FilmEdge launches our coverage of Walt Disney Pictures' JOHN CARTER, now in production with director Andrew Stanton. Based on the landmark Barsoom series of sci-fi novels by author Edgar Rice Burroughs, this live-action epic finally brings his characters to life on the big screen March 9, 2012.
Seeking 'the real John Carter' for invites to advanced screening of JOHN CARTER
Disney has launched a semi-viral campaign for their upcoming sci-fi fantasy JOHN CARTER, inviting fans actually named John Carter to sign up for a special invitation to an advanced screening of the film opening March 9, 2012.
If your name is really John Carter, or if you know a real John Carter, then jump to realjohncarter.com, watch the YouTube video by director Andrew Stanton, and sign up to receive an invitation to Disney's special advanced screening of the film (on a date to be announced). Stanton also promised a very unique adventure for the winner of Disney's search for "the real John Carter" beginning sometime soon. Presumably this search begins among those many (?) John Carters or friends who sign up at the viral site.
Have a look at the viral video announcement below then jump over to the site if you or a friend are true John Carter and register today! By the way, I wouldn't bother trying to 'cheat' your registration if your name is not actually John Carter, since presumably you'll have to prove your identity at some point in the screening/search process.
John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), who is inexplicably transported to mysterious and exotic planet Mars, becomes embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions and discovers that the survival of the planet and its people rests in his hands.
FilmEdge now has unbranded high-definition video files of the new theatrical trailer for JOHN CARTER, a visually striking preview of Andrew Stanton‘s ambitious live-action adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs famed Barsoom series of fantasy novels set on his vision of the planet Mars.
We particularly enjoy the use of Corner Stone Cues' choral-orchestrated version Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir (buy it on iTunes) punctuates the alien action with a somewhat primordial tempo, grounding these imaginative visions with an identifiable score that sounds both familiar and new. This approach ties neatly into Disney’s new poster tagline Lost in our world, found in another.
View JOHN CARTER movie stills, concept art and behind-the-scenes photographs from location and set production.
From Academy Award®–winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton comes JOHN CARTER — a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). JOHN CARTER is based on a classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, whose highly imaginative adventures served as inspiration for many filmmakers, both past and present. The film tells the story of war-weary, former military captain John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe) and the captivating Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). In a world on the brink of collapse, Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
Walt Disney Pictures’ JOHN CARTER began in London on January 15th. This sci-fi/fantasy epic marks Stanton’s first adventure in live-action films after his string of Disney•Pixar animated hits including WALL-E and FINDING NEMO.
JOHN CARTER is based on the sci-fi pulp fiction landmark A Princess of Mars, the first novel in the noted Barsoom series by iconic Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs. Originally published in serialized form by All-Story Magazine in 1912 with the title Under the Moons of Mars, eventually Burroughs installment tale was recombined with excised chapters as a complete novel in 1917. A Princess of Mars and its 10 sequel novels inspired a generation of authors including Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke and astrophysicist Carl Sagan.
Given Andrew Stanton's track record of cinematically stunning animated hits, his talent should match well with Burroughs' long-standing science fiction series. In this Disney adaptation you may not see bosomy princesses and muscle-bound heroes artist Frank Frazetta created for numerous book covers, but only Mars is the limit for this new adventure!
FilmEdge.net will follow the production progress on the film as John Carter encounters the alien dangers and desert mysteries on this fantastic vision of the Red Planet.
