Walt Disney Picture's latest foray into live-action films will introduce a new hero to the masses, John Carter. Here's the official synopsis from Disney:
From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, WALL-E), JOHN CARTER OF MARS brings this captivating hero to the big screen in a stunning adventure epic set on the wounded planet of Mars, a world inhabited by warrior tribes and exotic desert beings. Based on the first of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ 'Barsoom Series,' the film chronicles the journey of Civil-War veteran John Carter (Taylor Kitch), who finds himself battling a new and mysterious war amidst a host of strange Martian inhabitants, including Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe) and Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins).
The science fiction/adventure film will reunite Kitch and Collins, who both starred in last years
X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Also featured in the production are Mark Strong, the future villain Sinestro in Martin campbell's
Green Lantern, along with other comic movie veterans Dominic West (
Punisher: War Zone), James Purefoy (
Solomon Kane), Thomas Hayden Church (
Spider-Man 3) Ciaran Hinds (
Road to Perdition) and Willem Dafoe (
Spider-Man Trilogy).
Church's character belongs to the savage race of Green martians, standing 10 - 12' tall, green, four-armed and with eyes on the sides of his head. Purefoy's character is one of the Red humanoid martians, while Strong's character is one of the white-skinned Thern, who are bald but wear wigs.
John Carter of Mars is the first film in a planned trilogy, which will aiming for a PG-13 rating.
Click on the Tars Tarkas concept art image below to see the newly launched John Carter of Mars Facebook page: