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.
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:01 pm
by Treetop Maximus
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Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:13 pm
by Autobot032
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.
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:42 pm
by Supreme Convoy
Screw it, I want an Eek the Cat movie. Make it happen, Fox.
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:06 pm
by Name_Violation
i want a TTAFFBH reboot
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:33 pm
by Mkall
Oh God no. This has disaster written all over it, and I'm not talking about an ecological disaster.
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:58 pm
by Burn
Autobot032 wrote:Hmm. Scraping the bottom of the barrel Hollywood? Shame.
Well Don Murphy is involved so ...
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:13 am
by TulioDude
I like Captain Planet.
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
This is exactly what the live action version will be like.
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:52 am
by DecepticonRedAlert
This news sickens me, I hate Captain Planet!
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:14 am
by Screamfleet
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.
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:09 am
by Shadowman
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.
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:58 am
by Blast Cannon
Guys, this is serious business. We need to stop this before Don Murphy ruins my childhood forever.
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:07 am
by Rodimus Prime
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.
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:10 am
by Mkall
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.
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:53 pm
by Autobot032
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.
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:02 pm
by Blast Cannon
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.
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:14 pm
by Insidious
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.
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:28 pm
by Shadowman
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.
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:30 pm
by Insidious
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.
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:06 pm
by Dead Metal
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.
Re: Cartoon Network & Don Murphy live action Captain Planet film
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:53 pm
by It Is Him
I'm calling Shenanigans on this.
Dead Metal wrote:Why? The only good thing about Captain Planet is the Robot Chicken sketch.
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:29 pm
