If you were looking for news that kind of makes a weird kind of cosmic sense but should never, ever have been articulated by a human mind, do I have the story for you. Celebrity / environmental warrior / confirmed dadbod Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly resurrecting the glorious green mullet of Captain Planet for a new era.
Paramount and DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions area teaming up to bring back the 90s environmental warrior into the 21st century, and they’re reportedly eyeing Jono Matt and Scream Queens star Glen Powell to write the script.
Details are scarce, but apparently this one would be set many years after the original series, where a washed up Captain Planet tries to reconnect with the original crew to avert some kind of ecological disaster (hint: I’m almost certain it will be climate change).
If there’s something we need in a world gone mad, it’s a version of Captain Planet where his glorious green locks have faded to a dull gray, sinking tins in his shitty apartment as he gazes longingly out yellowing blinds hanging over dusty, stained windows, watching the slow march of climate change and wishing he could still hang out with the Planeteers.
Sorry. My mind wanders. Let’s see how this pans out.
Source: AV Club.
Photo: Captain Planet.
