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slashfilm.com - 10/21/2009

$60m Deal Sends Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Nickelodeon; Paramount Will Make New Feature Film for 2012

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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 ...

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hollywoodreporter.com - 10/21/2009

Ninja Turtles snapped up by Nickelodeon

— 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

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variety.com - 10/21/2009

Ninja Turtles move to Nickelodeon

— 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

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latimes.com - 10/19/2009

Scientists try to calm '2012' hysteria

— 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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Film School Rejects:  Ninja Turtles Live at Nickelodeon; New Series and Film in 2012

Backseat Cuddler:  Nickelodeon Buys ‘Ninja Turtles’ for $60M, 2012 Movie Release Expected

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WHAT THE FUCK. TMNT sold to Nickeloden: http://tinyurl.com/yg9sxek 10/21/2009

so much for ever getting a grittier TMNT movie http://tinyurl.com/yg9sxek 10/21/2009

RT @geektrooper: Nickelodeon Pays a Cool 60 Million for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles http://bit.ly/1f1oCq #tmnt 10/21/2009

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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 ...