Leonardo DiCaprio Is Making a 'Captain Planet' Movie

[Kidd Dibiase]

are they gonna cast an actual indian actor or white wash him?

 

[Ironman]

the power is yours!!!

Plunder the scumbag gawd in a suit

 

[Beck.er.]

and Adi Shankar seemed to have a pretty cool idea for a darker Captain Planet last year—but considering the dire environmental situation on planet Earth right now, the character seems more relevant than ever.

You’ve put your own unique spin on Judge Dredd, the Punisher, Venom, the Power Rangers and James Bond. Is there another franchise sandbox you are aching to play in?

Captain Planet was my other favorite TV show growing up. The truth is, if you look at our world today, the world we live in right now, that is the world Captain Planet was fighting against. Literally, Captain Planet and the Planeteers lost. If they existed in our world today, they would be labelled eco-terrorists.

I had this whole idea for a movie where it opens with a montage of Captain Planet being shot down by a rocket. Gaia, the spirit of Earth, has brought them all together. She’s surrendering to a private military, but they gun her down. She’s dead. They kill the spirit of Earth. These kids are disbanded, but we learn the fire guy is out there. He’s the lone badass. He’s the vigilante of the group and is still fighting, even though he doesn’t know what he is fighting for.

He’s become ruthless. He’s running around and being like, “Fire,” and using it to burn people alive. They finally summon Captain Planet again, but the Earth is dying. He draws his power from the Earth, so he’s weak and can’t fly and half his powers have been dulled. He can still fight, but he’s not super shiny Captain Planet. He’s weak Captain Planet.