John Carter of Mars Teaser Poster
How sci fi is this, my friends!? Here at BoomTron we were thrilled to hear the latest on the new John Carter of Mars film. The classic Edgar Rice Burroughs novel will come to the big screen, thanks to Academy Award winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton. Not since the Lost in Space reboot has some good [...]
Disney’s John Carter of Mars – James Purefoy and Mark Strong in; Church confirmed
The last time we talked John Carter of Mars we were reporting another trio joining the cast as Samantha Morton, Dominic West and Polly Walker were confirmed. Today via THR, we learn that two more have been in James Purefoy and Mark Strong, and another we reported way back in June has been confirmed in [...]
Samantha Morton, Dominic West and Polly Walker – join Disney’s John Carter of Mars
I’ve been very excited about this since Michael Chabon was reportedly attached, and would have been anyways as I’m a huge fan and collector of the pulps. June and July brought us initial casting news, with Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins cast and joined by Willem Dafoe. According to THR, Disney has now added a [...]
Willem Dafoe in Disney’s John Carter of Mars
I’m very excited about the John Carter of Mars. First, I’m a fan and collector of the old pulps, so when it was reported that one of my favorite writers (Michael Chabon) was contributing on the film it immediately became BSC business to follow. We now can add Willem Dafoe to the previous casting news. [...]
Thomas Haden Church in John Carter of Mars?
The casting news and possibilities for Disney’s John Carter of Mars just keeps on rolling in. Yesterday we learned that Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins were cast in the Burroughs’ adaptation and today we may have word of another joining them. Below I have a video of an interview that Thomas Haden Church participated in conducted at Reel Talk.
Watch that and more after the jump . . .
Disney’s John Carter of Mars filming in Utah
In April we were very excited about Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Michael Chabon’s involvement in the adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic John Carter of Mars film, and now we have a small update on the progress of film.
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Chabon writing John Carter of Mars!
I saw this at /Film and I love it! One of my favorite writers, Michael Chabon, is writing the script for Disney’s John Carter of Mars. I’m a pulp collector, and the Burrough stuff (lots of Argosy, Amazing Stories and Blue Book are among my favorites.
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