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Scott Mednick (&#8220;300&#8221;) has already been attached to produce that project.  <\/p>\n<p>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 &#8220;Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles&#8221; animated TV series &#8212; jointly produced by 4Kids Entertainment and Mirage Studios &#8212; will continue to air on &#8220;TheCW4Kids&#8221; Saturday morning programming block on the CW network through Aug. 31. <\/p>\n<p>The four anthropomorphic martial artist turtles first appeared in 1984 in Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird&#8217;s &#8220;Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles&#8221; comic book.  The popular characters have gone onto spawn several films, cartoon series, action figures, video games, and more.  <\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles news.<\/p>\n<p>For awesome Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles t-shirts and hats, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teesforall.com\/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles-m-103.html\" target=\"blank\">Teesforall.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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