Leonardo DiCaprio to make Captain Planet film

Actor teams up with Paramount to bring environmental cartoon superhero to the big screen

Captain Planet

Leonardo DiCaprio is set to tackle climate change with a superhero movie based on the 1990s' cartoon Captain Planet, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

It's not the first time the Oscar-winning actor has focussed on the environment. His climate change documentary Before the Flood was screened at President Barack Obama's South by South Lawn Festival earlier this month.

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