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Watch: First Green Trailer for 'Captain Planet' Starring Don Cheadle
by Ethan Anderton
August 31, 2011
Source: Funny or Die
Just last month we found out that Cartoon Network and Transformers franchise producer Don Murphy and his Angry Filmworks production banner were teaming up for a live-action film adaptation of the cartoon series Captain Planet. Well, the turnaround on that project seems to be pretty damn quick as we have the first trailer where everyone's powers combine to summon Don Cheadle as the titular environmentally sound superhero. Of course, it looks like Captain Planet may have a bit of a dark side as he takes it upon himself to keep the planet green and healthy. You'll see what I mean in the trailer below!
Here's the trailer for Captain Planet courtesy of Funny or Die:
Okay, so obviously that wasn't a real trailer for the film, but that's some pretty hilarious stuff. It's great seeing someone like Don Cheadle, who has shown his dramatic side plenty of times, have fun with something like this (not to mention his great turn in the Ocean's 11 franchise). I wish some more big names would've signed up to play the Planeteers, but it's nice to see "Community" star Gillian Jacobs show up for the laughs, and Effren Ramirez (Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite) is quite funny as Ma-Ti harnessing the power of Heart. If anything, this should be a warning that no one should cross Captain Planet, or he'll turn you into a f*cking tree.
44 Comments
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EPIC!! YES!!!
Rockkicker on Aug 31, 2011
2
HA!
Bltzie on Aug 31, 2011
3
my childhood just got ruined
Anon on Aug 31, 2011
6
And this is why Don Cheadle is the greatest actor ever.
Christohper Exantus on Aug 31, 2011
7
"Anyone else wanna go green?" Hahahahaha...1:08 is priceless:)
Anonymous on Aug 31, 2011
8
"Or else.. I'll turn you into a tree mother fucker." I guess i'll start recycling now..
Hamster on Aug 31, 2011
9
*whimpers* Oh my I'm scared. Very funny and very awesome but oh geez whoa gee I'm so frankin glad that was a fake trailer and not the real Captain Planet.
James Birdsong on Aug 31, 2011
10
implying that a Captain Planet movie starring Don Cheadle wouldn't be awesome.
Christohper Exantus on Aug 31, 2011
11
"Everybody's a tree..." Lol, best thing I've seen all day.
Cracky on Aug 31, 2011
12
yea! Captain Planet Motherfucker!
Lando on Aug 31, 2011
14
hahahhaaa nice
Anonymous on Aug 31, 2011
15
That right there is better than EVERY SINGLE EPISODE OF THE CARTOON. I'd know, I watched it....
Have Hope on Aug 31, 2011
16
you get props for admitting you watched it...
Jericho on Sep 1, 2011
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Hell, you get props for still retaining your sanity.
Tesseract on Dec 17, 2011
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The power is mine... bitches!
Bass1L on Aug 31, 2011
20
my heart hurts...
McWilly on Aug 31, 2011
21
Captain Planet was black???
Uncle Tom on Aug 31, 2011
22
No Captain was Blue but now he's Green.
Japetto on Sep 1, 2011
23
Captain Motherfucking Planet!! Great stuff! As usual the Russian chick was hot!
Kris on Aug 31, 2011
24
LMAO niiice
mochonko on Aug 31, 2011
25
"Ev...everybody's a tree. I knew I'd do it." Creepy awesome.
Xerxexx on Aug 31, 2011
26
That rocks in so many ways...
Anonymous on Sep 1, 2011
27
so creepy but yet the funniest thing i have seen all day.
Mantooth42 on Sep 1, 2011
28
WOW! Iron Man 2 really f'd him up!
DespicableMe on Sep 1, 2011
29
now that was some serious shit right there.
kidcool on Sep 1, 2011
30
wow...i think when the real one comes out, i am just going to watch this one again...
Jericho on Sep 1, 2011
31
the fact you are using this to promote your own youtube vid is sad...
Jericho on Sep 1, 2011
32
Really funny at first then kinda disturbing. My laughter stopped.
Jj on Sep 1, 2011
34
Awesome and no carbon tax propaganda to be found anywhere.
Japetto on Sep 1, 2011
35
awesome. simply awesome.
redguy on Sep 2, 2011
36
I watched initially out of pure curiosity...no way Don Cheadle could pull this off...I mean look at him....he looks ridiculous. I should never have doubted....the dude is pro..."capt planet mother fuckers" lol
Mike Brown on Sep 3, 2011
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I watched initially out of pure curiosity...no way Don Cheadle could pull this off...I mean look at him....he looks ridiculous. I should never have doubted....the dude is pro..."capt planet mother fuckers" lol
Mike Brown on Sep 3, 2011
38
damn I'd like to see a whole movie of this
Robby on Sep 4, 2011
39
Don Cheadle should be General Ben Ben in Black Stalingrad
Blackstalingrad on Sep 28, 2011
40
hahaha! And hey isn't that asian girl a Disney star? haha!
Popcorngoo on Nov 27, 2011
42
OK that was not funny. That was just crude.
HW on Dec 20, 2011
43
Your face is crude. You have no sense of humor.
Blondetits on Dec 21, 2011
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lol...not bad...haha
Bmzaki on Jan 4, 2012
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