In tonight's Triple Feature Friday here at PLANET GRIFFIN, we bring you a true classic... Published back in 1917, EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS warmed up his future Tarzan muscles with a rip roaring sci-fi adventure that's still as inspirational now as it was then! JOHN CARTER OF MARS centers around John Carter, a Civil War soldier mysteriously transported to Mars where he finds high adventure and intrigue protecting a princess from the world's inhabitants who give true meaning to the term 'impossible odds'... Past forward to now. ANDREW STANTON of PIXAR STUDIOS has scoured through several rewrites ( even getting assists from MICHAEL CHABON), in an attempt to produce what they're now calling '... A perfect hybrid of CGI and live action...'
The MARS project has now gone into Pre-production after solving the ever-twisted script problem (Which I can believe... How can you adapt 6 separate installments of an adventure serial into 1 solid tale?), but now instead of being a Pixar project, it's now a DISNEY project on the fast track (obviously, the Mouse House smells big franchise bank a la' Pirates Of The Caribbean). The Dramatis Personae is still evolving, but currently locked in is TAYLOR KITSCH (Gambit of Wolverine) in the title role, LYNN COLLINS as Dejah Thoris, WILLEM DAFOE as Tars Tarkas, SAMANTHA MORTON as Sola, and DOMINIC WEST as Sab Than... And steadily growing...
Of course, like the original story almost 92 years ago, all of this is to be continued...
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