Are the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" still relevant? Nickelodeon says yes they are, to the tune of $60 million paid for the global rights to the one-time comic book property turned multimedia powerhouse.Nick plans a new Turtles television series and a CG feature film to be released in 2012.
From the press release:
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a property that maintains a very passionate global fan base, is rich with opportunity for a tentpole movie, and is exactly the right property for us to work together with Nickelodeon," said Adam Goodman, President, Paramount Pictures.
The animated series running on CW4Kids, produced by Mirage Studios and 4Kids Entertainment will continue to run in the CW Saturday morning programming through August 2010.
When I read the Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird comics series back in the eighties I couldn't imagine what it would become as a media property today. As a change -- and I know this is totally unrealistic -- I would love to see a solid animated interpretation that's very faithful to the original comic.
But then it wouldn't be suitable for the multitudes of young TV and movie viewers who have embraced these characters as their own. Oh well...
Read the full press release via tvbythenumbers.com
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