According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount has opened an official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pizzeria in Santa Monica, modeled on the 1987 animated series. The venue targets two generations simultaneously: new audiences discovering the franchise, and adults nostalgic for the original cartoons—a demographic strategy Paramount executives call 'new-stalgia.'

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