More John Carter of Mars Cast Additions

More John Carter of Mars Cast Additions

Disney's live-action adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs classic receives more star power!

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By bsprecher - Sep 01, 2009 11:09 AM EST
Filed Under: John Carter of Mars
Source: THR

John Carter of Mars received a trio of new talent with the additions of Samantha Morton, Dominic West and Polly Walker to the cast of Disney's live-action adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs classic, joining Willem Dafoe, Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins.

John Carter of Mars was part of Burroughs' Martian series of novels and has appeared in a number of comic books, including DC Comics' Tarzan and Weird Worlds, a Marvel Comics series that ran from 1977-1979, and in Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.


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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/1/2009, 11:43 AM
That's some names!

Looking forward to it BRENT! ; )
Bijous
Bijous - 9/1/2009, 11:48 AM
Hell yeah! This is going to rock!
thwhtGuardian
thwhtGuardian - 9/1/2009, 11:51 AM
I love john carter of mars!
NataliaRomanov
NataliaRomanov - 9/1/2009, 11:53 AM
I'm not familiar with it but that artwork above looks kewl!
DarthKyrat1
DarthKyrat1 - 9/1/2009, 12:13 PM
@ Brent nice article
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as for the books themselves i have never heard of them but nconsiow with the talks of a movie and an excellent cast i just might check them out and by the way Lynn Collins is hot i don't really like her acting that much but her role in wolverine was perfect for her and I can't wait to see her in john carter.
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as for anyone who has infromation on how to post pics i could really use some pointers on how its done

tony out peace and love
harrisonefreeman
harrisonefreeman - 9/1/2009, 12:14 PM
The artwork IS cool. Anything by Frank Frazetta is cool. Check out a movie called Fire and Ice.
harrisonefreeman
harrisonefreeman - 9/1/2009, 12:17 PM
DarthKyrat1-If you have a photobucket account, you can upload your pictures there. Then copy and paste the html code into your posts here.
DarthKyrat1
DarthKyrat1 - 9/1/2009, 12:17 PM
whoops don't mind the spelling mistake in my first paragraph where i typed way to fast and made a boo boo damn lol

tony out peace and love
NataliaRomanov
NataliaRomanov - 9/1/2009, 12:47 PM
@harrison: Oooooh! Show me more!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/1/2009, 12:55 PM
Nice pic @ HARRISON! ; )
thwhtGuardian
thwhtGuardian - 9/1/2009, 12:56 PM
This is a really cool movie idea, while I've never read the comics I did enjoy the original novela. It's more or less conan meet flash gordon it's a pretty sweet concept. I'm also intrigued that it's a live action pixar production, I wonder how it'll look. No doubt we'll see many awesome computer generated beasts and scenery.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/1/2009, 1:21 PM
If the JOHN CARTER movie is anything like this, it'll be mind blowing! ; )







GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 9/1/2009, 2:36 PM
WELL THIS MAKES ME FEEL BETTER AFTER HEARING DISNEY BUYING MARVEL
Set2Fallfirst
Set2Fallfirst - 9/1/2009, 2:40 PM
@gunsmith was that sarcsim? I have a feeling she wont be wearing that bikini....shoot..i love disney dont get me wrong we all grew up with them (more or less) but this is either gonna be good or its gonna be bad. But lookin at the positive im gonna say good. NBC is owned by Disney so i bet marvel will still have its liberties.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/1/2009, 2:53 PM
SET2FALL @ Dudeeeeeeeeeee where ya been man?!
DDD
DDD - 9/1/2009, 2:57 PM
Frank Frazetta is one of the top fantasy illustrators of all time! I love his work! Wish I was half the artist he is! And I have an art degree and all. Oh, well! :D

I think this movie will be fantastic! Disney is not just all kiddie stuff, ya know! Disney owns a lot of companies that do quite a bit of mature material. I think Marvel will be alright like Stan the Man says. But this movie doesn't need to be an R movie or anything! It's Edgar Rice Burroughs after all!
Set2Fallfirst
Set2Fallfirst - 9/1/2009, 3:02 PM
@lee ive been hella busy working up the ying yang and auditioning like crazy i got to work with Ed freaking Harris dude. it was sick in a Sundance Film Festival work shop...and Monica the chick who played Ana Ra merez in the dark knight and The dr. in Avatar Dalep something hes hella cool......boy do i have news ask me what happened haha
DDD
DDD - 9/1/2009, 3:09 PM
Way to go @Set2fall! Keep up the good work...and fun! And live your dreams! Fantastic!
Set2Fallfirst
Set2Fallfirst - 9/1/2009, 3:12 PM
Thanks DDD. Hopefully other than the sundance thing that is. Ill get a hotstreak things have been....sloooww. but thats like 5 things ive one so i feel pretty good. Hope things get better from here.
TheMyth
TheMyth - 9/1/2009, 3:35 PM
I love Frazetta artwork. The women are always so sexy.
bsprecher
bsprecher - 9/1/2009, 4:01 PM
@LEEE: Thanks! Yeah, me too! Hey, why are you using Tyler's avatar? I thought you were him at first.

@Natalia: They told you before I could get to it, but that's the artwork of the insanely talented Frank Frazetta.

@DarthKyrat: Thanks! Welcome!

@DDD: Do you do any comic or animation work?

@Set2Fall: Welcome back, man! Congrats! Keep up the great work and keep your eye on the horizon and you'll be headlining someday!

TheMyth: Yes, yes they are! ;P
harrisonefreeman
harrisonefreeman - 9/1/2009, 4:15 PM
Now everyone that likes Frazetta (which should be everyone on this website) go watch Fire & Ice. It's an animated movie collaboration between Frazetta and Ralph Bashki. They use rotoscoping like the old Superman cartoons and some early disney animation. Even if you're not a fan, go watch this movie, If only for the artistry.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/1/2009, 4:40 PM
SET2KILL @ CONGRATS and ED HARRIS v.cool man! Hope it leads to big things dude!!!

An you should do an article about it! Seriously! ; )

BRENT @ I was just playing with TYLER for a bit lol! ; D

Keep us posted on JOHN CARTER BRENT bud, i can see this film being amazing like a lot of ppl!
Bijous
Bijous - 9/1/2009, 5:35 PM
@harrison: I never saw it before, but it looks cool, thanks!

DDD
DDD - 9/1/2009, 7:15 PM
@Brent, I've been writing a graphic novel script for some time now (In my spare time which there is very little of.), that I will publish. Gonna have someone else do the layouts 'cause I'm not that good at layouts. I'm good and fast at inking so I will be doing the inking of my GN.

I love creating characters 'cause I'm more of a writer than an artist but I do have an art degree. My degree is mostly in animation and commercial art (No official training in comic book illustration--I'm self-taught.). I have an extensive training in scriptwriting but no college degree. I've done a few paying jobs in animation, here and there, locally.
TheMyth
TheMyth - 9/2/2009, 12:55 AM
Brent, insanely talented is an understatement lol. Too bad his health over the past years has taken a toll on his eyesight and dexterity. He has to use his left hand for artwork now. I have his Molley Hatchet album covers, the original vinyls!!! I also have the Lil Abner series released by Dark Horse in 4 volumes a few years back with a lot of the old paper backs for Tarzan and such for which he did covers for. He and Boris Vellajo(spelling?) were among my first artistic influences as a kid. I'm sure you've seen 'Painting with Fire', I recommend any fan of this brand of artwork see it! I think in all, his Conan stuff has to be my favorite.
DDD
DDD - 9/2/2009, 1:01 AM
@Myth you're totally right, Boris is amazing along with Frank. They are the leaders in fantasy book illustration!
I too love the Conan work! Incredible!
DDD
DDD - 9/2/2009, 1:05 AM
Julie Bell, Boris Vallejo's wife is pretty insanely talented too! She was the first woman to paint Conan.
TheMyth
TheMyth - 9/2/2009, 2:59 AM
Yes I always liked Julie, though my first real taste of her artwork came from the Marvel Masterpiece cards back in the 90's, along with Greg and Tim Hildebrandt. I like the illumination the Hildebrandt brothers bring to their work, they are VERY good at illustrating lighting dynamics.
TheMyth
TheMyth - 9/2/2009, 4:07 AM
Ha! I went rifling through some of my Frazetta stuff cause this article got me all nostalgic for it, and guess what I found!!! Some old issues of Jaguar God, the comics Glenn Danzig did with Frazetta!!! I only have 2 issues, #0 and #1!!! I remember that #0 was actually one of the last issues released, at least I think that's how it went. There are only 9 issues total including #0. I forgot I even had them, they used to be framed and on my wall long ago, but I swapped out the comics to display something else in the frame and they got buried in my collection.
DDD
DDD - 9/2/2009, 9:20 PM
The Hildebrandts are awesome but a little more fantasy-like in their artwork! Frank, Boris and Julie go for the very realistic depictions although Frank does exaggerate a little in his style but all the right exaggeration! :)

BTW, @Myth, my desktop pic is The Frank Frazetta painting for Doc Savage's "Python Isle", it's terrific! That's how much I love his style! :D
Bijous
Bijous - 9/3/2009, 2:45 AM
I am officially intrigued by this film. The only thing is...Taylor Kitsch? Really?
Betty
Betty - 9/30/2009, 10:06 PM
TheMyth, DDD-- man, that takes me back! Hildebrandt, Boris! Who is another one Dorman...
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