{"id":4473,"date":"2011-07-20T00:57:13","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T04:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/?p=4473"},"modified":"2011-07-20T00:57:13","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T04:57:13","slug":"captain-planet-live-action-movie-going-into-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/captain-planet-live-action-movie-going-into-development\/","title":{"rendered":"CAPTAIN PLANET Live-Action Movie Going into Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Captain_Planet_Wallpapers.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4474\" title=\"Captain_Planet_Wallpapers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Captain_Planet_Wallpapers.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Captain_Planet_Wallpapers.jpeg 640w, http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Captain_Planet_Wallpapers-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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  based on the groundbreaking, environment-saving animated hero, Captain  Planet and the Planeteers, it was announced today by Stuart Snyder,  president and COO of Turner Broadcasting System Inc.\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy and Angry Filmworks are most notably credited for the highly  successful 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  \u2018Em Up (2007), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), Apt Pupil  (1998) and Natural Born Killers (1994). Angry Filmworks formed in 1998.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe messages of Captain Planet are even more relevant today,\u201d said  Snyder. \u201cWe feel this team can bring the world\u2019s first eco-hero to life  in a powerful motion picture that is not only pertinent but  entertaining.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely excited about bringing the good Captain back to  life,\u201d said Murphy. \u201cHis adventures are known worldwide and he is  recognized across generations. We expect to make a spectacular series of  films with the amazing team at Cartoon Network.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the earthquakes, tornadoes, melting icebergs and all the other  problems threatening the world right now, Earth really needs her  greatest defender,\u201d said Montford.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to inform younger viewers about serious environmental  issues, legendary cable entrepreneur Ted Turner partnered with DIC  Enterprises in 1990 to create the world\u2019s 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\u2019s  worst eco-villains.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Planet and the Planeteers premiered in fall 1990, airing  domestically and internationally in syndication and on cable networks  TBS and TNT. Six full seasons of the series were produced in the  original run of the series, featuring the voice talents of multiple  guest celebrities, including Whoopi Goldberg (Gaia), Meg Ryan (Dr.  Blight), Martin Sheen (Sly Sludge), Edward Asner (Hoggish Greedly),  James Coburn (Looten Plunder), Dean Stockwell (Duke Nukem) and Sting  (Zarm). Winning multiple Environmental Media Awards across its  production, Captain Planet and the Planeteers also scored several  Daytime Emmy nominations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Cartoon Network has signed a development agreement with action-adventure producer Don Murphy and partner Susan Montford and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geeky-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4475,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473\/revisions\/4475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}