Earlier this year, co-creator Kevin Eastman teased that there might be a live-action TV show brewing in development and while nothing was outright confirmed and still hasn’t been, We Got This Covered has heard from their sources – the same ones who said Bill Murray was returning for Ghostbusters 3 and that a Scream reboot was in the works, both of which we now know to be true – that it is indeed happening and it’ll be coming to Netflix.
Please note that this news has yet to be confirmed by either Nickelodeon and/or Netflix.
The news follows Nickelodeon and Netflix forming a new, multi-year output deal to produce original animated feature films and television series - based both on the Nickelodeon library of characters as well as all-new IP - for kids and families around the world.
From what We Got This Covered understands, it’ll be produced by Nickelodeon and aimed at teens, with the tone said to be close to the original comics and the adaptation overall apparently quite faithful to the source material. Besides that, and a possible 2021 release, not too much else is known at the moment, but this is still pretty exciting.
After all, a TMNT show more closely aligned with the comics of the 1980s is an interesting idea, especially given the latitude of Netflix. And while some may prefer to see a new movie, a TV series could make it easier to really dive into what’s become a rather complex mythology for the Turtles. Not to mention that there’s a pretty deep history to mine here, including both the original comic runs and the more recent stuff from IDW Publishing.
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Netflix is also currently in the midst of producing a live-action adaptation of Nickelodeon's beloved animated series, Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the current iteration of the long-running franchise, airs regularly on Nickelodeon.
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