Theres a write up on it on our website, which you might enjoy reading.

In attendance were Nickelodeons Senior Vice-President of Animation Rich Magallanes and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman.

I was lucky enough to get some time to speak to them about this new series.

I was so excited.

Im a Ninja Turtles nerd and have covered a bunch of Turtles stuff on this site.

Rich Mallaganes would have made an interesting interview subject on his own.

Of course, I wasnt just interviewing Rich.

I would be speaking to him alongside Kevin Eastman.

Kevin Eastman, along with Peter Laird, created the Turtles.

Heres what was said.

So, Kevin, youre back on Ninjas Turtles everything now comics, TV series, movies.

Is it good to be back?

Kevin Eastman:Its awesome.

Then we started talking about this and that, and its almost like I inserted myself in there.

Suddenly Im doing covers, working on the plot points and doing layouts.

For the animated series, I came in more as a fan.

Im a huge fan of Rich and everything Nickelodeon.

Having two boys Ive seen just about everything that hes produced.

The more this carried on they brought me in more and more.

We have some surprises well reveal eventually.

Rich Magallanes:Yeah!

We cant really tell you too much right now.

With the Turtles movie, Ive been behind the scenes on that for about three years.

And then, working more specifically with Jonathan Liebesman, Michael Bay and Paramount on the new reboot.

Theyve got a great team with John Appelbaum and Andre Nemec fromMission Impossible: Ghost Protocolwriting.

That was reassuring, when they brought in a decent screenwriting team.

KE:They did.

Wait and see, you know?

You know, you could have told people the Turtles were aliens in this.

People would have gone mad and the amount of press youd have gotten would have been terrific.

We changed some of the origins, with the reincarnation aspect.

We changed a few things and expected more fan reaction.

RM:You know, theyre great characters.

So, I guess actually the similarity about them is the fact that all of them have great characters.

Thats what lends itself so easily to Nickelodeon from the Dreamworks movies.

Po fromKung Fu Panda, what a great character.

I dont want to say easy, but what a joy to work with that character.

Then the same thing with the Penguins fromMadagascar.

Lifting them out of that series and giving them their own spotlight.

With Turtles, theyve had their own shows; theyve had their own everything.

But we didnt have to reboot Po or the Penguins, it was just shifting the spotlight onto them.

Whereas this was; what can we do to take this to the next level?

Because its been to so many different levels, and so many different versions have been put out there.

That was the challenge with this and I guess thats the main difference.

It looked great at the preview and the voices all seemed to work.

How easy was it to get guys like that?

Did you go to them or do they come to you?

RM:You know what?

It was almost like we had to turn people away versus trying to find certain people for certain roles.

I would love to be part of that.

People really got attracted to it and came on board without any problem.

It was just making sure that were putting the right voices in the right characters.

KE:Man, Im saying, I so love the voices.

(faces light up when Gregg is mentioned)

Thats one that looks like it really works.

RM:That guys just, he is Mikey!

Hes just fun to be around.

He is that character, and he brings a lot to it.

Because, after a while, their characters come alive and start growing on them, as well.

So, Kevin, this is your fourth TV series for Ninja Turtles.

You didnt do the 4Kids series…

KE: No, that was Peter (Laird).

Pete went on to do the 4Kids series, which I also thought was fantastic.

I thought they did a great job on that particular take.

How has this one been different from the others?

I think theyre going to find an overwhelming amount of new fans.

I think people are going to find this thing so wonderfully paced and so story-centric and fantastic.

I say horrified because Im not mature and the idea of them having children is frightening.

But, Im sure it must be nice for you guys to have that.

KE:It really is.

Its a huge compliment.

RM: Are we allowed to say when?

Thank you, because that one didnt work out at all.

All right, so, asides from this current one, whats your favourite iteration of Ninja Turtles?

RM:And I cant pick this one?

No, thatd be cheating.

RM:I dont like that question.

I actually liked the last movie.

I thought the last movie was really well done.

KE:I would say, hands down, the original Steve Barron movie.

It was the perfect blend of the original black and white comics and the animated series.

I saw it recently, within the last couple of years, on the big screen.

They clear everything through to get straight into the story.

It doesnt get the credit it deserves, I dont think.

But I think it would be great to see.

Back in those days they still sent us dailies, they sent us some fantastic stuff.

Kevin Eastman and Rich Magallanes, thank you very much!