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John Carter is a swashbuckling story of adventure, based on some of the most classic pulp novels of all time. And four new clips and a featurette showcase just how hard Wall-E director Andrew Stanton will push that sense of wonder and adventure. More »
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The John Carter movie has a tough act to follow — we're used to seeing tons of amazingly thrilling art by masters like Frank Frazetta, showing weird creatures and heroic vistas. Now at last, there's some concept art from the movie that lives up to our dreams of Barsoom. More »
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One thing Disney's epic alien war flick John Carter has going for it is composer Michael Giacchino. We dare you not to tear up listening to these three tracks from Giacchino's latest movie score. You can't help but think of his past work on Star Trek's USS Kelvin scene, or the many weepy-eyed Lost moments. More »
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Disney's top marketing executive, MT Carney, has quit — right in the middle of the big publicity build-up for the lavish adventure movie John Carter. And meanwhile, there are tons of reports that Carter's budget has skyrocketed way higher than expected. This all adds up to one thing: Could John Carter be a Mars-sized bomb? More »
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In just two months from today, we finally get to see the most famous "sword and planet" saga, John Carter of Mars, brought to life by Wall-E's Andrew Stanton. But Disney has been trying to make a John Carter movie for 25 years — and some of these versions could have been pretty horrendous. Legendary Disney historian Jim Korkis details all of the John Carters that never happened. More »
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One of the main stars of Disney's John Carter is the land of Barsoom, the fantasy version of Mars from Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous novels. Director Andrew Stanton brought this amazing world to life using Utah and a lot of greenscreen — but it also took a lot of visualization. More »
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You've seen the mayhem-filled new trailer for Disney's John Carter — now let's pick it apart and study all the awesome details — such as horrific piles of burning bodies, Martian puppies... and a wedding! More »
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Here it is — the full John Carter trailer, complete with hundreds of screaming Tharks and one giant White Ape. Plus get a great look at Mark Strong as Matai Shang. What else can you spot in the trailer? More »
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You've seen the brooding first trailer for Andrew Stanton's movie adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrough's Martian war tale John Carter. Now check out the much faster Led Zeppelin war-in-the-stars trailer. More »
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Here's your first look at the great white ape from Andrew Stanton's movie adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars book series. Take a closer look at our leather-clad hero Taylor Kitsch as he fights the Martian beast! More »
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John Carter director and Pixar stalwart was on hand today to introduce some new sneak peek footage from his upcoming adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom books about a broken Civil War veteran who becomes Mars's greatest warrior. Spoilers ahead! More »
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You've seen the amazing trailer for John Carter — now let's pick apart this alien world, image by image. Stare into the eyes of the green alien beasts from Mars, meet the people of Barsoom and behold the teenaged Edgar Rice Burroughs! More »
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Here it is: the first trailer for Andrew Stanton's huge adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Martian epic, featuring John Carter of Mars. It's chock full of swordplay, heroic destiny, cool-looking ships, and insane Martian vistas. Can we wait? We cannot. More »
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Can Wall-E director Andrew Stanton capture the pulpy greatness of Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars, in his first live-action movie? We've been keeping all our appendages crossed. Here's the first inside scoop on Stanton's John Carter movie — including a first ever shot of the alien Tharks! More »
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Disney has released the first look at the savage world of Barsoom, from Andrew Stanton's live-action adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic novel John Carter of Mars. Plus the director shared how much he's had to change from the book. More »
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For reasons unknown to us, Disney has decided to change Andrew Stanton's much-hyped, live action adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic novels John Carter of Mars, to simply, John Carter. More »
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The classic John Carter of Mars saga is having its 100th anniversary in February 2012, and he's getting a new movie in March. Celebrate John Carter's birthday with a whole new book of Barsoom stories. More »
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Now that Pixar's Andrew Stanton is directing John Carter of Mars, it's only sensible to ask: What would happen if Pixar characters came to Barsoom? Luckily, the amazing cadre of mash-up artists at Draw2D2 are up to the challenge. More »
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Ten-foot-tall aliens ready to be ridden, massive alien statues, and sabretooth-like skulls litter the sets of Disney's John Carter of Mars movie. Check out the latest set pics and updates from the land of Barsoom. More »
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Avatar sets new records this week, whipping past The Dark Knight like an AMP suit running past a Batpod. But will the success of the Na'vi spell doom for Disney/Pixar's John Carter of Mars? More »
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Willem Dafoe revealed to us that next week he's headed off to London to start filming Disney's John Carter of Mars. But how do you go about portraying a 10-foot tall, four armed green Martian? More »
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Have any movie directors or producers revealed themselves to be "masters" of science fiction in recent years? In this chart, we look at how some of the contenders for SF mastery have fared. More »
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John Carter Of Mars just got a whole lot creepier. Willem Dafoe has signed on to play Tars Tarkas, the green martian with bug eyes and four limbs. Well if anyone can pull off some insane alien attire, it's Dafoe. More »
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Fresh from its supporting role as the planet Vulcan in Star Trek, the state of Utah is preparing for its role as Mars in Disney/Pixar's long-awaited live-action version of John Carter of Mars, which begins production there in November. More »
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Jon Favreau posted a maquette of Woola, the friendly dog-like calot, from when he was producing John Carter of Mars. Click through to see a piece of Woola concept art from the abandoned Paramount production. More »
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Wall-E director Andrew Stanton has been talking about his upcoming adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars, clarifying what we should expect to see in the movie - and in how many dimensions. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5138968&view=rss&microfeed=true Andfrew Stanton of WALL-E fame is finishing up another draft for the live action movie adaption of John Carter From Mars."I'm on my next draft of it. We're in preproduction art-wise, and we're starting to talk to actors," he explains. "So it's full bore." Full interview with Stanton is over at Sci Fi Wire. [Sci Fi Wire] More »
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Science fiction didn't conquer the media world in 2008 all on its own: A host of creative people helped power the mighty battlecruiser. Here's our list of the 20 biggest science fiction movers-and-shakers of 2008. More »
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Disney/Pixar's latest CGI confection, Wall-E, is an oddly moving love story about a sanitation robot abandoned on the garbage-caked Earth for 700 years after humans have been wiped out or fled to space. Billed as a sweet, eco-friendly kid's movie, Wall-E's message is dark as hell: Humans as a species are doomed to extinction, and robots will inherit our planet. Rarely have I seen a more pessimistic movie aimed at children. Director Andrew Stanton has said the movie explores how "love defeats programming," and yet the only creatures who embrace love over an implicitly bad program are the robots. The humans cannot overcome their programmed greed and laziness. They never learn, and they never change: They grow fatter, weaker, and more hideous, redeemed only by the hope that they'll eventually be replaced by their industrious mechanical creations. Spoilers ahead. More »
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We've wondered about it before, and now it's been confirmed by the one person who should know: Pixar is indeed working on a movie version of John Carter of Mars, with a script written by Wall-E's director Andrew Stanton, who also worked on Finding Nemo. The confirmation came from Stanton himself, talking to fans after a convention appearance in Toronto last week. More »
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We've watched the trailers for Pixar's upcoming cute-bot movie Wall-E a zillion times, but we still had lingering questions. Like, why is Wall-E so alone at the start of the movie? What happened to all the other robots? Is Wall-E really as nice as he seems, or is there a hidden sociopathic side to the postapocalyptic robot? And a few other questions that we won't mention, for fear of spoilering people who've avoided even the first trailer. Anyway, a new featurette answers a lot of our questions with some narration by director Andrew Stanton, and also shows off a decent amount of footage we haven't seen before. More »
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Pixar Animation Studios may be preparing its first live-action movie: John Carter of Mars. And Wall-E director Andrew Stanton may direct, sources are claiming. Click through to find out how the Chronicles of Narnia may give way to the might of Edgar Rice Burroughs' greatest non-Tarzan hero. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=368807&view=rss&microfeed=true Wall-E director Andrew Stanton told us that he didn't think about the robot Johnny 5 from Short Circuit when his team was designing the look and feel of Wall-E, which seems hard to believe. Instead, he says his inspirations came the from Luxo Jr. lamp in the Pixar logo, a pair of binoculars, R2D2, and the wacky little robot who talks to you when you're waiting in the queue for Disney's Star Tours ride. Also, sexual frustration. Stanton admitted that Wall-E is "the story of a simple, boxy tractor that falls in love with a Porsche. It's how all the nerdy guys of Pixar feel around these women who are far too smart for them." We're not quite sure what that says about the cold and calculating probe droid EVE. Or the guys at Pixar. More »
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Pixar uber-guru Andrew Stanton was on hand at WonderCon to talk about his robot love story, Wall-E (which stands for Waste Allocation Load Lifter, Earth class), which was inspired by what he calls "the golden age of science fiction," and it's a story he'd been obsessed with ever since he wondered what would happen if we left the planet and "someone forgot to turn off the last robot." He showed off four new clips from the film, and you can read our descriptions of those down below.( We fired up our stealthycam for some video goodness, but the decidedly non-wonderful WonderCon security gave us the clampdown.) More »
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