Cartoon Network to Make Captain Planet Feature Film
Cartoon Network has signed a development agreement with action-adventure producer Don Murphy and partner Susan Montford and their company Angry Filmworks to develop a live-action motion picture.
It will be based on the environment-saving animated hero, Captain Planet and the Planeteers. It was announced Tuesday by Stuart Snyder, president and COO of Turner Broadcasting System Inc.’s Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media division (AYAKM).
The agreement gives Murphy and his company the exclusive rights to develop and package the property and advance it towards production.
[ Also Visit: Robojit and the Sand Planet – The Story of Future Universe ]Murphy and Angry Filmworks are credited for the action-adventure franchise, Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011).
Murphy and Montford together produced the upcoming Hugh Jackman blockbuster Real Steel with Executive Producer Steven Spielberg. The company also is responsible for such action-oriented films as Shoot ‘Em Up (2007), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), Apt Pupil (1998) and Natural Born Killers (1994). Angry Filmworks formed in 1998.
[ Also Read: Now Disney Can Help You Deal with Diabetes ]“The messages of Captain Planet are even more relevant today,” said Snyder. “We feel this team can bring the world’s first eco-hero to life in a powerful motion picture that is not only pertinent but entertaining.”
In an effort to inform younger viewers about serious environmental issues, cable entrepreneur Ted Turner partnered with DIC Enterprises in 1990 to create the 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.
