In 2009, cable channel Nickelodeon (a subsidiary of Viacom, now known today as ViacomCBS,) had purchased all of Mirage's rights to the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" property. Mirage retained the rights to publish 18 issues a year, though the future involvement of Mirage with the Turtles and the future of Mirage Studios itself is no longer clear. Mirage Studios was shut down on December 31, 2009. Nickelodeon developed a new CGI-animated "TMNT" television series and partnered with fellow Viacom company Paramount Pictures to bring a new "TMNT" movie to theaters. The TV show premiered on Nickelodeon on September 2012, lasting five seasons and ending in 2017. The live-action film, produced by Platinum Dunes, Nickelodeon Movies, and Paramount Pictures, directed by Jonathan Liebesman, and produced by Michael Bay, was released on August 8, 2014. A sequel, "", directed by Dave Green, was released in June 2016. Due to financial underperformance, the plans for third film were cancelled and a new "TMNT" reboot is in development.