Tag: Captain Planet
Ted Turner, Rufus Wainwright, Erin Brockovich, and a stray F bomb
Even though pollution functions like Kryptonite for Captain Planet, Atlanta’s dastardly rush-hour exhaust did not stop him from glad-handing eco-celebrities on the green—not red—carpet at his Friday gala at the Georgia Aquarium.
Captain Planet and the Planeteers set to soar to the big screen
Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Ted Turner’s favorite cartoon series is about to soar to life as a live action flick on the big screen, thanks to Sony Pictures. The Hollywood studio is in final talks to acquire the rights to the 1990s environmental 'toon series starring the eco superhero (whose powers apparently include recycling an algae-hued “business in the front, party in the back” hairdo). The series, created by Turner and his then in house environmental team at Turner, (including Captain Planet’s mom Barbara Pyle) was an attempt to work environmental themes into an action-packed cartoon series to bring awareness to the earth’s eco challenges to the Nirvana generation.
Name + Name = TNT’s formula for success
When TNT added King & Maxwell to its lineup this month, the detective show joined two-name titles Rizzoli & Isles and Franklin & Bash in our hometown network’s stable of original programming. Here are some other dual monikers TNT might want to pick up for future dramas.
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