Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012
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| The main characters of the series (click for better resolution) |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American cartoon series by the Nickelodeon Studios in the franchise of the same name, premiered on September 29, 2012, on Nickelodeon. An official trailer was released on June 21, 2012, and aired on Nickelodeon the following Saturday. The trailer reveals the turtle's new voices, the animation, and that the theme song of the new show will be a remixed/remade version of the original theme song from the 1987 cartoon. Michelangelo's new catchphrase changed from is "Cowabunga" to "Booyakasha". Raphael also has an un-mutated pet turtle named Spike.
On October 21, 2009, a press release was made indicating that Viacom had bought the complete rights of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise from Peter Laird for $60 million, and would be developing a CGI animated TV series for its Nickelodeon family of channels for broadcast in 2012. A feature film, to be released by Paramount Pictures, is slated for 2014.
