‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Gets Nickelodeon and Seth Rogen’s Point Gray Photo Reboot – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline found out that Nickelodeon reboots Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the big screen with Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver, producers of Point Gray Pictures, and Jeff Rowe (Gravity Falls, connected) directing. Brendan O’Brien (Neighbors: Sorority Rising, Mike and Dave need a wedding dates) will write the script. Paramount will handle worldwide distribution of the film.

This time, the film adaptation of the comic created by Kevin Eastman-Peter Laird will be computer animated. the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The feature-length franchise has amassed $ 1.15 billion in six films from three studios since 1990. The last two films, released by Paramount and Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes in 2014 and 2016, were live-action and together represented $ 730.6 million. The last time there was a feature CG version of Turtles was Warner Bros. 2007 TMNT ($ 96M WW).

The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Film reps Nickelodeon Animation Studio’s first CG theatrical production, in association with Ramsey Naito, EVP, Animation Production and Development, who oversees Nickelodeon’s production. Josh Fagen oversees the Point Gray footage.

Said Brian Robbins, Kids & Family President for ViacomCBS: “Adding the genius of Seth, Evan and James to the humor and action that is already an integral part of TMNT will make this a reinvention of the next level of ownership. I’m looking forward to seeing what they do, and I know Ramsey Naito and her team are excited to take the Nick Animation Studio to another great direction with their first CG animated theater. “

Following Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Released in 1984 as a comic book, it was followed by a successful 1987-1996 animated television series, as well as a retail giant that sold billions of dollars in toys, clothing, video games, and more. New Line released three live-action movies between 1990-1993 that raised $ 323.2M WW.

Nickelodeon brought the franchise back to life in 2012 with the computer-animated series. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and then reinvested the heroes into a half shell with the 2D animated series Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles last year. As previously announced, as part of a separate agreement, Nickelodeon and Netflix are partnering to produce an original 2D animated movie based on the current Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Serie.