Ideas for a Captain Planet movie/TV reboot?

[ninja-zero]

Captain Planet deserves a comeback. Any ideas how?

Since Gaia is named after the Greek primordial being, Gaia would blend herself with Greek mythology. That goes for Captain Planet when he was formerly a Titan named Iapetus!

As for the Planeteers? I once thought of adding a sixth Planeteer as Australia was left out. But now, deciding on something like this.

Arc 1: Captain Planet & the Planeteers vs the Eco-Villains & Eurybia/Captain Pollution (changing gender)

Arc 2: Captain Planet & the Planeteers vs the Eco-Villains & Chaos (replacing Zarm)

Arc 3: Captain Planet & the Planeteers vs the Eco-Villains & Cronus the Titan of Time
- Adding a time travel arc where the Planeteers travel through various time periods to stop the villains from polluting the timeline. In the end, they travel to the future where Cronus is made the new spirit of Earth. And the Australian would be the leader of the resistance, carrying the Ring of Heart.

What do you all think so far?

[AquaParade]

SNL skit.


Jk. Curious to see what you all come up with. Sounds tricky but with potential to surprise.

[Utrommaniac]

Now, I never watched Captain Planet and have only seen reviews for it...

But by god it probably could be handled a lot more tastefully. There are topics that are hard to talk about, but they still need to be talked about.

80's cartoons had clear black and whites, good and bads. Very rarely was there such a thing as pure human error. As in the case with oil spills and forest fires. Most people aren't going to be setting forest fires for sh*ts and giggles as Captain Planet usually depicted its villains doing. "I'm going to wreck the environment FOR FUN!"

Like...no. I would make room for human error and fixing those errors. Accidents happen, it's just a matter of what to do afterwards.

Will there occasionally be a villain that's totally apathetic to the damage they're causing? Or, as I think about in the 70's Lorax (summarized):
"If I shut down my factory, people will lose their jobs and they won't be able to support themselves"
"Okay, I see your point, but I don't have an answer for that"

This probably is one of the better times to make a Captain Planet reboot, since there are writers who do genuinely care about good writing, plotting, and characterizing.



Also yeah, get Australia in there. Maybe make them Aboriginal (or Maori, even though that's technically New Zealand)

[ZariusTwo]

Knowing our luck, they'd get Greta Thunberg to voice Gaia:roll:

[ninja-zero]

Who wants a female Australian as the sixth Planeteer? Plus with the ring of thunder & lightning!

I have thought of a live action cast for Captain Planet!

- Kwame: Shameik Moore
- Wheeler: Froy Gutierrez
- Linka: G. Hannelius
- Gi: Lia of ITZY/Rosé of BLACKPINK/Mina Myoui/Sorn of CLC
- Ma-Ti: Marcel Ruiz
- Gaia: Bianca Lawson
- Captain Planet/Iapetus: Robbie Amell

I don’t know about the Eco-Villains yet.

But how would you all picture an Aussie planeteer fit in?

Plus in a CP movie, bring back MJ’s Earth Song!!!

[turtle1237]

Knowing how there going to "Reboot" the thing, there just going to make other Teen Titans Go clone.

[ninja-zero]

Knowing how there going to "Reboot" the thing, there just going to make other Teen Titans Go clone.

Let's try to avoid that!

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

This fan film is awesome. A cartoon sequel taking place many years later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cIgKfReegg

[ninja-zero]

It would be nice to bring back "Planeteer Alert" with all those messages.

Imagine in the new "Planeteer Alert", at the start of it, the live action version of the Planeteers, Captain Planet & Gaia (from the movie) gather together to prepare a PSA speech based on the lesson the episode showed you.

Some PSAs will bring some Planeteers together, some will bring in Gaia. All PSAs will bring CP into the mix. Even bring all of them together. Just trying to picture them.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Knowing our luck, they'd get Greta Thunberg to voice Gaia:roll:

Why not? She used to play theatre until she was about 11–12. (Dated 30 May 2015)

https://www.hant.se/noje/malena-ernman-var-12-ariga-dotter-har-fatt-diagnosen-aspergers/

(following a hard recovering period, the daughter is now fine again. She dances several time each week, and likes to play theatre)

[Voltron]

I never understood why they didn't call Captain Planet the moment something was up. The guy solved every problem in 5 minutes.

Also, no one ever seemed shocked by Captain Planet. There's a magical blue-crystal man flying around in a light dom outfit. He has grass for hair. If he gets dirty, he dies.

NONE of this was ever cause for new characters to say, "Hey. . . that's unusual!"

Maybe one of the new angles could be a government agency or weapons manufacturer trying to dissect Captain Planet to find out the secret of his powers or something.

Edit: While I'm thinking about it, they had access to those solar powered vehicles that could have revolutionized the entire world. And they handed them over to nobody. Way to blow it, Gaia. "Take the Geocruiser! But don't show Bowing. I won't those guys out of business like, yesterday."

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Also, no one ever seemed shocked by Captain Planet. There's a magical blue-crystal man flying around in a light dom outfit. He has grass for hair. If he gets dirty, he dies.

If Captain Planet is rebooted, he needs a serious character change (origin story, strength and weaknesses). The Planeteers are easier to relate too, but Captain Planet himself just came out of nowhere.

[Leo656]

Captain Planet deserves a comeback.

Says f*ckin' WHO? :lol:

Knowing our luck, they'd get Greta Thunberg to voice Gaia:roll:

I love you, brother. You're my new favorite! :lol:

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Says f*ckin' WHO? :lol:



I love you, brother. You're my new favorite! :lol:

Planeteer Alert

Ride a sailboat to reduce pollution, even at intercontinental distances.

[Leo656]

I used to see it sometimes because I think it came on TBS before wrestling once in a while. I had a crush on the blonde chick who was voiced by Kath Soucie, that's literally all I remember. :lol:

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I used to see it sometimes because I think it came on TBS before wrestling once in a while. I had a crush on the blonde chick who was voiced by Kath Soucie, that's literally all I remember. :lol:

Her name is Linka, and she's from the Soviet Union. As later revealed, Russia to be more exact.

[Leo656]

Yeah, well... she'd get it. :lol:

[ZariusTwo]

Yeah, well... she'd get it. :lol:

I didn't know Wheeler posted on here

[Leo656]

:lol: You need to pipe up more often, son.

[ninja-zero]

What do you guys think of this cast that I chose for Captain Planet live action?

Link: https://www.deviantart.com/ryderdecade/gallery/66090675/captain-planet-live-action-cast

Kwame
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Wheeler
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Linka
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Gi
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Ma-Ti
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Gaia
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Captain Planet
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[sdp]

We NEED a Captain Planet reboot, Captain Planet was never about an awesome superhero but about finding a way to make earth's problem's relatable. Counting how the earth is going now, it failed for the most part.We need to inspire a new generation, it's a necessity.

Here you can find my full thoughts on what a Captain Planet reboot should be (https://miscrave.com/articles/captain-planet-reboot/). But it has to be a sequel series, not a reboot, have a new generation of planeteers after the original obviously failed to change the minds of people.

More ecology, relatable villains, less "we win", more morals, less social justice, it needs to keep its focus on being ecological, not political. Call it the Planeteers.

Now, I never watched Captain Planet and have only seen reviews for it...

But by god it probably could be handled a lot more tastefully. There are topics that are hard to talk about, but they still need to be talked about.


If you never watched it then you clearly don't understand what Captain Planet was trying to convey. It did a great job.

Knowing our luck, they'd get Greta Thunberg to voice Gaia:roll:

She'd be an amazing person to voice someone, the original was also full of celebrities or pro environment people to help get the message across, great choice!

Who wants a female Australian as the sixth Planeteer? Plus with the ring of thunder & lightning!

I don’t know about the Eco-Villains yet.

But how would you all picture an Aussie planeteer fit in?


I'm not sure about a sixth ring, it would depend. No Aussie planeteer, they need to keep planeteers as ambiguous as they can when related to where they're from so everyone in the world can feel represented. The original kind of did this as well.

Knowing how there going to "Reboot" the thing, there just going to make other Teen Titans Go clone.

I'm not sure how much creative control the Captain Planet Foundation has over the character but hopefully they can turn something like this down, they definitely have some control based on the interviews I read from how the show was handled.. Sadly since Ted Turner is out of the picture something like Captain Planet might never happen again, it was a passion project of his.

I never understood why they didn't call Captain Planet the moment something was up. The guy solved every problem in 5 minutes.

The show was meant to give us the message the power is "ours" to make the change, Captain Planet was only called when something that wouldn't really happen in the real world like a giant trash machine parading in the city, or to fix problems that in the real world can't be fixed, to give us hope, but everything that a real person could do was always portrayed by the planeteers. You can see this when interviewing the creator.


If Captain Planet is rebooted, he needs a serious character change (origin story, strength and weaknesses). The Planeteers are easier to relate too, but Captain Planet himself just came out of nowhere.

The explanation on the first episode is good enough, we don't get that technical with Marvel or DC heroes either.

What do you guys think of this cast that I chose for Captain Planet live action?


I don't think we need a live action movie, it's not meant to be a blockbuster franchise, but a franchise that transmits a message. Not a huge fan of your casting either, Gaia needs to have traits from every race, some of them are "too pretty" or not dark enough in the case of some planeteers. That's just my opinion.

[Leo656]

Eh... after this, I think we're pretty well-set.
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[ninja-zero]

I don't think we need a live action movie, it's not meant to be a blockbuster franchise, but a franchise that transmits a message. Not a huge fan of your casting either, Gaia needs to have traits from every race, some of them are "too pretty" or not dark enough in the case of some planeteers. That's just my opinion.

Well that breaks my heart.

I thought the show could use some action too.

Bring back Planeteer Alert to talk about certain topics ecological & social.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

She'd be an amazing person to voice someone, the original was also full of celebrities or pro environment people to help get the message across, great choice!

She already has her Planeteer Alert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlfW7aYouYQ

[neatoman]

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[sdp]

She already has her Planeteer Alert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlfW7aYouYQ

not the same
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i really hate captain planet parodies

[ZariusTwo]

Glen Powell provides an update on the Dicaprio Captain Planet project, it's still in development, Powell co-wrote the script and wants to headline as the character

https://www.cbr.com/leo-dicaprio-captain-planet-movie-promising-update/

[ZariusTwo]

I'm going through some old Captain Planet episodes that I haven't seen since I was a kid, started with "Polluting By Computer", an episode with great animation and very good chemistry with Linka and Wheeler, building on their relationship in a manner that's fair-minded, playful, and touching.

It's interesting to view it through today's cultural lens, we have a computer feeding it's users misinformation about the Planeteers, we have Linka, the Russian, straight up admit she's a computer hacker, and Wheeler unashamedly commits an act of eco-terrorism to gain access to the building.

The villains for this one were Sly Sludge and Doctor Blight. Blight and MAL are the highlight of any story they're in. Their scheme is very straight forward, they want to dump toxic waste in national parks just for the lulz, and nobody questions when Sludge does this to Yellowstone because a computer gave him a permit.

I might make a regular habit of this, it was a fun time. Pretty dumb set-up, but it had sincerity, fake it and you've got it made

[ZariusTwo]

I decided to edit a few Captain Planet episodes, altering and adding scenes with A.I that create the impression Blight has a crush on Planet:D

Some scenes are brief, here's an example of a longer one that I've inserted into the episode "The Conqueror"


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[ZariusTwo]

A DVD box set of the entire series is out October 15th

https://x.com/toonhive/status/1828519031932100753?s=46&t=jp4-K95Q-ggvMX8-LemfOQ

[ZariusTwo]

Netflix TV show in the works from Berlanti Productions

https://deadline.com/2025/07/captain-planet-live-action-series-netflix-berlanti-appian-way-1236460562/