MTV Networks and it's Nickelodeon branch have bought the TMNT. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are no longer Mirage properties. Ex-owner and co-creator Peter Laird got himself 60 million bucks. The belief is currently that Mirage will disband entirely soon, but even if they don't they will move on to new things that have nothing to do with the Turtles, so it will be just the name "Mirage Studios" that stays - kinda like "Walt Disney" without Mickey Mouse.
This is not a rumor, Peter Laird confirmed the total sale of the TMNT - read all about it on his blog.
Well... what can I say guys... I feel totally weird right now.
I didn't imagine something like this will ever happen. I was always wondering why Kevin Eastman abandoned the Turtles. I didn't imagine that Pete will leave them behind as well...
Can you imagine George Lucas selling "Star Wars" for example?!
That was the greatest thing about Mirage and TMNT - independency and creative control over your own brainchild!!
Damn it, with all due respect, I really don't get it, why would you sell such a thing?! OK, if you're tired of it you can cast a team of creative people to go with it and you just supervise the whole process, meet once in a while with your team and discuss with them in what direction the Turtles should go...
But SELLING THEM?! Damn it, I would never ever do such a thing, especially with the work of my life, because honestly - 25 years you devoted to this thing!! How would you feel if now they just take it and ruin it and you can do nothing about it? I know that some crap things have come out in the past, like Venus de Milo & Next Mutation misunderstandings, so maybe you sorta know the feeling...
Now there's nothing left for us fans, except to hope that Nickleodeon will be up to the challenge not to disappoint us...
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