Action-Adventure Captain Planet----Live Action

[Rowsdower!]

I don't remember the show that well... could Captain Planet really transform people into trees? If so, that's hilarious.

 

[Asgard]

Best part was Captain Planet drunk off of his homicidal madness.

 

[Silvermoth]

I seriously want to see this. I don't think it has to be camp at all. I mean if they can turn this...

into this...

Then Captain Planet can have a good shot too!

Captain Planet - Hugh Jackman (I think he could make it work especially with motion cap)
Wheeler - Lucas Till (X-men First Class)
Linka -Veronika Vernadskaya (The Darkest Hour)
Kwame - Presley Chweneyaga (Tsotsi)
Gi - Ellen Wong (Scott Pilgrim)
Ma-Ti -Ayush Mahesh Khedekar (Slumdog Millionaire, took a bit of creative license here)
Gaia -Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Bride and Prejudice)
Hoggish Greedy - Ethan Suplee (My name is Earl)
Michelle Phieffer - Doctor Blight (Hairspray)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706787/

 

[Slushy]

Don Cheadle for Captain Planet!

Spoiler

He's Captain Planet, motherfu**er!

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[The Guard]

Here's a fanmade trailer that's more in line with the cartoon. It's pretty iffy in places and Captain Planet looks a little rapey, but it does make you think about the possibilities...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PirI19qzQoU

I like how when the "Wind" section comes up, Linka's doing more or less nothing.

I haven't found very many good concept redesigns for the character online. I'd say shoot for something that gives more of a "nod" to his classic cartoon look, but an entirely new concept. I'd give him the ice blue body (green hair optional), green eyes, and within his form, somewhat similar to what Green Lantern's suit and Dr. Manhattan had going on, I'd have glowing reddish "veins" that culminated in his chest, hands and feet so it gave the slight appearance of red areas there, but not so much in terms of an actual color-coded costume, gloves or boots. Give him a more organic look in general. The "zigzag" look and the "insignia" cold be textre/parts of his quasi-crystalline structure. Make him look like a being of pure power...since he is.

 

[Donnie Darko]

I would go Morena Baccarin as Gaia.

 

[Webhead2006]

if cp is ever turned to a live action film. There is no reason it needs to be turned into a dark realism thing like nolan batman. It should just be straight up adaption of the toon. Plus its environmental stuff.

 

[bullets]

It should be dark and gritty with polluted landscapes.

 

[chamber-music]

A Captin Planet movie would be trippy as hell.

 

[TheVileOne]

The only way this would work if it's a parody of how stupid and preachy the original cartoon was. Not to mention how ridiculous and crappy a hero Captain Planet was.

 

[Silvermoth]

Here's a fanmade trailer that's more in line with the cartoon. It's pretty iffy in places and Captain Planet looks a little rapey, but it does make you think about the possibilities...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PirI19qzQoU

I like how when the "Wind" section comes up, Linka's doing more or less nothing.

I haven't found very many good concept redesigns for the character online. I'd say shoot for something that gives more of a "nod" to his classic cartoon look, but an entirely new concept. I'd give him the ice blue body (green hair optional), green eyes, and within his form, somewhat similar to what Green Lantern's suit and Dr. Manhattan had going on, I'd have glowing reddish "veins" that culminated in his chest, hands and feet so it gave the slight appearance of red areas there, but not so much in terms of an actual color-coded costume, gloves or boots. Give him a more organic look in general. The "zigzag" look and the "insignia" cold be textre/parts of his quasi-crystalline structure. Make him look like a being of pure power...since he is.

That's pretty much exactly what I want (with a bigger budget)

It doesn't have to be preachy, not more so than the average American action hero yelling "FREEDOM" every 20 seconds.

Plus power rings woo!

 

[Dr. Evil]

Wasn't Lootin Plunder voiced by the late James Coburn?

 

[TheVileOne]

Why? This was such a cheesy, awful cartoon.

 

[Pink Ranger]

The only way this would work if it's a parody of how stupid and preachy the original cartoon was. Not to mention how ridiculous and crappy a hero Captain Planet was.

Besides, didn't George Bush prove to us all that climate change is a myth?

 

[TheVileOne]

Not really. Bush's administration were the ones who came up with climate change and I think Bush got on the whole green/climate change movement toward the end of his presidency anyway.

 

[Thundarr]

I'm kinda on the fence with this one. I was a teenager when the cartoon came out, so I didn't really watch it. I caught a few episodes with my nephew, not much more than a toddler in those days, who seemed to love it. Personally? I found it cheesey as Hell.

Personally, I think a live action adaptation could be successful, if done right. I would make the main villain, at least the "soldier villain", in the movie Duke Nukem, as he's the only villain who can match up to Captain Planet on a physical level. For the "smart villain", I'd go with either Lootin Plunder or Hogg Greedly.

I wouldn't use Dr. Blight at all, as she was the most nonsensical villain of them all. Plunder & Greedly's eco-crimes at least made sense. They cut corners while drilling for oil or illegally dumped toxic waste for profit. Dr. Blight polluted the Earth just for the sake of polluting the Earth. She just wants to destroy the planet, even if it kills her. That's just dumb.

If they do use Dr. Blight, then they should give her a more well rounded character. Maybe she used to be environmentally concious. But an industrial accident during a "green" industrial waste removal procedure disfigured half of her face. The fact that "doing the right thing" had cost her her beauty drives her mad, and now she wants to see the world burn. Then her wanting to destroy the world with pollution at least makes sense.

 

[TheVileOne]

I really don't know if there is such a thing as done right where Captain Planet is concerned.

 

[Webhead2006]

I still say it could be a fun family/kids film as straight up adaption to the show. Plus with some many comapnies/network going green/eco friendly/driven these days. I am surprised it hasn't been made into a film yet.

 

[ShredderX]

Here's a fanmade trailer that's more in line with the cartoon. It's pretty iffy in places and Captain Planet looks a little rapey, but it does make you think about the possibilities...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PirI19qzQoU

I like how when the "Wind" section comes up, Linka's doing more or less nothing.

I haven't found very many good concept redesigns for the character online. I'd say shoot for something that gives more of a "nod" to his classic cartoon look, but an entirely new concept. I'd give him the ice blue body (green hair optional), green eyes, and within his form, somewhat similar to what Green Lantern's suit and Dr. Manhattan had going on, I'd have glowing reddish "veins" that culminated in his chest, hands and feet so it gave the slight appearance of red areas there, but not so much in terms of an actual color-coded costume, gloves or boots. Give him a more organic look in general. The "zigzag" look and the "insignia" cold be textre/parts of his quasi-crystalline structure. Make him look like a being of pure power...since he is.

Aside from Captain Planet looking like a cheap Cos-player at Dragon Con, this trailer is actually not bad. I used to watch this cartoon every sunday night on TBS when I was in the 7th grade. But I prefer my Pollution fighting heroes to be hideously deformed creatures of super human size and strength like the Toxic Avenger and his Toxic Crusaders. Now thats the movie I want to see !!!

 

[Kane52630]

Sony Pictures to Make Captain Planet and the Planeteers Movie

http://www.superherohype.com/news/a...-make-captain-planet-and-the-planeteers-movie

Sony Pictures is in final negotiations to pick up the rights to 1990s series "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" for a feature adaptation to be produced by Mark Gordon, Don Murphy and Susan Montford, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Captain Planet will be a live-action motion picture based on the environment-saving animated hero. In an effort to inform younger viewers about serious environmental issues, Turner Broadcasting 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.

Andrea Giannetti will oversee the project for the studio.

 

[Silvermoth]

Hooray! Please don't make it camp or try to dodge the issue like epic has done!

This could really be amazing with the right vision!

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

It has to be a comedy because CP was always a terrible idea.

 

[Sawyer]

It has to be a comedy because CP was always a terrible idea.

Eco Terrorist!

 

[Teelie]

I think the only way this can be done is as action-comedy. No one will take it seriously and if they try straight comedy it will be a joke.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Eco Terrorist!

I used to laugh at how cheesy as hell the show was. Even as a kid I knew that it was terrible.