Toon Zone Talkback - Nick Acquires Rights for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"

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Wow, a new animated series in 2012? That's kind of fast for me, but as long as it is good, I'll watch it. I just hope it is closer to the comics than the 80's toon.
 
I remember hearing that if Next Mutation got a second season, they were going to bring April and Casey into the show. I find it ridiculous that April wasn't even included in Next Mutation, most likely cause Venus was the token female.



I'm sorry, but for TMNT, I don't buy that. The franchise may no longer be as big as it was in the 90's, but if the new show airs on Nickelodeon especially, I expect a 7 season and 150+ episode run.

What were the $60 million dollars for? This is not like when 4kids partnered with Mirage, Nick now owns the franchise completely. They did not spend all that money just to give us 52 episodes and sweep the show under the carpet.

Ninja Turtle fans are used to being treated to long lasting series and multiple theatrical movies, I wouldn't have it any other way.
 
Yes, because of their contract with Mirage on the original series' ownership. This contract would apply to Nick's ownership of the original series as well. Nick owns the characters in the original series, yes, but Fred Wolf Films own the music and distribution rights to the original series. At most, they'd credit Nick for character rights instead of Mirage now.
 
I wonder what this means for Turtles Forever and the Mirage comics. Does this mean that Paramount/Nick could start re-releasing the original 1980s series and 2003 series onto DVD with new releases? If anything this seems like a smart move on Nick's part. They now have their own superhero franchise that can stand up to most Marvel and DC properties. I am really interested to see where this goes and what we'll see from this in the next few years.
 
I doubt we'll see a "Turtle Tots" series, but like others have said, it seems likely that the original, edgier incarnation of the turtles will pretty much disappear.

I also don't think it's likely that Nick will just bury TMNT forever if their series bombs. Yeah, they've done that to several acquisitions but now that they own the property outright, I doubt they'll give up on it so easily.
 
You really expect Nickelodeon to have over 150 episodes of an animated series? Really? Considering the new series is going to be computer animated, episodes are going to take a while to render (and yes, even though computer animation has made a lot of advances in recent years, it'll take time to make them). Though if they get ready by now, on average, they could complete somewhere around 14-26 episodes a season, which probably means the series is in pre-production even as we speak (Nick doesn't announce a series unless they're in the production phase), they could have at least four or five good seasons, a little over 125 episodes, especially if it's successful.

And it is going to air on Nickelodeon proper, not just Nicktoons.

I'm sure next summer, the 4Kids series will find its way on Nick's and Nicktoons' lineups, just to properly prime the audience for the series.

Well, there was a five-year period where the property was completely dormant and a 14-year period where there weren't any theatrical films. Just saying.
 
Dude, this happens all over the industry. If you want to develop your idea into an animated series (or movie) and pitch it to a studio, in excehange for it to be produced, you'll have to give up the rights. People who get their shows produced know (or should know) the risks.
Plus John K. got fired due to missing deadlines, and the creator of Spongebob left to pursue other interests.
 
What? Nothing about the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series being broadcast on Nick, only the current series? Someone please clarify this, so I can understand? Thank you.
 
It seems to me that Nick wants to make TMNT as popular as it was back in the 80's and 90's again. $60 million dollars is an insane amount to spend on a franchise that you're going to give a single TV show about.

I don't see why they would spend so much money for a short-lived TV series. Sure they control the other aspects of the franchise too, but I'm sure they want the cartoon/CG series to be the biggest part about it.

As for when TMNT went dormant that's true, but that's because its the first time the franchise died and it needed a break to refuel and recharge itself. The fact that the 4kids cartoon just came to an end in 2009 and already there's a new series announced should tell anyone that TMNT is a continuous franchise.
 
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