
It is a show which sounds and looks positively hokey from a modern perspective. Here is Robot Chicken‘s version of how obsessed Ted Turner might have become with Captain Planet: markets and in over 100 countries worldwide. They co-developed the show along with her creative team, and it premiered as Captain Planet and the Planeteers in 1990 and was syndicated in over 220 U.S.

Let’s call him Captain Planet.” He took the idea to a TV documentary director/producer named Barbara Pyle whose prior work had titles like Our Finite World: Mexico and One Earth. One assumes Captain Planet will come sans mullet this time.Ĭaptain Planet, of course, was originally the brainchild of Ted Turner who in 1989 apparently exclaimed, “We need a super hero for Earth. Get ready to welcome these 100% sincere people back into your life. By their producing powers combined, the world may yet soon have a Captain Planet movie.
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Sony Pictures is in final negotiations to pick up the rights to the early 1990s series for a adaptation to be produced by Mark Gordon,Don Murphy and Susan Montford.” Who the hell are those people? Unknown names who produced things you’ve heard of like Speed, Saving Private Ryan, and 2012 (Gordon), the Transformers films (Murphy), and Real Steel (Montford). Shut the front door! Is this actually happening? Possibly.
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Was there really a show about five ethnically diverse teenagers that each have separate Earth powers which when combined form a eco-fighting superhero named Captain Planet? Yes you kind of beat me to the punch there, but it was called Captain Planet – and they’re making it into a movie now. Was there really a show about the secret lives of mouse butlers, like a cartoon Downtown Abbey if all the characters were mice? No but get on that. Was there really a show about a creepy ass robot that looked just like a little girl? Yes it was called Small Wonder.

There are certain TV shows I used to watch as a kid that I look back on now and wonder, “Did that really happen, or did I just make that up?”
