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Ninja Turtles move to Nickelodeon
variety.com - 10/21/2009
Ninja Turtles move to Nickelodeon
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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 franchises in the past 25 years given the myriad ...
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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hollywoodreporter.com - 10/21/2009
Ninja Turtles snapped up by Nickelodeon
— hollywoodreporter.com — 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. Ninja Turtles snapped up by Nickelodeon

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The Ninja Turtles Flip Over to Nickelodeon
atomicpopcorn.net - 10/21/2009
The Ninja Turtles Flip Over to Nickelodeon
— 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 ... The Ninja Turtles Flip Over to Nickelodeon

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Nickelodeon Buys the Ninja Turtles
Vulture — ... 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, Nick will also produce a new animated TV show featuring the characters, which will debut the same year. This leaves some lucky songwriter only three years to compose an opening theme as glorious as the original. [Variety] Read more posts by Lane Brown Filed Under: movies, ...

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io9 — ... Nickelodeon has bought up all our pizza loving mutated turtle ninjas. Which means the CG series will come back, along with the major motion feature set to release in 2012. Good news for turtle fans. [Variety] ...

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Screen Rant — ... According to Variety, the global rights to our “heroes in the half-shell” were picked up by Nickelodeon, a division of Viacom, for $60MM from Mirage Group and 4Kids Entertainment.  Nickelodeon will begin developing a new CG-animated (think ...

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SFX — ... says that wildly fluctuating box office figures have been the problem since the show began its run last November. There could be a happy ever after for Shrek, Donkey and Fiona, however – the show's going on a nationwide US tour from next July (conveniently coinciding with the cinematic release of Shrek Goes Forth). Deal in a Half Shell Variety 's reporting that Viacom has nabbed the rights for the 25-year-old (and still going strong) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. They've paid $60 million for the privilege, and are planning a new movie outing (the fifth) and a new ...

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