Nickelodeon has acquired global rights to the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" brand from Mirage Studios and will develop a new CG-animated TV series, while Paramount Pictures is developing a new feature film for a 2012 release.

Nimrod Antal has been known as a brilliant music video and TV commercial director in Hungary and he quickly rose to prominence in the states in 2005 with his hit feature film debut Kontroll , which he followed in 2007 with the horror-thriller Vacancy . The helmer, who next directs Robert Rodriguez's Predators , is the first to admit how blessed he is to only have a couple of feature films under his belt and already having had the good fortune of working with talent such as Matt Dillon, Jean Reno and Laurence Fishburne, who all star in his latest film, Armored , a high intensity action thriller about a robbery gone awry.

Comic Book Resources attend the Big Apple Comic-Con and listened in on Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada's Q&A at the event. While he wasn't able to say much about Spider-Man 4 , he was able to give an update on The First Avenger: Captain America .

ShockTillYouDrop.com got a chance to talk to director Darren Lynn Bousman ("Saw" films, Repo! The Genetic Opera ) about his upcoming horror-thriller Mother's Day which he is currently filming in Winnipeg, Canada. You can read the interview, and see an exclusive photo, by going here .

Sin nombre helmer Cary Fukunaga is in advanced negotiations to direct a feature adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" for Ruby Films, reports Variety . Moira Buffini wrote the script.

Angelina Jolie is in talks to star in director Ridley Scott's Gucci , which will chronicle the wild and glamorous story of the Gucci family in the 1970s and '80s, when its 153 shops moved $500 million in product annually.

ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that Shane West ("ER," The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ) will star in Two Wolves , to be directed by Alex Wright from a script by Chris Freeman.

Carl Ellsworth will rewrite the action-thriller screenplay C.O.D. (Cash on Delivery) for Paramount Pictures. Lars Jacobson wrote the original script.

We're guessing there will be a "Roland Emmerich Month" sometime on The Weather Channel, as the network has announced it is going to start adding feature films to its schedule.

Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman will produce the 82nd Academy Awards® telecast, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak announced today. This will be the first major Oscar show involvement for both men.