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Captain Planet is a 2024 American superhero film based on the 1990s animated tv series, Captain Planet and the Planeteers, created by Barbara Pyle and Ted Turner. The film is directed by Dean Israelite with Pyle joining Leonardo DiCaprio as producers. Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers wrote the screenplay, wanting to tell a story that feels like a modern day successor and soft reboot to the series.
The film has a strong cast headlined by Zac Efron, who stars as the eponymous hero, Captain Planet. Zoe Saldaña co-leads as Gaia, the Spirit of Earth. Jacob Lattimore, Olivia Holt, Gianni Paolo, Ki Hong Lee, and Yasmeen Fletcher all star as the new team of planeteers. The focus was to feature a "next generation" of planeteers and not copy the original team featured in the show, the only common characteristic between both squads are their national roots. Michael Shannon, Vanessa Kirby, Bill Skarsgård, and John David Washington round out the main cast. David Harbour, Freddie Stroma, , Sean Gunn, Sofia Black-D'Eliaia, Sam Rockwell, Jennifer Ehle, Rupert Everett, and Gabriel Luna fill out the recurring cast.
In the film, a new team of planeteers must rise up to unite and summon Captain Planet to prevent a ecological catastrophe.
Captain Planet is scheduled to be released on November 15, 2024.
Premise[]
After a shady oil rig explosion unravels a devastating plot that could cause massive ramifications to the world's third largest ocean, Gaia, the Spirit of Earth, has reawakened from her long slumber to assemble a new team of planeteers to put aside their own differences and unite as one, in hopes they can summon Earth's greatest protector, Captain Planet, in time to prevent a global tragedy.
Plot[]
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Cast[]
- Zac Efon as Captain Planet/Terris -- the last surviving protector of Earth after his fallen elemental brethren sacrificed themselves to allow Terris to absorbed their powers transforming him into a sentient being that has the ability of flight, invulnerability, super strength, elemental manipulation, energy blast, and more. To keep himself intact, he can only be summoned when the five power rings--each encased with a elemental power--join together.
- Zoe Saldaña as Gaia -- known as the Spirit of Earth or nicknamed "Mother Nature"; she is a powerful deity who oversees the well-being of the planet and is the creator of the Elementals, Earth's original protectors. She once formed a ordinary group of young men and women to help summon Captain Planet to defeat many potential ecological terrors. Yet after many years went by, she lost in touch with the first class and fell into a long slumber. However a new danger reawakens her prompting her to find a new class of planeteers to summon Captain Planet.
- The New Planeteers
- Jacob Lattimore as Jarobi -- He comes from Kenya, Africa, helping his tribe stop a dangerous poaching family from harming innocent animals. Yet when he uncovers the Earth Power ring, Jarobi has to leave his tribe to take part of a bigger quest. And because of his fierce devotion, Gaia appoints him leader of the New Planeteers.
- Olivia Holt as Macy -- She comes from Chicago, Illinois of North America, and has been a troubling delinquent her entire life. She left foster care when she was 14, and has been living in the streets since then. She has a short fuse and can't stand the Rat Pack gang responsible for unleashing a harmful drug. She has been doing her best to get away from working with them. But when Macy stumbles upon the Fire Power, she is thrust onto a new journey that has worldwide implcations.
- Gianni Paolo as Dominick -- He comes from Ostrava, Czechia, trying to survive a war between Czech and Slovakians. Believing in peace, he seeks refuge and along the way finds the Wind Power ring. Realizing he has no home, Dominick abandons his homeland to try and focus on saving the larger world. However, deep down he still worries for his people and on occasion still pen pal a friend about the updates.
- Ki Hong Lee as Lang -- He comes from Kyoto, Japan, looking to be the best Japanese kickboxer. But after rescuing a family from being poisoned by a terrorist group, Lang discovers the Water Power ring. Forced to forgo his dream of kickboxing, Lang must accept his new grand role when he has to step up to become a fighter to defend the world from pollution and other harmful agents.
- Yasmeen Fletcher as Zo -- She comes from Hyderabad, Pakistan, struggling to find her role after dealing with a radical organization aiming to recruit and teach hate towards the West. Zo seems favorable to the West, but has to keep her thoughts quiet and not get caught. Soon when she discovers the Heart Power ring, it would lead her on a perilous quest to meet up with the other planeteers.
- Michael Shannon as Luther Pierce/Looten Plunder -- He is an aggressive shady businessman and oil baron who owns Pierce Corp, a giant energy corporation; he has a infamous reputation of plundering rival oil and energy companies giving him the nickname "Loothen Plunder". His new goal is to target a country known as Plola rich of a rare material; he wants to exploit that material by using dangerous means, not knowing it would drive the population to mass starvation.
- Vanessa Kirby as Dr. Barbara "Barbs" Blight -- She is a provocative researcher in nano technology, brilliant in robotics, and has created disturbing experiments on humans seeking to determine is technology better than a human mind. Kicked out of NATO Research Council because of her controversial experiments, she is offered a chance by Pierce to help him create a unique device capable of draining minerals from the ground.
- Bill Skarsgård as Mr. Skum -- A detestable figure who is a drug dealer and leader of the Rat Pack, a gang known for their addictive toxic drugs. He controls Chicago's underbelly and has been rumored to be living in the sewers.
- John David Washington as Commander Ric "Clash" Carter -- A stubborn commander of the U.N. Security Council, works sync with NATO. He oversees a special operation program nicknamed "Beta Six". After investigating a oil rig explosion, the trail of clues leads him to a potential dangerous situation in a small South American country called Plola. Realizing it involves the interference of Pierce Corp, Carter gets a chance encounter of helping five young people, who each share a unique ring, who are sent to Plola to investigate the same interference.
- David Harbour as Stalker Slaughter -- He is the oldest sibling of the Slaughter Brothers, a notorious family known for poaching mercilessly. Unlike Rogue who acts like the sane sibling, Stalker has a weird childlike persona, who is desperate to get his mother's approval.
- Freddie Stroma as Rogue Slaughter -- He is the youngest of the Slaughter Brothers; unlike his older brother, Stalker, who behaves childishly, Rogue is the meanest of the duo and holds no regrets of hunting down endangered animals, loving the thrill of big-game hunting.
- Sean Gunn as Argus Bleak -- He serves as Pierce's number two and is an aggressive yet comical enforcer. He is seen in a lot of disastrous events that benefits Pierce Corp creating mayhem and economical dangers. Bleak has a weird fetish for smells.
- Sofia Black-D'Eliaia as Fatima -- a Plolaian female who becomes a big ally for the planeteers and tries to help them hide from Rubio's forces. She has a personal grudge against the general wanting revenge for her father's death, yet when she unexpectedly develops feelings for Dominick that pushes her drive to help the planeteers even more.
- Sam Rockwell as Dwayne Greer -- He serves as a oil rig engineer, working for Elon Energies and is puzzled when one of the oil rigs he is currently working on mysteriously explodes.
- Jennifer Ehle as Caitlin "Cate" Kyle -- She serves as the analyst head of the Beta Six program, working at a discreet facility overseeing the command center while assisting Commander Carter, who leads the ground troops.
- Rupert Everett as MAL -- Dr. Blight's devious A.I program, who helps her out with her experiments and programs; yet often offers sly remarks and criticism if her works fail.
- Gabriel Luna as General Santiago Rubio -- A relentless tyrannical general who has forced martial law over the fragile Plolaian government, easily taken sovereign over everything; he makes a deal with Luther Pierce to help gain control of a precious rare mineral only Plola has, while Rubio seeks to expand Plola to national revelance.
Other casting include Linda Hamilton appearing as Mame Slaughter, the mother of the dangerous Slaughter Brothers. Josh Halloway plays Major Ian Storm, a member of Commander Carter's Beta Six troops and his second-in-command. Omar Chaparro appears as Lt. Atenas, Gen. Rubio's liaison working with Pierce and Dr. Blight. Jimmy Simpson plays Craig, a Beta Six analyst. Johnny Weston and Nico Nicotera will both play loyal members of Skum's rat pack crew, Roach and Talon respectively. Bill Hader will voice one of Dr. Blight's robotic creations. Kamil McFadden plays Da'Kuan, Jarobi's childhood friend. Asher Angel plays Nikolas, a fellow rival to Dominick and a Slovakian rebel. Diego Boneta plays Angel, a Plolaian citizen who gets publicly punished by General Rubio; Matt Shively will play one of Macy's friends, Otis.
LeVar Burton and Kath Soucie will make live action cameos of their animated counterparts, Kwame and Linka respectively. Kwame will be featured as a wise old leader of a African tribe; Linka will be featured as a Eastern European philanthropist. Whoppi Goldberg will make a cameo as a foster care attendant trying to help Macy.
Pedro Pascal, John Krasinski, Olivia Wilde, and Elizabeth Olsen will voice the lost elementals: Celes (wind), Aquais (water), Flaris (fire), Lumes (heart/light) respectively.
Production[]
Development[]
Development of Captain Planet began early since 1996 when Pyle and Nicholas Boxer wrote a film adaption named Planet but nothing materialized. Another attempt was made a few years later by Michael Reaves, revamping Pyle and Boxer's screenplay to a different one named Dark Planet setting in a post-apocalyptic time period but that failed to go anywhere. Other attempts were made in 2007, 2011, and 2013, yet none of those versions passed.
There was a promising start when in 2016 Paramount Pictures and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way Pictures was trying to developed something together. But that version failed. Appian Way tried again in 2022 and finally found a partner with Lionsgate and another studio, Safehouse Pictures. Momentum of this version grew when Lionsgate hired the writing partners of Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers. McKenna and Sommers grew up as fans of the show and wanted to honor it in a way while featuring it in a modern setting, seeing how current events seems to be perfect. They chose to introduce a new team of Planeteers instead of featuring the original crew of Kwame, Wheeler, Linka, Gi, and Ma-Ti; paving the way for them to have a blank slate yet still feature some essence of what made the animated series so successful. Lionsgate hired Dean Isarelite to direct the film, seeing how he had the experience directing a film featuring a team of young heroes like what he did with 2017's Power Rangers.
Pre-production[]
Zoe Saldaña became the first cast hiring, casting as Gaia. Zac Efron was then confirmed a week later playing Captain Planet. Lionsgate went on a massive search for the actors and actresses performing the new team of Planeteers. Soon Jacob Lattimore, Olivia Holt, Gianni Paolo, Ki Hong Lee, and Yasmeen Fletcher were finally revealed back in June 2023 as the new Planeteers: Jabari, Macy, Dominick, Lang, and Zo.
Michael Shannon was soon cast as one of the primary antagonists, Looten Plunder; Vanessa Kirby was soon hired there after to play the other antagonist, Dr. Blight. Josh David Washington, Sean Gunn, Gabriel Luna, and Freddie Stroma were soon cast after as Commander Clash Carter, Argus Bleak, General Rubio, and Rogue Slaughter respectively. David Harbour was soon cast to play the other Slaughter brother, Stalker. Bill Skarsgård was later cast as Mr. Skum.
It was confirmed during the showing at 2024's ComicCon that Linda Hamilton was playing Mame Slaughter, the mother of the Slaughter Brothers; while also revealing other big casting news like LeVar Burton and Kath Soucie, who both voiced Kwame and Linka in the animated show, were confirmed to have cameos as their live action counterparts. Whoopi Goldberg, who voiced Gaia for the early seasons of the series, was confirmed to have a cameo appearance but as a different character.
Pedro Pascal, John Krasinski, Olivia Wilde, and Elizabeth Olsen were soon cast to voice the lost members of the Elementals, the original group of protectors who sacrificed themselves to allow Zac Efron's character to evolve into a sentient being incorporating all of the powers of the Elementals. Israelite confirmed since Captain Planet never truly had a origin story in the series, they wanted to find a way to portray a origin story mixed in the events of the film's story.
Filming[]
Principal photography began in Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Georgia, Atlanta; New York City, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Prague; Alto Douro, Portugal. Cinematography was done by Micahel J. Lloyd, a frequent contributor that worked with Israelite on his other films.
Post-production[]
Editing will done by another frequent contributor of Israelite, Martin Bernfeld. Dean Zimmerman was hired later on to help finish out the details. Industrial Lights & Magic took care of most of the visual arts.
Music[]
Score[]
Michael Giacchino was confirmed to be the score composer on March 2024, Giacchino wanted to honor the show's theme song and feature a unique heavy orchestral tone similar to how he did with the 60's Spider-Man theme for the Sony/Marvel's Spider-Man series.
Soundtrack[]
Michelle Silverman serves as the Music Supervisor. Imagine Dragons wrote a song entitled, "Whispers", serving as the lead track of the Captain Planet: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Other artists who are featured including Ed Sheeran with "Ignition", Demi Lovato with "Through It All", Arcade Fire with "Madness", Kane Brown with "Savior", and Jaden with "Mind Me Out".
Marketing[]
A teaser was released on July 2023 showcasing the first reveals Gaia, the new Planeteers, and a shot of Captain Planet flying through the skies; it also honored the show's opening credits featuring the iconic lines. "Earth. Fire. Water. Wind. Heart. Go planet! With your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!
A second trailer was released on May 2024 showcasing details of the plot.
There is a promotional website called, PlaneteerAcess.com, which features several profiles of the new Planeteers, Captain Planet, Gaia, Luthor Pierce, Dr. Blight, Mr. Skum, Commander Clash Carter, and more.
Other promotional partners include Progressive, M&Ms, Target, and Dr. Pepper.
Release[]
Captain Planet is scheduled to release in the United States and Europe on November 15, 2024. Release in South America and other countries on November 20, 2024.
Sequel[]
Israelite confirmed he is in talks with the studio about a potential sequel and plan out a set of several films as well a streaming series.
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