Happy Sunday, Shockya readers! Just before you head off to bed to rest up for the first day of the workweek, why not take a moment to gulp down the best of the best in movie news? We’ve got quite a few casting updates for some highly anticipated films like the G.I. Joe sequel as well as Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. On the other hand, while those productions push forward, Transformers is coming to a halt, for Shia LaBeouf and Michael Bay at least. Back on the bright side, we’ve got a couple of films that recently received the go-ahead, both of which pack an enormous amount of potential, Doug…

CinemaBlend via Deadline is reporting that a new “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” script is being written, meaning that a new “TMNT” movie is underway. According to the articles, screenwriters Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec have been tapped to write the script. Appelbaum and Nemec have already finished work on “Mission: Impossible–Ghost Protocol” before being tapped to write “TMNT” They’ve also finished work on the rewrite of “Now You See Me”, which will be directed by Louis Leterrier. “TMNT” will be one of their few film scripts; the writing team has only made their jump to film writing fairly recently, having done a lot of work for television such as writing…

Variety.com is reporting that Nickelodeon, a Viacom division, has purchased the global rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise from the Mirage Group and 4Kids Entertainment for $60 million. This deal allows Paramount, Nick’s sister company, to start on a new “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” film to start production, which is planned for a 2012 release. Scott Mednick (“300″) has already been attached to produce that project. Nick, which also acquired all merchandising rights to the Turtles, will begin developing a CG-animated TV series based on the Turtles, also slated to premiere in 2012. The “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” animated TV series — jointly produced by 4Kids Entertainment and…

Variety is reporting that The Mirage Group, which owns the rights to the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: film franchise, is planning to go ahead with a new live-action adaptation of the classic comic, roughly scheduled for a 2011 release. This would mark the fifth big-screen appearance for the martial-arts reptiles Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael, and their rodent sensei Splinter. This coincides with April 23rd celebrating the Turtles’ 25th anniversary celebration, which includes the first “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” film playing at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Empire State Building being lit green. Legendary Pictures’ Scott Mednick is producing alongside Galen Walker, who produced the 2007 computer-animated “TMNT” ,…

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