Recent reports have indicated that the budget for
John Carter has ballooned towards the $300 million mark, a claim that the director of the movie (Andrew Stanton) recently called,
"a complete and utter lie." Talking to the press on Thursday at a junket for the Disney adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs novels,
Movieline reports that he was quick to shoot down the claims that a combination of reshoots and production resulted in the increased spending.
Stanton added,
"I want to go completely on record that I literally was on budget and on time the entire shoot. Disney is so completely psyched that I stayed on budget and on time that they let me have a longer reshoot because I was such a good citizen, so I find it ironic that we’re getting accused of the opposite." Several reliable sources have recently indicated that the budget is still fairly high for a movie based on a little known property, but with test screenings last year coming back with high approval ratings, fans hoping for a sequel will have to cross their fingers that the poor tracking figures
revealed yesterday aren't an indication of its eventual success.
STARRING:
Taylor Kitsch as John Carter
Lynn Collins as Dejah Thoris
Willem Dafoe as Tars Tarkas
Thomas Haden Church as Tal Hajus
Dominic West as Sab Than
James Purefoy as Kantos Kan
Mark Strong as Matai Shang
Daryl Sabara as Edgar Rice Burroughs
RELEASE DATE: March 9th, 2012.
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