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50 glorious screencaps from John Carter offer your first real look at the Tharks!

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! https://gizmodo.com/john-carter-trailer-rips-you-open-with-the-sword-of-mar-5821222 1866, the year Edgar Rice Burroughs discovers his “Uncle John Carter’s” journals.…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 14

John Carter trailer rips you open with the sword of Martian awesomeness

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. The music is apparently Peter Gabriel doing a cover of Arcade Fire — which is…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 14

Everything You Need to Know about Disney’s John Carter Movie

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! Last month io9 went to Disney’s…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 11

First Concept Art from John Carter takes you to Mars

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. In an interview with The Los Angeles Times, Stanton (of Wall-E and Finding Nemo fame)…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 16

Bad Ideas: Disney changes “John Carter of Mars” to just “John Carter”

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. Dark Horizons broke the title change news. Some people are speculating that Carter’s name change was enforced to distance the film from the poorly performing…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 23

Go back to Barsoom, with new John Carter stories by some of your favorite authors

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. A new anthology, featuring all new stories of John Carter, Tars Tarkas and Dejah Thoris, will come out in time…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders May 19

Buzz Lightyear of Mars: Amazing mash-ups of Pixar and Tars Tarkas!

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. Here are some of the amazing Pixar/Tars Tarkas mash-up images that appeared over at Draw2D2 —…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 21

John Carter Of Mars Set Photos Show Disney’s Barsoom Creatures

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. Right now Andrew Stanton’s John Carter is filming Lake Powell, Utah. And set pics and related images are starting to…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 5

Avatar’s Dark Knight Victory: A Good Or Bad Sign For John Carter Of Mars?

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? Variety is reporting that Avatar has finally beat the Dark Knight’s $533.3 million record, by grossing $552.8 million domestically, thanks to…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 25

Willem Dafoe Gears Up To Start Making John Carter, Next Week!

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? We caught up with Dafoe doing press for his next film Daybreakers, and squeezed in a few roundtable questions on…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 6

Chart Reveals Who The True Masters Of Science Fiction Were This Decade

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. Update: I apologize, I haven’t been online much due to the holidays. I realized that there was an erroneous data point for…

Television Lauren Davis Dec 25

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. Tar Tarkas befriends the transported Civil War soldier, John Carter when he winds up on…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 16

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. “Utah has become Hollywood’s destination spot for depicting exotic intergalactic worlds.,” notes the state’s Salt Lake…

Movies Gary Susman Jun 12

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. Artist David Krentz posted his concept art of Woola, from the same Paramount production that Favreau was in line to…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 31

Wall-E Wins Oscar For Best Animated Feature

A great day for the longtime Gizmodo love target. Andrew Stanton accepted, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t hoping for a prerecorded, one-word speech by the character himself. Or by this. https://gizmodo.com/wall-e-review-one-of-the-best-sci-fi-movies-in-years-5020237

Movies John Herrman Feb 23

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. Stanton spilled many beans – and corrected many rumors – during the Santa Barbara Film Festival this weekend. He revealed…

Movies Graeme McMillan Jan 26

Get Your Half Dressed Aliens Ready — John Carter Of Mars Is Casting

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…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 13

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. 1. J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof. These four guys, between them, pretty much created half the…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Dec 12

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…

Movies Annalee Newitz Jun 27

Writer Confirms Pixar’s ‘John Carter’

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…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jun 9

50 glorious screencaps from John Carter offer your first real look at the Tharks!

John Carter trailer rips you open with the sword of Martian awesomeness

Everything You Need to Know about Disney’s John Carter Movie

First Concept Art from John Carter takes you to Mars

Bad Ideas: Disney changes “John Carter of Mars” to just “John Carter”

Go back to Barsoom, with new John Carter stories by some of your favorite authors

Buzz Lightyear of Mars: Amazing mash-ups of Pixar and Tars Tarkas!

John Carter Of Mars Set Photos Show Disney’s Barsoom Creatures

Avatar’s Dark Knight Victory: A Good Or Bad Sign For John Carter Of Mars?

Willem Dafoe Gears Up To Start Making John Carter, Next Week!

Chart Reveals Who The True Masters Of Science Fiction Were This Decade

Willem Dafoe Is The Only Sympathetic Green Alien On Mars

Andrew Stanton’s John Carter Of Mars Ready To Start Filming… In Utah’s Alien Landscape

A Glimpse Of The John Carter Of Mars Creatures We’ll Never See

Wall-E Wins Oscar For Best Animated Feature

John Carter Will Visit A “Real,” 2-D Mars

Get Your Half Dressed Aliens Ready — John Carter Of Mars Is Casting

The Power List: 20 Movers And Shakers In Science Fiction

Humanity Cannot Be Saved in Wall-E

Writer Confirms Pixar’s ‘John Carter’

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