VOTD: Pitch Reel For Paramount's Abandonded 'John Carter Of Mars'
Before Disney took on the classic sci-fi, Paramount had an adaptation of their own developing, and now a John Carter pitch reel shows how it may have looked
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Final 'John Carter' Trailer - Mark Strong Is Not Impressed By John Carter's Earthly Charms
With exactly ten days left until the opening of John Carter, Disney has released what I'm assuming is the final trailer for the film. And while I haven't loved all of the previous marketing, it appears the team has learned from its mistakes because this is probably the best one they've released so far. The…
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'John Carter' Clip Shows Taylor Kitsch And A Martian With Willem Dafoe's Voice Battling A White Ape
We've seen what seems like a fair amount of footage from John Carter already, between its various teasers, trailers and TV spots, but today we've got a somewhat longer two-and-a-half minute clip to show you -- plus another two minutes from a new sizzle reel. The scene sees the titular hero (Taylor Kitsch) and Tars Tarkas…
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Cool Stuff: Mondo's Epic 'John Carter' Poster, Available For Free At IMAX Midnight Screenings On Opening Day
Disney's John Carter has had a rough go of it on the marketing front -- a tracking report leaked last week showed "shockingly" low public interest in the film, and you don't need statistics to know that the trailers and teasers so far have been kind of a mess. Such a mess, in fact, that…
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Kerry Conran's Pitch Video And Test Footage For 'John Carter Of Mars'
If the name Kerry Conran doesn't sound familiar, that's because he's only made one movie: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. For a directorial debut, though, talk about a massive undertaking. The film is still largely considered a failure but its innovative use of green screen and digital effects foreshadowed what would become the standard in filmmaking…
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'John Carter' Trailer - 'Wall-E' Director Andrew Stanton Goes Back To Outer Space, This Time With Tim Riggins
We got our first glimpse of the new trailer for Disney's John Carter on Good Morning America several hours ago, but as promised, we now have a much better version to show you. And by "better," I don't just mean higher-quality, but also longer, somewhat more interesting, and a little more promising. Check it out…
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Title Changes For Former 'John Carter Of Mars,' 'Now' And 'Still I Rise'
Double Academy Award-winning director of Finding Nemo and WALL-E, Andrew Stanton, is currently working on his first foray into live action, an adaptation of the classic sci-fi fantasy novel John Carter of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. For some reason, though, Disney has now changed the title from that to "Gary Carter," the Hall Of…
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Andrew Stanton Offers 'John Carter Of Mars' Update
The actors who play the characters in John Carter of Mars have long since left the Red Planet but Oscar-winning director Andrew Stanton is still hard at work. The Disney/Pixar sci-fi action film based on the books by Edgar Rice Burroughs is scheduled for release March 12, 2012 and Stanton recently gave a few updates…
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Fox Moves Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' To June 2012
Briefly: It's the release date shuffle. First Fox announced that Ridley Scott's 'no longer an Alien prequel' film Prometheus would release on March 9, 2012. Then just a week ago Disney moved Tim Burton's feature-length Frankenweenie re-do from March 9 to October, and pulled the release date of John Carter of Mars back from June…
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Disney Date Shifts: 'Frankenweenie' And 'John Carter Of Mars' Get New Berths
Disney has shifted dates on two big films for 2012. Tim Burton's feature-length expansion of Frankenweenie has been moved from March 9, 2012 to October 5, 2012. Hopefully that'll be a much more appropriate date for the film. Part of the reason for that date switch is that Disney has also moved John Stanton's John…
Read MoreMichael Giacchino To Score 'Cars 2,' 'Super 8,' 'Mission Impossible 4,' 'John Carter Of Mars' And 'Star Tours'
Michael Giacchino has personally solved the problem of unemployment in America: just win an Oscar for Best Original Score. After Giacchino's 2010 Oscar win for his amazing score to Up, the composer behind Star Trek and Lost has more jobs than a normal person would know what to do with. He just finished Let Me…
Read MoreWill John Carter Go 3D? Will Pixar's 'Brave' Be Delayed Again?
While Andrew Stanton's John Carter of Mars was never envisioned as a 3D movie, I've been hearing a lot of rumbling in recent months that Walt Disney Pictures is pushing to release the film in 3D. I've even heard they've ordered some 3D tests to convince director Andrew Stanton that post conversion 3D isn't as…
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Disney Sets 2012 Release Dates For 'John Carter Of Mars' And 'Frankenweenie'
Briefly: It's release date time. Disney has announced release dates for John Carter of Mars and the stop-motion animated update / expansion of Tim Burton's Frankenweenie. Andrew Stanton's John Carter of Mars, the Pixar director's first foray into live action features, and an adaptation of the pulp adventure novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, will release…
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Michael Giacchino To Score John Carter Of Mars
MovieScore Magazine has confirmed that Academy Award winner Michael Giacchino will be writing the score for Andrew Stanton's adaptation of John Carter of Mars. This shouldn't be a huge surprise considering Giacchino's relationship with Pixar: Giacchino has been working with Pixar for some time, providing the score for The Incredibles, Ratatoille, Up, and short films…
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John Carter Of Mars Begins Production, Daryl Sabara To Play Edgar Rice Burroughs
Walt Disney Pictures has sent out a press release announcing to start of principal photography on Andrew Stanton's big screen adaptation of John Carter of Mars. The release has full details on the cast and crew, including a few new details which hadn't yet been reported in the trades: New cast members include: Ciaran Hinds…
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John Carter Of Mars To Be Pixar's First Live Action Film, Bryan Cranston Joins Cast
Update: Disney has finally gotten back tyo us and say that the film will not be released as a "Pixar" branded film, but instead a "Walt Disney Picture". So basically, the trades messed up. When it was announced that Finding Nemo and WALL-E helmer Andrew Stanton would be directing a big screen live-action adaptation of…
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Willem Dafoe Says John Carter Of Mars Starts Filming In London Next Week
Willem Dafoe is out on the publicity rounds for Daybreakers, and fielding questions from i09 about Andrew Stanton's John Carter of Mars in which he'll be playing Tars Tarkas, a ten foot tall martian warrior. There's some things he would talk about - "I saw [Stanton] recently because we start in London, for studio stuff.…
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Avatar Not The Only Upcoming Film With Giant Aliens: John Carter Of Mars Has 9-Foot Martians, Says Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe is out promoting Antichrist, but a few people have also got him to talk a bit about his upcoming role in John Carter of Mars, the hybrid live-action CGI animation Disney feature to be directed by Pixar's Andrew Stanton. We know the basic story, that Confederate officer John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) is transported…
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Strong And Purefoy Join John Carter Of Mars; Thomas Haden Church Confirmed
Earlier this summer the casting news on John Carter of Mars, to be directed for Disney by Pixar's Andrew Stanton, starting pouring out. Now we've got three more great names for the cast -- well, two more and one confirmation. THR reports that Thomas Haden Church will in fact appear in the film, as Tal…
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Samantha Morton, Dominic West And Polly Walker Join John Carter Of Mars
Three more actors have joined Andrew Stanton's big screen adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars: Samantha Morton (In America, Control), Dominic West (300, Chicago) and Polly Walker (Patriot Games). Morton, West and Walker join Taylor Kitsch (Wolverine, Friday Night Lights), Lynn Collins (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, True Blood), and Willem Dafoe in the Walt…
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Willem Dafoe Joins John Carter Of Mars
Willem Dafoe is the latest actor to join Andew Stanton's big screen adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars. Dafoe will play the role of Tars Tarkas, a brutal and mirthless green Martian warrior, who possesses the ability to feel love and empathy, an unusual characteristic among his savage race. The newly arrived…
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Thomas Haden Church Also Joining John Carter Of Mars?
Suddenly the John Carter of Mars news is flowing like crazy. Thomas Haden Church said on Reel Talk with Jeffrey Lyons that he'd be joining the film, in what he calls a 'very dramatic role'. He'll work alongside Taylor Kitsch (as John Carter) and Lynn Collins (as Dejah Thoris, heir to the Martian kingdom). Andrew…
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Lynn Collins And Taylor Kitsch Cast In John Carter Of Mars
Yesterday we learned that Andrew Stanton's live-action debut John Cartner of Mars was gearing up for a November shoot in Utah, and that Tom Cruise was circling, but is no longer involved with the project. It stands to reason that in the coming weeks we'll begin to hear casting announcements. ComingSoon noticed that Lynn Collins,…
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John Carter Of Mars Begins Shooting This November In Utah
After many years in development, it appears that John Carter of Mars is gearing up to begin production. As you know by now, Finding Nemo and WALL-E director Andrew Stanton will be making his live action feature debut with an adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1917 sci-fi fantasy novel A Princess of Mars. KLS is…
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Michael Chabon Writing John Carter Of Mars
Almost a week ago, and without any fanfare, Nikki Finke listed John Carter of Mars as one of Michael Chabon's screenwriting credits; this was then followed up by a Chabon fansite, The Amazing Website of Kavalier and Clay, and they got the author himself confirm: I’ve been hired to do some revisions to an already…
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37-Minute Interview With Andrew Stanton
I just got done watching David Poland's 37 minute interview with Finding Nemo and WALL-E director Andrew Stanton, and WOW. If you're at all interested in the way Pixar makes films, this interview is a much watch. I highly recommend you check it out. You can even put it on and listen to it play…
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Andrew Stanton Spills More On John Carter, Not Interested In Shooting In 3D
The Santa Barbara Film Festival is underway now, and amidst the screenings there is also a series of panels going on. Aint it Cool have had their man Quint on the scene, and he's filed a report from the writers panel. Moderated by Variety's Ann Thompson, the remainder of the panel was made up of…
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