This best selling comic is going to be hitting theaters in 2012, and the cast is already lined up to be in this highly anticipated movie.

John Carter of Mars (2012)

Civil War vet John Carter is transplanted to Mars, where he discovers a lush, wildly diverse planet whose main inhabitants are 12-foot tall green barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, who is in desperate need of a savior.

Release Date

Summer 2012

Starring

Willem Dafoe, Mark Strong, Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Dominic West, Thomas Haden church

Interesting Fact

“A Princess of Mars” was originally published as “Under the Moons of Mars” by Norman Bean (Edgar Rice Burroughs’ pseudonym) in The All-Story (six pulp magazine issues February – July, 1912). Burroughs was originally afraid that he might be ridiculed for writing such a tale, so he decided to use a pen name. The pseudonym was supposed to be a pun “Normal Bean” (as in “I’m a normal bean”) to reassure people, but the man who typeset the text thought it was a mistake, so he changed it to “Norman”.

The Good

John Carter of Mars was a fantastic novel series back in the day.

The Bad

Can they keep the original story and idea respectable? Disney is making the film… be afraid.

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