Sony Pictures will reportedly release the live-action Captain Planet movie that's being developed by producers Mark Gordon ("Criminal Minds" and "Ray Donovan"), Don Murphy ("Transformers") and Susan Montford ("Real Steel").
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The film will be based on the groundbreaking, environment-saving animated hero of the 1990s animated TV series Captain Planet and the Planeteers. 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. One of the most memorable aspects of the show was the awesome theme song.
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The series was produced by Turner Program Services and DIC Entertainment and it was broadcast on TBS from September 15, 1990 to December 5, 1992. A sequel series, The New Adventures of Captain Planet, was produced by Hanna-Barbera and Turner Program Services, and was broadcast from September 11, 1993 to May 11, 1996.
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The show famously used people like Sting and Meg Ryan to voice some of the villains in the series, so one has to wonder if they'd be willing to come back for a live screen adaptation.
As for who will play the environmental hero, Captain Planet, no actors have been named for the part. Although they could always bring in Don Cheadle to play the role again, only this time not in a Funny Or Die skit.
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