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To help get you pumped up to see John Carter when it opens this Friday, Disney has released a new extended preview clip from the movie that is over 10 minutes in length. Unlike the last extended preview clip, which primarily showcased the amazing abilities that Civil War veteran John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) acquires after being transported to Barsoom (Mars), the new preview clip focuses on the difficult life that Carter was leading before becoming planet-lost and explains how Edgar Rice Burroughs (Daryl Sabara) might have come up with the idea for the novel A Princess of Mars that inspired the movie.
watch the extended preview clip >> Posted 03.05.12 by BrentJS -
The theatrical debut of two-time Academy Award-winning director Andrew Stanton's (Finding Nemo, Wall-E) first live-action feature, John Carter, is just two weeks away and Disney is promoting the movie with the release of an extended sneak peek clip and a new behind-the-scenes featurette.
The preview clip includes a suspenseful, action-packed scene set in a gladiatorial arena on Barsoom (Mars), where Civil War veteran John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) has found himself stranded, but empowered by the lesser gravity of the Red Planet. It's not all fighting "white apes" and leaping through the air for Kitsch, though, as revealed in the new "John and Dejah" featurette, which briefly examines the love affair between John Carter and the Martian Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins), a "match made in the cosmos," according to Stanton.
watch the preview clip & featurette >> Posted 02.25.12 by BrentJS -
Disney won't release their adaptation of John Carter until next month, but in Hollywood, it's never too early to start thinking sequel.
John Carter is based on Princess of Mars, the first in author Edgar Rice Burroughs's 11-volume pulp series that took Civil War veteran John Carter (played by Taylor Kitsch in the movie) and mysteriously transports him to Mars, where he finds he has newfound abilities that will help him try to settle the conflict between different factions of the planet's inhabitants. Producer Jim Morris told ComingSoon that director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, Wall-E) and his John Carter co-writer Michael Chabon are already talking about, planning, and doing some writing on a sequel, tentatively titled John Carter: The Gods of Mars, based on Burroughs' second novel in the series.
stanton talks sequel [warning: possible spoilers] >> Posted 02.17.12 by Ryan -
Disney continues its promotional push for John Carter by following up the airing of an epic new TV spot and the release of a featurette designed to introduce the major characters in the movie with the release of a new "special look" video titled "John Carter: Our World." The new video is action-packed and shows the various Martian races and monsters that Civil War veteran John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) encounters upon being mysteriously transported to the Red Planet.
John Carter is based on the first novel in pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs's 11-volume Barsoom (Mars) series. It was written (with Michael Chabon, author of Wonder Boys) and directed by Andrew Stanton, whose Pixar movies Finding Nemo and Wall-E earned him two Best Animated Feature Oscars. Willem Dafoe, Lynn Collins, James Purefoy, Samantha Morton, Dominic West, Thomas Haden Church, Polly Walker, Ciarán Hinds, Mark Strong, and Bryan Cranston also star.
watch the new video & see the new poster >> Posted 02.12.12 by BrentJS -
After a January that only offered a poster or two, some new footage — 9 seconds — of Walt Disney Pictures' adaptation of John Carter was revealed in a Super Bowl TV Spot preview. With the Big Game and full spot still a few days away, at least more new footage can be seen in a recently released featurette.
Based on The Princess of Mars, the first novel in pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs's 11-volume Barsoom (Mars) series, the movie follows John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) as he goes from being a Civil War veteran to inexplicably waking up with newfound abilities on Mars. There he's quickly embroiled in a conflict between the planet's inhabitants.
watch the featurette >> Posted 02.02.12 by Ryan -
Super Bowl XLVI is less than a week away and for football fans who also happen to be movie fans that means a one-two punch of athletics at its finest and a windfall of new TV spots for upcoming movies. While it's impossible to get a preview of the action in the big game, Walt Disney Pictures has provided a sneak peek at the TV spot for John Carter that will air during the game.
An adaptation of the first novel in legendary pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs's 11-volume Barsoom (Mars) series, the movie stars Taylor Kitsch as the title character, a Civil War veteran who finds himself possessed of incredible abilities after mysteriously being transported to Mars. Though the TV spot preview is short, it does include never-before-seen footage of some of the wonders in store for Carter upon his arrival on Mars.
watch the tv spot preview >> Posted 01.31.12 by BrentJS -
Since the teaser trailer was released in July, not much has been heard from Disney's adaptation of John Carter (formerly John Carter of Mars), based on the pulp hero created by author Edgar Rice Burroughs. The studio revealed three clips from the movie at the D23 in August, but those clips have yet to arrive online. Finally, Entertainment Weekly has revealed a new photo from the movie, which reveals a seminal creature from Rice Burroughs' John Carter series: the great White Apes.
The apes are first introduced in A Princess of Mars, the first book in the John Carter series. In the book, Civil War veteran Carter (X-Men Origins: Wolverine's Taylor Kitsch) fights the White Apes almost immediately after he finds himself mysteriously transported to the barbaric planet of Mars. In the movie, the creatures are being saved for a later confrontation, the reasons for which were explained by director Andrew Stanton (WALL-E).
read stanton's comments and see the full photo >> Posted 11.24.11 by Ryan -
Though director Andrew Stanton's adaptation of John Carter won't be released into theaters until next year, a new teaser trailer has just been released to offer a first look at the sci-fi epic.
Based on the pulp hero created by author Edgar Rice Burroughs and adapted by Stanton and screenwriter-author Michael Chabon, John Carter follows a Civil War veteran (Taylor Kitsch) who finds himself mysteriously transported to the barbaric planet of Mars where he discovers he has extraordinary abilities. John Carter actor Mark Strong has said that Stanton will stay true to the source material, so Kitsch's mostly shirtless costume should look familiar to fans of Burrough's 11-volume series of novels. The look of the movie is also consistent with the recently revealed concept art.
Watch the trailer >> Posted 07.14.11 by Ryan -
Andrew Stanton is a jack-of-all-trades in the film industry. He's been various combinations of producer, director, screenwriter, and voice actor on all eleven Pixar Animation features, earning Academy Awards for Finding Nemo and WALL-E. His next project, John Carter, an adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' first novel in his 11-volume Barsoom (Mars) series about a Civil War veteran who gains super powers after being mysteriously transported to Mars, marks a big departure for Stanton, both in terms of the more mature subject matter and becaus it is his first movie in which he will blend live action with CGI. Stanton, who wrote and is directing John Carter, recently discussed the movie in an interview with the L.A. Times, calling it a "long journey" and describing his approach — both in concept and in execution — to adapting Burroughs' classic book. The article also included two pieces of concept art used in the making of the movie, which offer the first look at how Stanton envisions Barsoom.
WHAT DID STANTON SAY ABOUT JOHN CARTER? >> Posted 06.20.11 by BrentJS -
Despite the fact that the recently-released first teaser poster for director Andrew Stanton's new movie features the bold red initials "JCM" for John Carter of Mars, the title of the adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs first novel in his 11-volume Barsoom (Mars) series was changed several weeks ago to simply John Carter. Disney gave no explanation for the change, leading some to speculate that the studio was hoping to distance this sci-fi movie from its recent animated sci-fi flop, Mars Needs Moms, but British actor Mark Strong revealed to Movie that the change came from Stanton, not Disney, and that it has to do with character development and not marketing.
what did Strong have to say about the name change? >> Posted 06.18.11 by BrentJS