Your predictions for TMNT in 2012

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Hello and happy new year! As we flip the calendar, the stage is set for the comeback of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Along the way, expect lots of news feeds, new information, lots of media chatter, and of course, lots of criticism. It will be a bumpy ride, but as a fan, this is the year we've all been waiting for! So, here are my predictions for TMNT in 2012:

January: IDW announces that Shredder is going to be in their latest solicitation. The TMNT Vol. 1 #1 voice-over project is FINALLY finished near the end of this month.
February: Nickelodeon releases CGI designs of Splinter, Shredder, April, and the foot. NinjaTurtles.com may or may noy have been updated.
March: NinjaTurtles.com is finally updated and Nickelodeon states "we're back this fall" on that site and on nick.com. The Ninja Turtles movie enters pre-production with script writers announced and casting calls are announced.
April: Playmates announces the figures for the new Nick series including prototype designs, and on RobPaulsenLive.com we hear Rob mention that all episodes for the first season have been recorded, meaning only the animation/sounds have to take place in production.
May: Nickelodeon announces a date for the premier of the CGI series. Paramount selects the cast for the 2013 movie and announces filming locations.
June: Shooting for the 2013 movie begins, plus Playmates announces an August release for the Turtles/Splinter/Shredder figures for their Nick show. Some new TMNT merchandise also appears for summer/back to school uses. Nickelodoen also announces reruns of the 4kids series on the Nicktoons network beginning late summer/early fall.
July: Lionsgate announces that Season 10 of the OT with "3 missing episodes" hits stores in late August. NinjaTurtles.com is updated again, covering the new information of the series. At San Diego Comic Con, we see a sneak peek of the Nick series.
August: Nick announces the time slot at 10 AM Saturday mornings (just like the CBS/4kids shows), and we get lots of reviews for the new Playmates figures, Season 10 DVD, not to mention social media updates for the TMNT movie as it films in various locations.
September: The new CGI Nick series debuts. Unfortunately, it is received with poor to mediocre reviews. It has some curious watchers the first few episodes, but as parents tell their kids that the first two series were better, ratings slide to less than 1.0. Still, a new video game based on this series is announced, and people are impressed with the graphics, wondering "Why can't Nick be like this?"
October: The IDW series reaches a critical point with the Shredder now defeated and suddenly the issues are starting to turn a bit stale, as new characters are introduced. The 2013 movie finishes shooting, allowing post-production to begin.
November: The first teaser trailer for the movie arrives. Suddenly, due the approach of the 25th anniversary of the OT, a various channel begins airing reruns of the OT. And, ratings for the Nick series start to improve as it turned out that the criticism of the "cheap CGI animation" improves around this time due to the comments on Facebook/various TMNT sites, and the arrival of the holiday season allows many TMNT toys to appear at store, including the video game, and sales are slow at first, but increase as fan interest reignites.
December: "The Turtles are back", says the media headlines. The Nick series introduces Shredder shortly before mid-season reruns (or if there are two new episodes a weekend, an epic season finale that shows the blueprints of the Technodrome as Shredder/Foot flee from the Foot Headquarters building). A 25th anniversary special of the OT also airs as Ryan's Turtledocumentary is featured. The momentum to an even bigger 2013 is set.