Andrew Stanton, who directed lonely garbage robot movie Wall-E (hitting theaters next week), is already hard at work on his next Pixar flick. The movie is John Carter of Mars, and now Stanton has confirmed to /Film (http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/06/19/andrew-stanton-talks-john-carter-of-wars/) that the script will be based on one book from the beloved early-20th century series, A Princess of Mars. Currently he's just working on the script. Now you can try to figure out the plot of the movie by reading the entire book online. Since it was published in 1917, it's in the public domain and available at Google Books. Lots of violence and princess-rescuing! [A Princess of Mars (http://books.google.com/books?id=ws18cmj5ic0C) via Google Books]

(Via IO9 (http://io9.com/5018123/get-the-story-blueprint-for-pixars-john-carter-of-mars-++-free-online))

A "John Carter" movie... from Pixar? That doesn't seem to be their usual type of movie.

Where have you been?

Where have you been?
Um...

LOL, sorry,LOL
LOL

LOL, sorry,LOL
LOLNever say 'sorry' to me... if this was a different forum I'd be giving grief right back. ;)

:D

OK, fair enough, not sorry, but still LOL at myself

So, now that that's over with... :p

What type of movie will it be? Are they going for a comedy like most of Pixar stuff or will this be one of the few Pixar movies that really is intended for adult viewers? (aka: Are they going to dumb it down to make it a kids viewable movie or are they sticking directly to the original material?)

I just reread and listened to the librovox recordings of The Princess of Mars.
I really wonder how much of the action could possibly be shown on screen in live action.

http://www.illusiontv.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/fightingman1.jpg

http://pixarplanet.com/blog/images/254.jpg

http://www.firstshowing.net/img/johncarterofmars-img-june19.jpg

One of the biggest questions surrounding the project is whether they're planning on staying CGI or integrating live action. Stanton starts off by saying that "we honestly don't know," but adds that "it's clearly got to be a hybrid of some sort." As for what to expect, I suggest you don't even begin to start guessing what that might mean. Pixar always tends to push the limits of our imagination and I think that's what we can expect here. He explains that this first year is all spent "worrying about the story" and asserts that thinking about the visuals and figuring out how the film will look is a distraction from the actual writing. Instead, "this year is just about writing the script to make it as good as it can possibly be."

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/muuphish/juskoerb.jpg

http://bp0.blogger.com/_pDYpkU_h5UE/RlKESRLD9PI/AAAAAAAACbI/9sjizNe2TPY/s400/swench-princessofmars.jpg

http://www.empireonline.com/images/image_index/150x180/22847.jpg
Pixar Making John Carter of Mars Trilogy
Part 1 landing before 2012
Various people have been trying to bring John Carter to the screen. The John Carter saga was first published in 1917, with Princess of Mars, and told of a Civil War veteran who travelled to the red planet and found a race of huge barbaric green creatures, who know Mars as Barsoom. Ray Harryhausen once wanted to adapt it and recently Robert Rodriguez had a bash. Then Jon Favreau came very close to realising it at Paramount, until it proved very expensive and the option expired and he went on to make Iron Man. But, who better to finally bring it to screens than Pixar?

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These books have been previously deemed impossible to adapt for the screen, due to the heavy workload of special effects. Nowadays, of course, only the imagination is the limit in any movie genre.

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/8085/tarsarmorfk6.jpg
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/7246/tarstarkushm4.jpg

For your enjoyment

http://librivox.org/a-princess-of-mars-by-edgar-rice-burroughs/

http://librivox.org/the-gods-of-mars-by-edgar-rice-burroughs/

http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search.php?title=&author=Edgar+Rice+Burroughs&action=Search

Completed works



Burroughs, Edgar Rice. "Beasts of Tarzan, The" (http://librivox.org/the-beasts-of-tarzan/) · (readers (http://librivox.org/newcatalog/public_readers.php?ProjectID=1849))
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. "Gods of Mars, The" (http://librivox.org/the-gods-of-mars-by-edgar-rice-burroughs/) · (readers (http://librivox.org/newcatalog/public_readers.php?ProjectID=382))
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. "Princess of Mars, A" (http://librivox.org/a-princess-of-mars-by-edgar-rice-burroughs/) · (readers (http://librivox.org/newcatalog/public_readers.php?ProjectID=205))
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. "Tarzan of the Apes" (http://librivox.org/tarzan-of-the-apes/) · (readers (http://librivox.org/newcatalog/public_readers.php?ProjectID=1303))
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. "Warlord of Mars, The" (http://librivox.org/the-warlord-of-mars-by-edgar-rice-burroughs/) · (readers (http://librivox.org/newcatalog/public_readers.php?ProjectID=490))

Works in progress



Burroughs, Edgar Rice. "Chessmen of Mars, The" (http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13577) · (readers (http://librivox.org/newcatalog/public_readers.php?ProjectID=2072)) · Email me when this book is completed (http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search.php?title=&author=Edgar+Rice+Burroughs&action=Search#)
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. "Pellucidar" (http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10868) · (readers (http://librivox.org/newcatalog/public_readers.php?ProjectID=1573)) · Email me when this book is completed (http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search.php?title=&author=Edgar+Rice+Burroughs&action=Search#)
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. "Return of Tarzan, The" (http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=133374#133374) · (readers (http://librivox.org/newcatalog/public_readers.php?ProjectID=1199)) · Email me when this book is completed (http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search.php?title=&author=Edgar+Rice+Burroughs&action=Search#)
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. "Thuvia, Maid of Mars" (http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13369) · (readers (http://librivox.org/newcatalog/public_readers.php?ProjectID=2037)) · Email me when this book is completed (http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search.php?title=&author=Edgar+Rice+Burroughs&action=Search#)