For a while there’s been talk of a Captain Planet movie. Now that’s taken a step closer to reality, as Sony Pictures has signed on to back a film based on the environmentally conscious 90s cartoon series, Captain Planet and the Planeteers, according to THR.
Hopefully they’ll figure out how to make is work, as even in the 90s kids were aware Captain Planet was a tad dumb, so goodness knows what modern audiences would think. However it was quite fun, with the world’s first animated environmental series being 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.
Mark Gordon, Susan Montford and Don Murphy (who’s been involved the longest, having been developing the film long before Sony got involved) will produce. The plan is to make a big budget live-action version, but there’s no news on when it might shoot.