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more about #andrewstanton Grey_Area: Willem Dafoe's name is now spelled correctly. Thank you all for your pasheince and understooding. more » SuprabhaAquilinus: Perhaps either my math or my understanding of the word "limbs" is incorrect, but I'm guessing that Willem Dafoe is actually playing a character with *... more » Pasketti: I'm wondering if the character in the movie will be as anatomically correct as that render/model in the picture... more » CodenameV: The Green Martians aren't actually depicted as "evil" (Burrows had a whole "noble savage" thing going on and considering the genre and time of his wri... more » ObadiahNycteus: A good choice overall. The man has excellent range and I think he can manage the character, making him both otherworldly and human at the same time. ... more » CodenameV: It's been a great year for William Dafoe; Daybreakers now this; just when you think "wow nothing great in a while" he does Spiderman, and when you go ... more » Allen_Richards: This movie movie just peeked my interest. Dafoe is the sort of actor who isn't afraid to take on extreme character roles and have fun with them. Sure,... more » ticktockman: Stanton could save some money by cutting in scenes of the Green Goblin from Spiderman into the movie and drawing on an extra set of arms. I think it ... more » AngryEddy: This is fantastic news! Willem Defore (not William) adds 95% more awesome to just about everything he's in. more » EGBTMagus: Love William Dafoe, Every role he plays he adds his unique style to and it just is awesome. Best one yet was Paul Smecker in Boondock Saints. more » goldfarb: a possible Dejah Thoris? [www.slashfilm.com] more » ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.: John Carter > John Conner more » mordicai: I'm super excited about this-- be good, be good! That Woola strikes a balance-- I mean, how horrific can you make it when at the end of the day, peop... more » zenpoet: Is it just me or does a movie that has the entire populace as naked not seem like a perfect fit for Disney? more » Logan5: What concerns me is that this is being produced by Disney which may tend to create a family oriented film. Is it possible to be true to the original ... more » twDarkflame: -sigh- I want more things filmed in 3D, not converted after :( more » Chip Skylark of Space: My vision of Dejah Thoris will always be Astrid Anderson at the Worldcon Masquerade, lo those many years ago. Holy Crap, she was gorgeous, and red, a... more » Azogue: If they make this right, there is hope for the gritty Heinlein material. more » Sproing: I doubt Aishwarya Rai would drop top for this movie, or any movie, considering nudity is a Bollywood career-killer. more » terry2070: I LOVED Wall-E and trust Pixar, but I love the dark and gritty John Carter stories more, and I'd rather NEVER see a John Carter movie made then sit th... more » -
#johncarterofmars
Willem Dafoe Is The Only Sympathetic Green Alien On Mars
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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Andrew Stanton's John Carter Of Mars Ready To Start Filming... In Utah's Alien Landscape
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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A Glimpse Of The John Carter Of Mars Creatures We'll Never See
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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John Carter Will Visit A "Real," 2-D Mars
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 » -
#2008powerlist
The Power List: 20 Movers And Shakers In Science Fiction
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 » -
#wallereview
Humanity Cannot Be Saved in Wall-E
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 » -
