hollywoodreporter.com - 10/21/2009
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NEW YORK -- Viacom's Nickelodeon has acquired the global rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from The Mirage Group and 4Kids Entertainment for approximately $60 million. It unveiled plans on Wednesday to develop a new CG-animated TV series based on the franchise, anticipated to premiere ...
hollywoodreporter.com - 10/21/2009
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hollywoodreporter.com —
NEW YORK -- Viacom's Nickelodeon is making a
$60 million bet that the 25-year-old Teenage Mutant Ninja...
Turtles franchise has more left in the tank. The company has acquired the global TMNT rights from the Mirage Group and 4Kids Entertainment and is ...
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Ninja Turtles snapped up by Nickelodeon
variety.com - 10/21/2009
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variety.com —
Viacom division acquires franchise for $60 million The
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles -- one of the most...
successful franchises in entertainment -- are taking their crime-fighting ways to Viacom. Nickelodeon, a division of Viacom, has acquired the global ...
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Ninja Turtles move to Nickelodeon
atomicpopcorn.net - 10/21/2009
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atomicpopcorn.net —
Nickelodeon, a division of Viacom and a sister
company to Paramount (a company that seems to be...
grabbing up everything in sight lately), has grabbed the rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. The rights were originally held by Mirage Group and 4Kids Entertainment. This is great ...
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The Ninja Turtles Flip Over to Nickelodeon
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Nickelodeon to shell out Ninja Turtles TV series, Paramount to shred cinemas with a feature film
gordonandthewhale.com —
... Looks like Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael, and my favorite, Michaelangelo, are to set to shred once again. THR announced today that Nickelodeon has bought the global rights (for $60 million) from The Mirage Group and 4Kids Entertainment to develop a new CG-animated TV series, which is slated to premiere in 2012. This deal means that the CW network will no longer air their animated TMNT series, and that show will run until August 31, 2010. ...
TMNT Moves Rights to Viacom’s Nickelodeon and Paramount
Fused Film —
... So we have known for sometime that there has been a reboot of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. For the past months we have come to learn that a live-action tentpole was being developed and even a writer was attached, John Fusco, now the 4 green teens are getting picked up by a new right holder, Viacom’s Nickelodeon. ...
Nickelodeon Turtles in a Half Shell
KillerFilm —
... Nickelodeon is trying to keep the four pizza loving turtles alive within the minds of a new audience as Viacom got the rights from The Mirage Group and 4Kids Entertainment. This is obviously a big move for the kid friendly company, who plans on making a new cgi animated series on “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” along with the potential for another feature film with Viacom’s Paramount Pictures sector. Here’s more on what they have to say in The Hollywood Reporter: ...
Nickelodeon buys the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise for a 2012 TV and big screen relaunch!!! Your thoughts?
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... remains, does the franchise still have some steam left in it? I wasn't real big on the original TMNT cartoons, but I remember liking the movies, the first one in particular. And the 2007 animated film wasn't bad either. Is a relaunch what this universe needs? Of course, if you had asked me five years ago if anyone would pay to see a mixed live-action/CG TRANSFORMERS movie (also from Paramount), I would have laughed in your face. To read the entire Hollywood Reporter article, click here . So what do you think? Do Raphael, Michaelangelo, Donatello, and Leonardo still have some ...
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Viacom have shelled out (excuse me) $60 million for what Variety are calling one of the most successful franchises of the past quarter-century – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles .
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totalfilm.com 10/22/2009 — Clearly hoping that there's life in the shells yet, Nickelodeon has swooped in and splashed $60 million to buy the rights for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The company is planning to essentially re-introduce the characters yet again (despite their last big relaunch happening in, er, ...
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rowthree.com 10/22/2009 — Not having little brothers or children or nephews that I know about, it has been ages since I have turned on Nickelodeon. Hell, I've never even watched an episode of Spongebob Squarepants, which I am pretty sure makes me a notable minority in the ...
Writer Confirmed For Live-Action ‘Ninja Turtles’ Movie
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Last week Screen Rant reported on a possible new writer for the new live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie in the form of John Fusco ( Young Guns ). The semi-confirmation came when TMNT fan site Ninja Pizza picked up on a report put ...
Producers Promise a Dark Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie
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From their beginnings as a comic, through the years of video games and cartoons, various iterations of movies, and the amazing toy lines that have been produced, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have always had a soft spot in many people's ...
An Update, News, and the Secret of My Ooze
chucknorrisatemybaby.blogspot.com 10/21/2009 — Big news in the comic world - Nickelodeon just recently bought the rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Global property from The Mirage Group and 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. for a whopping $60 million dollars! While it may be good news in a way, it is kind of a bummer to me. What many ...
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