The original 1987 animated series”Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtleswill come Nickelodeon. Before the theatrical release “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” Nickelodeon The celebrated Fred Wolf has acquired worldwide rights to the series, which follows the adventures of the heroes in the shells: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo.
Under the deal, all 193 episodes “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” The original, which aired from 1987 to 1996, will premiere digitally on its owned channels. Nickelodeon and directed by them (eg YouTube, Pluto TV and its linear channel O&O) in the US later this month, with the brand following channels and digital platforms Nickelodeon International level.
The acquisition was announced during its presentation on ThursdayMutant Mayhem“In San Diego Funny memorization From Paramount Pictures. The latest installment of the popular children’s franchise will hit theaters on August 2. director”Mutant Mayhem,” Jeff Roe (wearing a “TMNT“), and franchise co-creator Kevin Eastman previewed the new film on behalf of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” in Funny memorization The decline was due to strikes by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA, which prevented writers and actors from attending conventions.
Eastman, who made a surprise appearance on the panel, announced the news to the audience in Room H.
“We just found out today – this is breaking news – Nickelodeon And Paramount has secured the rights to broadcast the original animated series,” Eastman said as the audience erupted into applause. “[Fue] In the beginning. For the first time those characters came alive with voice and movement, and Chuck Lorre wrote an amazing song for us before he was Chuck Lorre. It is very fantastic. We are very excited to announce this, so congratulations to all of us! We will see him again!”
The legendary comic book creator (who was celebrating his 38th appearance at the convention — “It was a very different show. I think they expected 7,000 that year and I think there’s 7,000 people in this room,” Eastman joked) also praised Rowe’s portrayal of the Turtles in the new film.
“I am very proud of what you have done. This movie is great,” he said, the first time he saw footage of the film. “After 15 minutes, I said, ‘When are they going to start the sequel?’ Now I look at him and the way he comes to life reminds me of the style of underground comics we started with Peter. [Laird, co-creador de “TMNT“] me too There’s so much life and energy and weight.”
Produced by Nickelodeon movies y Point Gray Production d Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver, “Mutant Mayhem” marked its first film production Nickelodeon In CG animation. The film follows the amphibian brothers – Leonardo (Nicolas Cantu), Donatello (Mica Abbe), Rafael (Brady Nunn) and Miguel Angel (Shaman Brown Jr.) – who, after years of escaping the human world, embark on a mission to “win the hearts of New Yorkers.” With the help of their new friend April O’Neill (Ayo Edebiri), the Turtles take on a mysterious crime syndicate. accepts, but is soon overwhelmed when an army of mutants is unleashed against them.
“Mutant Mayhem” also features an all-star supporting cast including Rogen, Hannibal Buress, Rose Byrne, John Cena, Jackie Chan, Ice Cube, Natasia Demetriou, Giancarlo Esposito, Post Malone, Paul Rudd and Maya Rudolph.
who are participating Funny memorization Was able to enjoy 20 minutes of footage from the film, which shows its core story ninja turtles, from the moment their rat father, Splinter (voice of Chan), discovers them as little goo-coated turtles, to their training to become the ninja warriors we know and love. The footage was preceded by a recorded message from Rogen and Ice Cube.
“It’s hard to believe that all this is happening. I’ve been a huge fan all my life and now I’m just weeks away from its release in theaters. It’s amazing,” Rogen said, as Ice Cube stepped in. “I can assure you that this fan will make sure you’re all the biggest, funniest, craziest Turtles movie fans ever.”
The clip shows the four making sneaky and fun visits to the grocery store, defying their father’s warnings about the human world and stopping by an outdoor screening.Ferris Bueller Day Out“Which made them a little sad that they grew up isolated. The footage also features stock from the film, showing how the teenagers meet April and use their ninja training in a fight for the first time, as well as introducing the villain Super Fly.
Created by Laird and Eastman in 1984, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” debuted as a comic book series and then became a worldwide hit with Fred Wolf’s 1987 animated series. It follows a live action television series, “Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation“In addition to numerous film adaptations, including “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles“Since 1990, its two sequels and the 2007 CGI film”TMNT” Nickelodeon revived the franchise in 2012 with the CG animated series, followed by the 2D animated series “Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesin 2019, when Paramount rebooted the 2014 project on the big screen.
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Editor’s note: I’m very happy about the revival that the Ninja Turtles are going through, but it’s even more satisfying to see that people who care about the franchise and have been lifelong fans are doing it. I hope this movie doesn’t disappoint and now we have to look for a good bluray version of this series.