"I Hopefully Am Suffering More Than The Team": How TMNT Director Avoided Crunch Conditions For Mutant Mayhem Animators

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem director Jeff Rowe has detailed how he avoided putting his animators under the pressures of crunch working conditions. Earlier this year, reports emerged of the troubling working conditions for artists and animators on Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, with over 100 people said to have left the project during production due to unsustainable work practices. Sony executive and producer Amy Pascal also came under fire for her glib response to worker complaints, saying “I guess, welcome to making a movie.”