Get the pizzas out, dust off the bandanas and get ready to say 'cowabunga' all over again - the heroes in a half shell are back on the big screen.
It's been two years since the last Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie appeared in cinemas, but if reports are to be believed, Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michaelangelo are due to return in the very near future, with Paramount announcing that a new film is in development.
Slated to write the new film is Andrew Dodge, who has previously brought us indie hit Bad Words and is currently in charge of the script for the long-awaited Space Jam sequel.
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Transformers supremo Michael Bay will be one of the producers - along with Andrew Form and Brad Fuller, while Platinum Dunes will be the production company.
Paramount is yet to announce whether this latest movie will be a sequel to the 2016 film or whether it will a full reboot of the franchise.
The history of the Ninja Turtles on the silver screen has been somewhat checkered.
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The original movie, produced in 1990, is a stone-cold classic, using Jim Henson puppets to bring the wise-cracking turtles to life. It was followed by two less-successful sequels (1991's Secret of the Ooze and 1993's Turtles in Time), as well as a belated animated follow-up (simply titled TMNT) in 2007.
Bay directed two movies in a rebooted series (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 2014, , and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, 2016), employing CGI and motion capture to create the characters, but fans were disappointed by the new series.
Of course, the prime way to consume your Ninja Turtles has always been via Saturday morning cartoons.
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The original late 80s cartoons sparked a pop culture phenomenon that lasted well into the 90s and made a permanent mark on the childhoods of millions around the world.
While the original comics were often quite dark and gritty, the TV show was bright, funny and action-packed, with the smart-mouthed turtles facing off against the nefarious Shredder (voiced by the late James Avery, aka Uncle Phil off The Fresh Prince of Bel Air).
The original 90s films were much closer to the TV series in tone and were at the forefront of 'Turtle Mania', which saw spinoffs, merchandise and advertising tie-ins reach previously unknown heights.
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Speaking as an early 90s primary school kid, you were nothing without your Turtles lunchbox, while the video games on the - *sucks on pipe and puts on slippers* - NES, SNES and Sega Genesis were classics of the time.
Whether these new films will live up to the expectations of TMNT fans or disappoint like the two most recent reboots remains yet to be seen - let's hope for the best...
Featured Image Credit: Paramount PicturesTopics: TV and Film, US Entertainment