John Carter of Mars is a planned film about John Carter, the lead character in much of Edgar Rice Burroughs's 11-volume Barsoom series. It will be directed by Andrew Stanton and stars Taylor Kitsch as Carter. Contrary to previous misinformed publications, this movie is not being produced by Pixar. It is a separate Walt Disney production.
The film is based on the first serial to feature John Carter, 1912's A Princess of Mars. Carter is an American...
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John Carter of Mars is a planned film about John Carter, the lead character in much of Edgar Rice Burroughs's 11-volume Barsoom series. It will be directed by Andrew Stanton and stars Taylor Kitsch as Carter. Contrary to previous misinformed publications, this movie is not being produced by Pixar. It is a separate Walt Disney production.
The film is based on the first serial to feature John Carter, 1912's A Princess of Mars. Carter is an American Civil War veteran who goes to sleep in a cave after being chased by Apache Indians and wakes up on Mars, here called Barsoom. Formerly an Earthlike world, it became less hospitable to life due to its advanced age: as the oceans evaporated, and the atmosphere thinned, the planet devolved into partial barbarism with the inhabitants hardened and warlike, fighting one another to survive. Barsoomians distribute scarce water supplies via a worldwide system of canals, controlled by quarreling city-states. The Martian atmosphere is maintained by a...
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