Written and directed by Stuart Gilliard, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III is the superhero film based on the characters created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Luke and Nathan get lost in time to revisit this 1993 sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret if the Ooze (1991) and the third installment in the original TMNT film trilogy. Reporter April O'Neil (Paige Turco) purchases an ancient Japanese scepter that can cause those simultaneously holding it in different centuries to switch places in time. When she is transported to 16th-century Japan, her crime-fighting pals, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, pursue her. After landing in the past, the Turtles learn April has been captured by the villainous Lord Norinaga (Sab Shimono). To rescue her, they must team up with rebel leader Misu (Vivian Wu).