Huge News: Nickelodeon Acquires Global Rights to the TMNT

[Francis The Lost Turtle]

Now that Nick will be showing Power Rangers and or as well as its Reruns. Do you think they will show Ninja Turtles the Next Mutation now that Sabian will be working with Nick?

[sdp]

No, sadly Saban only bought back PRs not their entire Saban catalog, Disney still owns all the old Fox Kids shows including TNM. So yeah Bobby's World, Eek The Cat, VR Troopers etc are all doomed to rot in the Disney vault forever.

[Kendamu]

Poor Bobby's World...

[Francis The Lost Turtle]

At least we'll get "Shell Shocked" on Nicktoons. LOL.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by sdp

No, sadly Saban only bought back PRs not their entire Saban catalog, Disney still owns all the old Fox Kids shows including TNM. So yeah Bobby's World, Eek The Cat, VR Troopers etc are all doomed to rot in the Disney vault forever.

some of those shows aren't so bad to rot. imo.

[John Pannozzi]

I'm uncomfortable with the Turtles being owned by Viacom.

I can't help but feel that some of the things Viacom and its subsidiaries have done have been in gross violation of the values that Eastman, Laird and the rest of the Mirage Group stood for (especially when they drew up the Creator's Bill of Rights).

I still hope for good things under Viacom's ownership (comprehensive trade paper collections containing every single TMNT-related comic book story that can be legally reprinted would make me very happy at this point), but I still feel that the TMNT have sold out, at least to some degree. I really want to see Viacom, in releasing older TMNT material (like possibly rereleasing the 4Kids toon on DVD, any possible comic book collections), and also in new toys, video games, comics, TV programs and movies involving the TMMT, listen to the fans, and also have TMNT vets (like Murphy, Berger, Lawson, Dooney, Talbot, Eastman, etc.) be involved creatively.

[sdp]

With SDCC right around the corner I wonder if we'll see anything from Nick?

While 2012 still seems far away its only a year and half away, we also know that Nick has been working all this time with the property and this is the first comic con since they acquired the turtles. I also think Nick will be pimping their action block with DBZ/Voltron/Power Rangers/TMNT. So yeah, especially if they want to make the new TMNT movie a big deal they'll start doing something this year, nothing big but maybe a teaser poster? TMNT 2007 also gave us a teaser poster 2 years before the movie came out. I don't think a teaser poster for the new animated show would be out of the question either.

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by sdp

With SDCC right around the corner I wonder if we'll see anything from Nick?

No. Next year is much more likely.

[sdp]

Well we'll definitely see stuff next year but it depends on what time in 2012 the new cartoon and movie launch if its early or late 2012. We're already halfway through 2010 so 2012 is only a year and half away. We know Nick has been working on the movie and the show since they acquired the property, its not out of the question to get a teaser poster for the movie or even the show and some vague information about how they will be coming for 2012. I'm not saying its likely, but I do think maybe we could get something, its not unusual to get a teaser poster out early on especially for a big film TMNT 2007 got one out 2 years before it came out.

[CyberCubed]

It's kind of ironic looking back on this now after Disney bought out Lucasfilm, Marvel and now Fox.

Hard to believe this was nearly 8 years already. I remember when it happened.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

It's kind of ironic looking back on this now after Disney bought out Lucasfilm, Marvel and now Fox.

Hard to believe this was nearly 8 years already. I remember when it happened.

Disney buying FOX is seriously scary. I don't think they bought FOX out entirely but they still got the parts that made them important.

Literally, the only thing about this that doesn't make crap my pants, is that Marvel won't treat the X-men in such a weird way anymore. But that is such a tiny, insignificant consolation in comparrison to the real nightmare.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by neatoman

Disney buying FOX is seriously scary. I don't think they bought FOX out entirely but they still got the parts that made them important.

Not to Fox. The only rights that were important to them were their news and sports channels/platforms. Which is what they kept.

[pferreira]

I think it's only a matter of decades before Disney gobble up all the other major film studios. Is Sony next? Universal? Monopolising reminds me of what Nintendo was doing back in the late 80s and that is scary.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by pferreira

Monopolising reminds me of what Nintendo was doing back in the late 80s and that is scary.

What did they do in the 80s that is equivalent? I don't remember them buying up anyone.

[sdp]

Wow, reading this thread is interesting, I think in general it was a bad move for the franchise. Nick show is ok but the movie we were promised before the buy out was what we all wanted and instead we got this. We got tons of merchandise which was great but I also feel we'll never get certain risks or adaptations now that Viacom owns it outright.

Originally Posted by sdp

No, sadly Saban only bought back PRs not their entire Saban catalog, Disney still owns all the old Fox Kids shows including TNM. So yeah Bobby's World, Eek The Cat, VR Troopers etc are all doomed to rot in the Disney vault forever.

This turned out to be wrong, we now know Saban does own The Next Mutation, VR Troopers, Big Bad Beetleborgs. We're not sure about Masked Rider or Knights of Tir but it appears they took all the live action Tokusatsu stuff.

We don't know about Bobby's world or Eek the cat, they might be doomed to rot in the Disney vault forever.

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

What did they do in the 80s that is equivalent? I don't remember them buying up anyone.

You don't need to buy anyone up to be a monopoly but I'm not sure Nintendo is a good example. I do think you underestimate how much this will affect the creative output of companies though.

[CyberCubed]

Since the Nick buy-out, the 2012 cartoon and IDW comics were successful.

The movies bombed, and the 2018 cartoon is a wait and see. So 2 out of the 3 new relaunches were successful...and we'll see what the 2018 show turns out to be.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Not to Fox. The only rights that were important to them were their news and sports channels/platforms. Which is what they kept.

Sure, but this still means Disney now controls a signifigantly larger portion of the entertainment industry than they already did.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The movies bombed,

The 2014 film was considered a success in both box-office and merchandising, but not critically... which set the stage for....
The 2016 film under-performed, of course, but I hear merchandising profits actually offset the box-office disappointment.

[CyberCubed]

LOL, here are two of my old posts from 2009:

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I'll be 26 too by the time the Nick series comes out.

I imagine I'll still check it out, as I've watched every TMNT incarnation thus far.

But yeah, assuming they're targeting 8 year olds, we'll all be 20 years over the target audience for this show by the time it comes out.

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I think the difference is when you're 20, you're probably still in College and are essentially a kid.

When you're 26, you'll hopefully have a full-time job and might even be married with kids. When you have a family, there's less time to watch cartoons.

There's a BIG difference between that and being some 20 year old in College.

Even my 2009 era self was worrying about age, and I was still only in my early 20's back then.

And now I'm already in my early 30's waiting for the 2018 show to start. God I'll be doing this forever.

[Powder]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I'll be doing this forever.

Wouldn't have it any other way.