“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 said. The Hollywood Reporter says that DiCaprios production company Appian Way is producing a live-action Captain Planet movie. Screenwriting has presented new challenges for Powell, but he says he is enjoying the process. If you have a blue superhero with a green mullet, you can’t do like an earnest take on that. He added: “Sometimes you have to think of these things logically. Rumors have persisted for months that Powell is being courted by Marvel (perhaps to play. Sony Pictures is in final negotiations to pick up the. “I mean, they’ve tried to make it into a superhero movie before, but they kind of did like an earnest take and ours is way more subversive and fun and like dark and irreverent,” he said. Getting the Captain Planet movie off the ground would give Powell a major superhero tentpole to lead. Environmental cartoon Captain Planet and the Planeteers is getting the big-screen treatment.

As well as working on upcoming projects with the likes of Ron Howard and Channing Tatum, he’s currently writing the screenplay for the movie adaptation of Captain Planet and the Planeteers - the environmentally conscious kid’s cartoon from the ’90s that’s in development at Paramount and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions.Ĭaptain Planet was one of Powell’s favorite shows during his childhood, but he told THR his version of the mulleted environmental avenger will be different. Powell’s recent success has come quickly, but he isn’t resting on his laurels or just focusing on acting. Glen Powell provides a promising update about Leo DiCaprios long-in-development Captain Planet movie, indicating its still in the works.

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