Disney has posted an extended scene from John Carter that puts us right in the alien-fighting action. John and Tars Tarkas have been thrown into a Martian colosseum, where they take on the infamous White Apes of Barsoom. And, even in chains, John Carter has more than a few monster battling tricks up his non-existant …

Still having a hard time getting a handle on this whole half-naked Mars movie starring Taylor Kitsch and green Avatar people? No problem. Disney has literally spelled out the entire plot of its "planetary romance" John Carter, for everybody who's struggling with the concept.

Last week we discovered all about Disney's various John Carter movies that died out in development hell. Now take a look at the video pitch from Kerry Conran, director the visually handsome but sadly hollow movie Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

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.

Six new photos of the upcoming Martian epic John Carter have recently hit the web. They're not huge (and about a third of them involve Gambit idly staring at stuff, didn't know Edgar Rice Burroughs invented the character, Marvel must have picked him up in public domain) but they do offer glimpses of Carter's loyal pet…

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!

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!

Long ago, Cowboys & Aliens director Jon Favreau was slated to direct his own John Carter of Mars movie adaptation. Alas, the project was damned to development purgatory.

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!

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.