slashfilm.com - 10/21/2009
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When I was reading oversized black and white TMNT comics in the mid-’80s, I never would have guessed that one day the rights to those characters would be trading for sixty million dollars. But that’s what Nickelodeon just paid to pick up global TMNT rights from the Mirage Group ...
hollywoodreporter.com - 10/21/2009
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hollywoodreporter.com —
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 ...
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 are taking their crime-fighting ways...
to Viacom. Conglom has plunked down $60 million for the global rights to the property, considered one of the most successful ...
Ninja Turtles move to Nickelodeon
latimes.com - 10/19/2009
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latimes.com —
As an upcoming action movie fuels Internet rumors,
several scientists make public statements: The world will not...
end in 2012, and Earth is not going to crash into a rogue planet. > ...
Scientists try to calm '2012' hysteria
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Ninja Turtles Live at Nickelodeon; New Series and Film in 2012
Film School Rejects —
... The film is said to be a live-action, CG-animated hybrid that will be a Batman Begins style reboot, in which the origins of the Turtles are rebooted with a new tone. As our friends at /Film point out, there was a casting call earlier this year for martial artists to play members of the Foot Clan. And while this seems premature now, it may give an insight into the kind of turtles story they will be telling. As in, it is likely that it will involve the Shredder / April O’Neil / Foot Clan story seen in the original 1990 live-action movie. ...
Nickelodeon Buys ‘Ninja Turtles’ for $60M, 2012 Movie Release Expected
Backseat Cuddler —
... Nickelodeon has purchased the rights to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for $60 million! The rumored movie should be out in 2012. Variety reports the deal, which puts all intellectual property rights and all merchandising rights to the characters into the hands of Nickelodeon. The current animated series, produced by Mirage and 4Kids, will air through the end of October. The new film has been called a Batman Begins -style reboot which would re-tell the origin of the characters. Co-creator Peter Laird has suggested it might even include the two-legged robot ‘mousers’ which ...
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screencrave.com 10/21/2009 — teenage mutant ninja turtles film 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans rejoice, there’s been some movement on the revival for the franchise. A while back we reported that a writer had been found to pen the screenplay for the new film, and a casting ...
The Ninja Turtles Flip Over to Nickelodeon
atomicpopcorn.net 10/21/2009 — 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.
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Ninja Turtles Live at Nickelodeon; New Series and Film in 2012
filmschoolrejects.com 10/21/2009 —
Paramount and Nickelodeon have Turtle Power. In a big $60 million dollar acquisition deal — as reported today by Variety — Viacom has acquired the rights to one of the most successful television/film/toy/comic franchises of all-time, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles .
Their ...
Nickelodeon Buys the Ninja Turtles
nymag.com 10/21/2009 — Nickelodeon announced today that it's purchased the rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise for the astonishingly low price of $60 million. In addition to Paramount's previously announced TMNT movie reboot, set to hit theaters in 2012, ...
Nickelodeon acquires Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
news-briefs.ew.com 10/23/2009 — Nickelodeon, the kids channel owned by Viacom, has purchased the global property rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from the Mirage Group and 4Kids Entertainment for $60 million, according to Variety. The deal paves the way for Nick to start ...
The Sequel Was Better: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
he-shot-cyrus.blogspot.com 10/24/2009 — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Take a good look at that name. Someone pitched that idea to network executives who all agreed that it was a good idea. Makes you wonder if was their first idea like this or if Middle Aged Mutant Military Monkeys almost saw the light of day. For the Turtles, their ...
Nickelodeon’s Full Of Turtle Power
filmshaft.com 10/22/2009 —
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 .
As the trade mag has pointed out, given the sheer number of TV series, films, videogames and toy lines ...
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