Taylor "Gambit" Kitsch Lands Lead in "John Carter of Mars"

Taylor "Gambit" Kitsch Lands Lead in "John Carter of Mars"

Friday Night Lights' Taylor Kitsch -- the breakout star of X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- has landed the coveted lead role in Disney's John Carter of Mars, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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By ComicBookMovie - Jun 12, 2009 04:06 PM EST
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Mars will be the first live-action effort from Andrew Stanton, the Oscar-winning director of Pixar favorites Wall-E and Finding Nemo. The film, a big-budget adaptation of the series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, tells the story of a civil war veteran (Kitsch) who is transported to Mars to fight in an epic war between the planet's opposing races. Kitsch's X-Men co-star Lynn Collins has also been cast. Disney is aiming for an early 2010 start date, with dreams of launching a blockbuster franchise on the same level as Pirates of the Caribbean.

For those who don't know who John Carter of Mars is... You need to read more. Below is a Frank Frazetta book cover from one of the early paperbacks. John Carter was a dude who somehow finds himself on Mars, and because of the lower gravity, he is like their Superman--in a medieval kind of swords and sorcery way.













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ironknight27
ironknight27 - 6/12/2009, 4:56 PM
Never hear of John Carter of Mars but good for Taylor.
Betty
Betty - 6/12/2009, 5:12 PM
Sounds Extraordinary Gentlemen-ish
SpiderBat209
SpiderBat209 - 6/12/2009, 5:13 PM
"GAMBIT GOES TO MARS!"

Plot Outline: Remy Lebeau goes to his homeboy LAMAR'S House.

Get it? :)

Thank you! I'll be here all weekend! :D

Unless there's another PARTY at LEEE777's House again, with the Blue Tick Weed! Bridget the Midget got HELLA Baked! lol ;)
captainwayne
captainwayne - 6/12/2009, 5:18 PM
it's written by edgar rice burroughs
thwhtGuardian
thwhtGuardian - 6/12/2009, 5:33 PM
heh, Betty it's funny you mention that because john carter was shown in the second league of extraordinary gentleman book,which was not as satisfying as the first.

But still, I enjoyed the story john carter of mars, I remember John favraue was once attached to direct it but it got stuck in development hell. I'm glad it's getting made.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 6/12/2009, 5:45 PM
LYN COLLINS IS UP THERE ON THE HOTTEST HOTTIES LIST FOR ME, I SAW HER IN TRUEBLOOD,SHHHHHHHH DONT TELL ANYONE BUT SHE WAS NAKED IN SEVERAL SCENES ON TRUE BLOOD SHHHHHHHHHHH DONT TELL ANYONE.....
Betty
Betty - 6/12/2009, 6:06 PM
thwhtknight--cool

SpiderMan209--It's called Tweed!
adamant877
adamant877 - 6/12/2009, 6:22 PM
I'm just glad that Eddie Murphy didn't get his grubby little fingers on this one! Whew-dodged a bullet there, huh?! lol
longbowhunter
longbowhunter - 6/12/2009, 7:28 PM
Dont know about the Disney involement, but the plot seems cool. Never read the comic, but the cover reminds me of Camelot 3000.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/12/2009, 7:44 PM
TWEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Hehehehehhehehhehehhehehe!!! : D

JOHN CARTER cool!

Spidey @ Partyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! Okay im out!
Bandrews1
Bandrews1 - 6/12/2009, 8:09 PM
Sounds kind of interesting.
thwhtGuardian
thwhtGuardian - 6/12/2009, 10:15 PM
Yeah the disney involvement sounds weird, I mean like the conan stories scantly clad women play a huge part of john carter. It's bad pulp fiction, the boobs go without saying.
Triptheorist
Triptheorist - 6/12/2009, 10:31 PM
Mandatory Lynn Collins pic:
TheMyth
TheMyth - 6/12/2009, 11:55 PM
@Betty: That... is... one... of.. the most beautifUL [frick]ING THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN!!!!!
TheMyth
TheMyth - 6/12/2009, 11:56 PM
I take that back, 2nd to Ms. Collins immaculate side-boob above me. Hey, is it me or does it look like she is preparing to give me a Cleveland Steamer?
BubbaDude
BubbaDude - 6/13/2009, 10:02 AM
E.R.B. actually came up with John Carter(the Warlord of Mars) before he came up with Tarzan. Both characters are kind of repetitive, but the books are a lot of fun to read. I've been waiting for this movie for a looooong time. Hopefully they don't screw it up!
Osiris
Osiris - 6/13/2009, 2:01 PM
@GUNSMITH@ Wow I never noticed that was Lynn Collins in True Blood, she was freaking hot too bad she died early on.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/13/2009, 3:09 PM
MYTH @ I can see someting more beautiful mmmmmmm Lynn Collins! ; )

Damn Osiris @ ive only started watching that lol, just finished episode one arrrr!!!
Osiris
Osiris - 6/13/2009, 4:20 PM
sorry LEEE, but just to let you know you would have seen it coming anyways, a lot of ppl die in that series and most of em you see coming, also you will never guess who the killer is, they do a really good job of hiding it.

Also have fun rewinding Anna Paquin's first sex scene over and over and over the first time I saw that I was like OMG!! my life is now complete I have seen Rogue's boobies.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/14/2009, 1:35 PM
Lol Orisis @ Cool, ive only just started watching it, very fine series! But i aint diehard just yet though ROGUEs boob could turn me heh heh! ; )
SteveRogers
SteveRogers - 1/2/2011, 9:38 AM
Soooo....this movie is WHERE in development?
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