paso requiere comunicación y paciencia para avanzar juntos. No saben si el resultado será un pastel perfecto o un plato totalmente diferente pero la aventura los impulsa a confiar el uno con el otro Descubre este reto de precisión. ¿Lograrán sacar la receta adelante?

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