Seth Rogen Says ‘Fear of the Process’ Has Turned Him Off From Marvel and DC Films: ‘Is It a System We’d Get Really Frustrated With?’

Seth Rogen is bringing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise back to life in the upcoming animated movie Mutant Mayhem, which he has a story credit on and produced through his Point Grey Pictures company. During an interview with Polygon ahead of the films release, Rogen was ask what has kept him turned off from joining other movie franchises like the Marvel and DC superhero films.

Honestly, probably fear, Rogen said. We really have a pretty specific way we work; me and Evan [Goldberg] have been writers for 20 years at this point. Its a fear of the process, honestly. And I say that knowing nothing about the process. There are a lot of Marvel things I love.

Its mostly a fear of how would we plug into the system they have in place, which seems like a very good system, and a system that serves them very well, Rogen continued. But is it a system that we would ultimately get really frustrated with? And whats nice about [Mutant Mayhem] is that were the producers of this. So we dictated the system, and we dictated the process in a lot of ways. We are creating the infrastructure and process for them, not plugging into someone elses infrastructure and process. Were control freaks!

Rogen already has success in the comic book space as a producer on Prime Videos hugely popular series The Boys, which is based on the comic series of the same name. With Mutant Mayhem, hes planning to launch a new franchise that will include a sequel film as well as a television series set to stream on Paramount+.

Earlier this year, Rogen told Total Film magazine that The Boys would not exist or be interesting without theMarvelCinematic Universe, but that doesnt mean he watches Marvel movies. The actor said that as an adult with no children, he finds it hard to get into the MCU, as its a bit too geared toward children for his personal taste.

I think that Kevin Feige is a brilliant guy, and I think a lot of the filmmakers hes hired to make these movies are great filmmakers, Rogen said. But as someone who doesnt have children It is [all] kind of geared toward kids, you know? There are times where I will forget. Ill watch one of these things, as an adult with no kids, and be like, Oh, this is just not for me.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem opens in theaters Aug. 2 from Paramount.