A movie that’s all about scary aliens and violent wars isn’t what you’d typically expect from a director like Andrew Stanton, whose previous works include the TOY STORY series, FINDING NEMO and WALL-E. But, if there’s one thing we know about him it’s that he’s a great story teller! His latest film, JOHN CARTER, based on the BARSOOM series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is a Disney film that packs quite the sci-fi punch.
The 3D movie tells the story of a Civil War veteran, John Carter (played by Taylor Kitsch), who dies and somehow ends up in an alternate world on Mars called Barsoom. The planet is in trouble because its nations of alien and human-like inhabitants are constantly feuding. Add that to the fact that Mars is running out of water and atmosphere and you get a pretty angry population. John Carter meets Dejah Thoris, the Princess of Helium (Lynn Collins) and discovers that his foretold destiny is to help the heroes of Barsoom win the war. Being the former soldiers that he is, he rises to the challenge.
With its stunning 3D matched with its action, we’re excited that Stanton took on a project like JOHN CARTER. It’s an exciting breath of fresh air to the usual sci-fi genre.
Five Things You Probably Didn’t Know About JOHN CARTER
– The movie was originally supposed to be made by Paramount Pictures.
– The first JOHN CARTER book was written 100 years ago!
-While filming the movie in Utah, crew members found a Sauropod dinosaur bone.
-An entirely new language had to be invented for the Martians in the movie.
– One thousand extras got spray tanned to look darker for one of the battle scenes.