Of course they’re making a ‘Captain Planet’ movie!

Nobody really asked for it, but in an apparent race to mine Millennial nostalgia for all it's worth, yet another '90s cartoon hero is heading to the big screen.

Yes, a movie starring everyone’s favourite enviro-hero Captain Planet is currently in development. Like “Transformers,” “G.I. Joe,” and the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” before him, "Earth's greatest champion" is getting the blockbuster Hollywood treatment, courtesy of some producers with a lot of experience in that area.

According to THR’s Heat Vision blog, producers Don Murphy (“Transformers”) and Mark Gordon (“Saving Private Ryan”) are working to bring the live action version of the environmentally conscious '90s cartoon to the big screen. Murphy and producing partner Susan Montford reportedly attempted to revive the series on Cartoon Network in the early 2000s, and this latest effort to reboot the franchise came out of that.

Airing from 1990 to 1992 and again between 1993 and 1996, “Captain Planet and the Planeteers” followed five teens gifted with special rings that allowed them to summon the titular superpowered eco-warrior. The group would face off against assorted “eco-villains” every episode, preventing things like pollution, deforestation, and poaching. The cartoon’s positive messaging attracted a bevy of high profile guest stars, including Martin Sheen, Jeff Goldblum, and Meg Ryan.

With power players like Murphy, Montford, and Gordon behind the project, “Captain Planet's” chances of making it to the big screen are pretty good, but will the project’s premise prove to be a little too hokey for modern audiences? The original cartoon was born out of a desire to educate kids about environmental issues while also entertaining them with fun stories. Given Murphy and Gordon’s other work, it’s unlikely that the film version of “Captain Planet” will stick with the kid-friendly, edu-tainment approach.

Even for the folks who brought the “Transformers” franchise to life on the big screen, it’s going to be very difficult to sell audiences on a movie built around a green-haired muscle genie/climate change activist, teens with magic rings, and cheesily-named villains like Verminous Skumm, Looten Plunder, and Hoggish Greedly. What do you think?