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Captain Planet and the Planeteers: Live-Action Movie in the Works

by Trevor Kimball, July 22, 2011

Captain PlanetA staple for many who grew up in the 1990s, Captain Planet and the Planeteers was touted as the world’s first environmental animated TV series. The show ran for six seasons and 113 episodes on TBS and will now be the basis of a new live-action feature film.

Before you get too excited, this isn’t the first time that a feature has been in the works. In 2007, Ted Turner reunited with the Captain Planet voice cast and talked about a possible movie. There were rumors of one in 2009 but those were apparently untrue (or perhaps recycled information from 2007).

Here’s the official press release:

Cartoon Network Signs with Angry Filmworks to Develop CAPTAIN PLANET Live-Action Feature Film

Producer of Transformers Film Trilogy Tapped to Create Movie Based on World’s First Eco-Hero

Cartoon Network has signed a development agreement with action-adventure producer Don Murphy and partner Susan Montford and their company Angry Filmworks to develop a live-action motion picture based on the groundbreaking, environment-saving animated hero, Captain Planet and the Planeteers, it was announced today by Stuart Snyder, president and COO of Turner Broadcasting System Inc.’s Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media division (AYAKM). The agreement gives Murphy and his company the exclusive rights to develop and package the property and advance it towards production.

Murphy and Angry Filmworks are most notably credited for the highly successful action-adventure franchise, Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011). Murphy and Montford together produced the upcoming Hugh Jackman blockbuster Real Steel with Executive Producer Steven Spielberg. The company also is responsible for such action-oriented films as Shoot ‘Em Up (2007), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), Apt Pupil (1998) and Natural Born Killers (1994). Angry Filmworks formed in 1998.

“The messages of Captain Planet are even more relevant today,” said Snyder. “We feel this team can bring the world’s first eco-hero to life in a powerful motion picture that is not only pertinent but entertaining.”

“We are extremely excited about bringing the good Captain back to life,” said Murphy. “His adventures are known worldwide and he is recognized across generations. We expect to make a spectacular series of films with the amazing team at Cartoon Network.”

“With the earthquakes, tornadoes, melting icebergs and all the other problems threatening the world right now, Earth really needs her greatest defender,” said Montford.

In an effort to inform younger viewers about serious environmental issues, legendary cable entrepreneur Ted Turner partnered with DIC Enterprises in 1990 to create the world’s first animated environmental series, Captain Planet and the Planeteers. The series was about a group of young people who combine their special powers (The Planeteers) to summon Captain Planet, an environmental superhero, to battle the world’s worst eco-villains.

Captain Planet and the Planeteers premiered in fall 1990, airing domestically and internationally in syndication and on cable networks TBS and TNT. Six full seasons of the series were produced in the original run of the series, featuring the voice talents of multiple guest celebrities, including Whoopi Goldberg (Gaia), Meg Ryan (Dr. Blight), Martin Sheen (Sly Sludge), Edward Asner (Hoggish Greedly), James Coburn (Looten Plunder), Dean Stockwell (Duke Nukem) and Sting (Zarm). Winning multiple Environmental Media Awards across its production, Captain Planet and the Planeteers also scored several Daytime Emmy nominations.

Cartoon Network (CartoonNetwork.com), currently seen in more than 99 million U.S. homes and 166 countries around the world, is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.’s ad-supported cable service now available in HD offering the best in original, acquired and classic entertainment for youth and families. Nightly from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. (ET, PT), Cartoon Network shares its channel space with Adult Swim, a late-night destination showcasing original and acquired animated and live-action comedy programming for young adults 18-34.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news; entertainment; animation and young adult; and sports media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.

What do you think? Are you interested in seeing a live-action version of Captain Planet? Could it work?


More about: Captain Planet and the Planeteers, The New Adventures of Captain Planet

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September 1, 2011 12:32 pm
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Robot chicken rekindled my <3 of Captain Planet. Just don't live action it! Anime the hell out of it. Sunrise whipped Cowboy Bebop into genius and Bandai slaughtered imaginations with Ghost In The Shell SAC! Anime it and blow our minds!

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August 1, 2011 9:23 am
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I grew up on this show, but I’m not so sure I would watch a live action movie. Some things are better left in the past.

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July 27, 2011 8:26 am
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NO NO and NO!!! Please do not make a movie out of this show, while it had it’s good points it’s nothing more then stupid drivel now that Global warming has been proven as a fraud.

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July 26, 2011 2:35 pm
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This show was so educational and entertaining, I loved it~! Whenever people made fun of me for being a treehugger, I could look to “Captain Planet” and know that I was right. Nowadays, it’s less jeerworthy to be environmentally conscious (or “green” as they call it now), so time proved Captain Planet right. A live action Captain Planet could be good, if it was treated more like a superhero movie than a kid’s movie.

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