Captain Planet to produce a Captain Planet movie

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Several years ago a Captain Planet film was discussed at Sony, before the studio let the rights lapse. A new report states that Paramount is in talks to acquire the rights to the 1990s cartoon, and is looking to bring on Jono Matt and Glen Powell (Scream Queens) to pen the script. More interesting is news that Leonardo DiCaprio will join the film as a producer, should Paramount complete its bid to acquire the film rights.

THR reports that DiCaprio’s Appian Way has become interested in the project after recently signing a first-look deal with Paramount. Sources indicate that the take on the character may be different than what audiences saw in the cartoon, however, as apparently the story finds Captain Planet as a “washed up hasbeen who needs the kids more than they need him.”

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