Captain Planet Live-Action Movie Rumor
“Captain Planet” is back! But the eco-friendly superhero won’t be showing up in an animated reboot of the original ’90s cartoon. Instead, Cartoon Network and “Transformers” producer Don Murphy and partner Susan Montford’s Angry Filmworks are teaming together with “Transformers” producer to make a live action film about the environmentalist hero.
“The messages of Captain Planet are even more relevant today,” said Stuart Snyder, president and COO of Turner Broadcasting System Inc.’s Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media division, in a press release. “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.”
Murphy and Montford also expressed their appreciation of the project in the press release.
“[Captain Planet’s] adventures are known worldwide and he is recognized across generations,” said Murphy. “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,” added Montford.
The press release did not say when the movie is expected to be released.
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