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News Credits: 34 · by **Supreme Convoy** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:29 pm

Was anyone asking for a live action Captain Planet film?

Producers Don Murphy and Susan Montford, who are coming off Transformers: Dark of the Moon and the upcoming Shawn Levy-directed Hugh Jackman-starrer Real Steel, have signed a deal with Cartoon Network to develop a live-action adventure theatrical feature based on Captain Planet. He's the animated Ted Turner-created environment-saving hero who was first introduced in the cartoon series Captain Planet and the Planeteers. Murphy and Montford will develop the film under their Angry Films banner. "We are extremely excited about bringing the good captain back to life," said Murphy, who added the intention is to make a series of films. "[The Captain's] adventures are known worldwide and he is recognized across generations." The news follows last month's announcement of a similar Cartoon Network deal with producer Joel Silver for a movie based on the Ben 10 animated series.

by **Treetop Maximus** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:01 pm

News Credits: 2 · by **Skyfire77** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:06 pm

Okay, maybe if it was Ted Turner playing Captain Planet, but only if it was five minutes long.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:13 pm

Whoa, whoa, wait. This is real? I had heard about this and I thought it was a joke. I was even thinking about how silly a Captain Planet film would be.

Hmm. Scraping the bottom of the barrel Hollywood? Shame.

News Credits: 34 · by **Supreme Convoy** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:42 pm

Screw it, I want an Eek the Cat movie. Make it happen, Fox.

News Credits: 3 · by **Name_Violation** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:06 pm

i want a TTAFFBH reboot

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:33 pm

Oh God no. This has disaster written all over it, and I'm not talking about an ecological disaster.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:58 pm

Autobot032 wrote:Hmm. Scraping the bottom of the barrel Hollywood? Shame.

Well Don Murphy is involved so ...

News Credits: 7 · by **TulioDude** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:13 am

I like Captain Planet.

News Credits: 12 · by **robofreak** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:22 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKnvTz7gsKs

This is exactly what the live action version will be like.

by **DecepticonRedAlert** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:52 am

This news sickens me, I hate Captain Planet!

by **Screamfleet** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:14 am

If they can get Whoopi Goldberg, Jeff Goldblum, Meg Ryan, Martin Sheen, LeVar Burton, Tim Curry, Ed Asner, and, well, David Coburn, they might have something.

News Credits: 2 · by **Shadowman** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:09 am

Treetop Maximus wrote:

Thank you, Kyon, I couldn't have put it better myself.

On the one hand, this is going to be a disaster of biblical proportions. On the other hand, I could totally see myself riffing on this movie with Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh.

by **Blast Cannon** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:58 am

Guys, this is serious business. We need to stop this before Don Murphy ruins my childhood forever.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:07 am

Shadowman wrote: On the other hand, I could totally see myself riffing on this movie with Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh.

If you can manage to pry them apart with a crowbar...

As for the Captain, didn't much care as a kid, won't care now.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:10 am

Blast Cannon wrote:Guys, this is serious business. We need to stop this before Don Murphy ruins my childhood forever.

Try watching Captain planet now. I tried, I really tried. I couldn't stand it.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:53 pm

Mkall wrote:
Blast Cannon wrote:Guys, this is serious business. We need to stop this before Don Murphy ruins my childhood forever.

Try watching Captain planet now. I tried, I really tried. I couldn't stand it.

^ THIS. Music Meister is right. It's...well, awful isn't the right word, but it's a rough idea.

by **Blast Cannon** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:02 pm

I just Youtubed it. I was clearly remembering the show through rose tinted nostalgia glasses.

Don Murphy cannot do more to Captain Planet than Captain Planet has already done to itself.

by **Insidious** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:14 pm

There were a lot better options competing for my viewing time as a kid when this was originally on, and there are any number of properties that need to be film-i-fied before this crap does. Bleh.

Captain Planet struck me as science homework rather than an adventure.

News Credits: 2 · by **Shadowman** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:28 pm

Try watching the show with some friends. I can almost guarantee it'll be much better, if only because you have people to laugh at it with.

by **Insidious** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:30 pm

As long as shots were involved, to be taken every time some blatant ploy to recycle was woven in to the storyline, I might do it.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:06 pm

Why? The only good thing about Captain Planet is the Robot Chicken sketch.

Revive Skeleton Warriors, that's a much better obscure show/franchise.
It's a kids show designed to sell toys to children to replace the TMNT franchise as "the super toy franchise", and what is it about? An army of skeletons conquering a planet by turning every body into skeletons.

Also that opening has it all wrong, in this it's the good guys that have to run for their lives and abandon their base.

News Credits: 16 · by **It Is Him** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:53 pm

I'm calling Shenanigans on this.

Dead Metal wrote:Why? The only good thing about Captain Planet is the Robot Chicken sketch.

Robot Chicken clip!

Protect the environment, or I'll **** kill you!

News Credits: 12 · by **robofreak** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:42 am

It Is Him wrote:I'm calling Shenanigans on this.

Dead Metal wrote:Why? The only good thing about Captain Planet is the Robot Chicken sketch.

Robot Chicken clip!

Protect the environment, or I'll **** kill you!

Didn't I already post that?

News Credits: 2 · by **Shadowman** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:15 am

robofreak wrote:
It Is Him wrote:I'm calling Shenanigans on this.

Dead Metal wrote:Why? The only good thing about Captain Planet is the Robot Chicken sketch.

Robot Chicken clip!

Protect the environment, or I'll **** kill you!

Didn't I already post that?

No, you posted someone's unnecessary dub (Using what seems to be the exact same lines read by different, substantially less talented people) and the Superman theme in the background. It Is Him posted the original.