You might not remember, given he hasn’t been around for about 25 years, but Captain Planet is a hero who’ll take pollution down to zero. Maybe if he’d stuck around after his cartoon’s 113 episodes from 1990 to 1992, he actually might have made good on that bold assertion. But, alas. Ted Turner co-created Captain Planet and the Planeteers as an animated series in an effort to make environmentalism cooler. Results vary, but it hasn’t stopped people from wanting to bring it back. The newest attempt, according to Deadline, is a live-action series on Netflix from Greg Berlanti and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way.
DiCaprio had attempted to make a feature film version of the property as far back as 2016. That movie had a script from Jono Matt and Glen Powell (yes, that Glen Powell). That project was originally at Paramount. As you might have noticed, such a movie never happened. Eventually, the rights to the property reverted back to Warner Bros, who bought all the Turner catalog many years earlier. (That’s why WB owns the Hanna-Barbera library, for example.)
This new series will feature Mrs. Davis co-creator/executive producer Tara Hernandez as writer. DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson from Appian Way will executive produce the Captain Planet live-action series alongside Berlanti Prods.’ Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Leigh London Redman. Powell is no longer involved but sources say Matt will also serve as producer.
The original Captain Planet and the Planeteers came about right as the ’90s kicked off, at a time when various environmental groups were making a huge push to clean up the Earth. “Reduce, reuse, recycle” was a common refrain from my youth. Ted Turner along with activist and filmmaker Barbara Powell. The concept focused on a group of five young people from different continents. Gaia, the spirit of the Earth, bestows upon them each a ring which calls forth a different element. Earth (literally the ground), fire, wind, water, and heart…which is not an element, but is a fifth thing. When one of the various pollution-themed supervillains gets to be too much for the kids, they can combine their powers to summon Captain Planet.
With Ted Turner’s money, the series was able to secure some big name supporting cast members at the eco-villains. Jeff Goldblum, Meg Ryan, James Coburn, and Martin Sheen all provided villain voices…for the first season. After that, voice actors took over once the show lost some of its newness. LeVar Burton provided the voice of the team’s leader Kwame while Whoopi Goldberg and Margot Kidder split duties as Gaia.
No word yet on when the series will hit Netflix, nor who might appear. The biggest question is whether Captain Planet himself will keep his trademark flattop mullet.
Kyle Anderson is the Senior Editor for Nerdist. He hosts the weekly pop culture deep-dive podcast Laser Focus. You can find his film and TV reviews here. Follow him on Letterboxd.
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