Nickelodeon, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc., has officially acquired the rights to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which will lead into a movie and TV show based on the series, both due in 2012. The price? Only $60 million, next to nothing compared to the $4 billion Disney spent on the overtaking of Marvel...

John Fusco knows kung fu. No, really. According to this Variety article announcing the screenwriter’s hiring for the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” remake, the writer has been practicing kung fu since he was 12 years old. Which would make him ideal to write the TMNT reboot. Sort of....

The last time we heard about someone wanting to dive back into the sewers and reboot those chop sockying, pizza eating teenage mutant ninja turtles, it was September of last year, and since then we haven’t heard much about the proposed reboot. Well drop your linen and start your grinnin’...

Wha–? Another “re-imagining” is gearing up in Lalaland, and this time it’s the heroes in a half-shell that’s getting eyeballed for a “Batman Begins” reboot? It would appear so, at least according to TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman, who posted such at the site HeavyMetal.com....