The movie would focus on environmental issues.

Waste360 Staff, Staff

October 18, 2016

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Leonardo DiCaprio to Create Captain Planet and the Planeteers Movie

Paramount and Appian Way, Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company, are supposedly in talks of creating a Captain Planet and the Planeteers movie, which would focus on environmental issues.

In the waste and recycling world, DiCaprio is known for his environmental point of views and his support of Rubicon Global, a cloud-based, full-service waste and recycling company focused on sustainability.

Nerdist has more information:

Eco-villains beware, it looks like 1990s-obsessed fans may eventually be able to feast their eyes on a Captain Planet and the Planeteers movie, courtesy of everyone’s favorite real life environmental superhero, Leonardo DiCaprio!

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount and Appian Way, Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company, are in talks to bring everyone’s favorite green-mulleted superhero to the big screen. The studio is currently angling for the rights to the classic 1990s animated series, and is eyeing the writing duo of Scream Queens and Everybody Wants Some!! star Glen Powell and Jono Matt to the script.

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