Seth Green to Join Turtles Pack as Leonardo Beginning Season Three
Airing this Fall
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
As the heroes in a half shell celebrate their 30th
anniversary this year, Nickelodeon has picked up a fourth season of the
popular Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles CG-animated series with a 20-episode order.
The announcement was made today by Russell Hicks, President, Content
Development and Production, Nickelodeon. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
ranked as one of the top five animated series for first quarter across
all of television, and in consumer products is a retail success around
the world. New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episodes currently
air on Nickelodeon, with season three to debut this fall, and season
four slated for fall 2015.
Nickelodeon Greenlights Season Four of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with 20-Episode Pickup (Photo: Business Wire)
Beginning season three, Seth Green (Robot Chicken) will join the
voice cast as Leonardo alongside Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings)
as Raphael, Rob Paulsen (Planet Sheen) as Donatello, Greg Cipes (Teen
Titans) as Michelangelo, Mae Whitman (Parenthood) as April
O'Neil, Hoon Lee (Royal Pains) as Master Splinter and Kevin
Michael Richardson (Penguins of Madagascar) as Shredder. Josh
Peck (Drake & Josh) is Casey Jones, and Corey Feldman (The
Goonies) reoccurs as Slash. The series is executive produced by Ciro
Nieli.
"The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has been a global hit,
maintaining impressive numbers across the network's ratings and our
digital and consumer products platforms," said Hicks. "While new
episodes will continue to debut on Nickelodeon, we look forward to
propelling the momentum with a fourth season for our loyal fans."
On August 8, Paramount Pictures will release Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles, a live-action film starring Megan Fox and Will Arnett,
directed by Jonathan Liebesman, written by Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec
and Evan Daugherty, and produced by Michael Bay.
Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premiered Sept. 29,
2012, and was an immediate ratings win, drawing almost 12 million
viewers during its premiere weekend. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
is a global consumer products powerhouse, winning in every category that
has hit the shelves to date. (Source: The NPD Group, Inc., 2013 and
2014). It locked first quarter 2014 as the number-one action figure
brand, and it has three of the top five action toys across the industry.
Additionally, it was the number-one toy for boys at Wal-Mart, Target and
Toys"R"Us, and won two TOTY Awards, including top honors for Property of
the Year in 2013. (Source: The NPD Group, Inc., Toys & Traditional
Games, Annual 2013-2014).
The first global mobile app based on the series, Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rooftop Run, launched last June and
was number-one among all paid apps in the U.S. and in more than 40
territories around the world. It consistently ranks in the top 10 paid
gaming apps on iTunes.
Fans of Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles can expect to
see newly reimagined original and franchise characters and villains, and
an ooze of guest stars including Danny Trejo, J.B. Smoove, Fred
Tatasciore, Jon Heder, Robert Englund and Renae Jacobs in new episodes
of season two and three. Roseanne Barr will reprise her role as Kraang
Prime.
Armed with new hits across every genre, Nickelodeon finished first
quarter 2014 as the number-one network in total day with kids 2-11 and
total viewers - marking its second straight quarter at the top and
securing its fourth straight monthly win driven by its animation and
preschool roster. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is part of
Nickelodeon's successful animation slate which also includes SpongeBob
SquarePants, Sanjay and Craig, Breadwinners and Rabbids
Invasion.
About Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon, now in its 35th year, is the number-one
entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by
putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes
television programming and production in the United States and around
the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books and feature
films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in almost
100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable
network for 19 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com.
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