Nickelodeon Announces Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

New episodes for the current CG-animated show will continue to air.

By Alex Gilyadov

Nickelodeon has announced a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series is in development.

Titled Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for now, it'll be a 2D animated show with a total of 26 episodes in its first season and will premiere in the fall of 2018. Andy Suriano (Samurai Jack character designer) and Ant Ward (supervising producer on the current Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series) are producing the series.

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will expand the mythology of the Ninja Turtles by featuring new villains and a "more mystical New York City," as the four protagonists discover a magical world beneath the city's streets while also gaining strange new mystic ninja powers.

According to the president of Nickelodeon, Cyma Zarghami, the creative team behind the show is "excited for the new series to take the characters in a different direction with more humor, a younger and lighter feel and all-new dimensions to explore."

Nickelodeon hasn't yet announced the finale date for the current CG-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. But, the network has promised that brand new episodes of the CG series will continue to air, with the new season premiering on March 19.

Alex Gilyadov is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter. 

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