What is the fate of Mirage Studios?

The Great Masamune · Fri Jan 07, 2011 22:22 -0700

I am aware that Peter Laird sold the TMNT franchise to Nickelodeon and that several artists such as Jim Lawson decided to leave the company. Is Mirage shutting down?What will happen to the TMNT comics?

Post by **Todd Shogun** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 22:59 -0700

I think this happened in 2009. I know Mirage landed something like $50 Million for the deal. But I keep reading places (like Facebook) that a new TMNT Movie is in the works. It even looked like Eastman and Laird were involved. Who knows....

coolray85 · Post by **coolray85** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:13 -0700

they were both said to be involved(eastman and laird) at the time of 2009s san diego comic con were their 25th anniversary was still celebrated...in recent posts on peter laird's blog I tried to make out any hint whether or not they still participate in this movie project(since the selling of the tmnt had happened after the comic con)..it is still not clear to me if they take part in the making of it, very mucho so, too as peter laird is kind of cleansing of everything turtles-relatedof his part at the moment...is also of interest to mention that the planned movie still has the same executive producers listed who were eager to make this film fitting very much to the original comic books we all so love.....in interviews taped at the same san diego c c they seemed very content that they have peter and kevin on board....and they all(including pete and kevin) were showing much love for the director of the very first live action tmnt movie steve baron.it felt like they were negotiating behind the scenes about a return of the director for this project...
mmirage comics is still selling their stock of comic books, they even post ebay auctions of their tmnt special books...
all in all mirage is closing down I think, yet they officially gained the right to publish up to 18 issues of teenage mutant ninja turtles comic books for the future, so there is still hope of a return to the roots some time in the future...
turtle power!!;)

coolray85 · Post by **coolray85** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:15 -0700

oh I overread something in the first post...
it is more like the studio stopped to exist rather than the artists left it, you know?....I think if mirage would have kept a certain amount of producing schedule they would have stayed 'at home'...

The Great Masamune · Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:17 -0700

Interesting that Eastman is on board with the Ninja Turtles again. I thought he said he wanted nothing to do with the turtles or Laird.

coolray85 · Post by **coolray85** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:44 -0700

well, the turtles are their creation so I guess he would naturally be interested in what somebody's doing with them in a big motion picture...
but despite common believe he has no problems with either turtles or his old partner peter...they just don't have to do with each other....
kevin also published a book containing his favourite tmnt stories some of which he colored for the first time last year.....it is a very neat book, worth to check out...
I hope peter feels free and content with returning to tell just comic book turtles stories someday and who knows...maybe they'll put out one together?...

Post by **Mayhem** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:34 -0700

Kevin has no issue doing TMNT related stuff, hence the three books that Heavy Metal has released (Body Count, Kevin's TMNT autobiography, and the 25th Anniversary book) and that he continues to sketch TMNT stuff in anything related if you ask. Plus Kevin and Peter collaborated on the SDCC 2009 25th anniversary poster so I figure there can't be any acrimony... right?

coolray85 · Post by **coolray85** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:10 -0700

wow matt are these your photos??most of them I have seen, but there are still new one for me there, I love kevin's shredder sketch and also the mouse guard turtles realla offer a beautiful sewer drawn as the background...

Post by **Mayhem** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 14:15 -0700

Yep, that's my TMNT Flickr group

Colin Solan · Post by **Colin Solan** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:57 -0700

If anyone here is in Los Angeles you can ask Eastman about it at the SModcastle on January 19th.

coolray85 · Post by **coolray85** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:17 -0700

oh palease somebody ask him what's going on with the project and as well if he can imagine working on a tmnt comic book someday again?even if it were just a single shot....