So, just when you thought we’d reached Superhero breaking point in cinemas we get confirmation that the Captain Planet movie is coming…
Last we heard was two years ago when the crazy rumour was bouncing around that Leonardo DiCaprio was in the running to play the hero (here) so we’d almost forgotten about it.
Until now.
Scream Queens star Glen Powell is also something of a screenwriter and he’s revealed that he’s working on the adaptation of the famous – but awful – 1990s cartoon: “They’ve tried to make it into a superhero movie before,” he says, talking about Captain Planet, “but they kind of did like an earnest take and ours is way more subversive and fun and like dark and irreverent.
“Sometimes you have to think of these things logically. If you have a blue superhero with a green mullet, you can’t do like an earnest take on that. You have to go at it from a fun [direction].
“It’s been an interesting process and it’s taken a long time, but now we’re getting that up and going and we’re really stoked about it,” Powell added.
Honestly, we still doubt this will ever happen but if it does, there’s honestly no other way to do that in a send-up capacity. We see a tone something similar to the recent Starsky and Hutch movie crossed with Mystery Men.
But we could be wrong.
What say you all? Would you watch a Captain Planet movie? Let us know…
Source: THR
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