Disney’s John Carter Trailer
It seems to be a pretty big week for trailers with everyone vying for a piece of the Harry Potter action, and Disney is also getting into the act by releasing the very first trailer for their upcoming 2012 blockbuster John Carter (formerly known as “John Carter of Mars”). Based on the pulp novels written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the movie stars Taylor Kitsch (Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine) as an American Civil War veteran who gets transported to Mars, where he finds himself caught up in a war between green Tharks and red Martians. Although he is initially aligned with the Tharks, when they capture a Martian princess (Lynn Collins) he attempts to rescue her.
We can see Spy Kids star Daryl Sabara playing a fictionalized version of Edgar Rice Burroughs at the beginning of the trailer (apparently the story is told as if Carter is a relative of Burroughs). Despite the fact that it takes place on Mars, it feels a lot more fantasy than sci-fi (comparisons to Disney’s Prince of Persia are to be expected). The effects are pretty impressive either way. At one point this was going to be Pixar’s first live-action film with Andrew Stanton (Wall-E, Finding Nemo) in the director’s chair, but in the end it only bears the Disney logo. John Carter hits theatres on March 9th; check out the trailer after the jump and see what you think.
Comments (15)
I’ve read some John Carter stuff a long time ago. I’m definitely interested in this film.
Posted by Vikke_AJ on July 14th, 2011looks a lot better than I figured. interest going UP
Posted by rus in chicago on July 14th, 2011I thought this was supposed to be a motion capture film? Huh. Looks pretty amazing either ways. The colors really stood out.
Posted by Napalm on July 14th, 2011Looks bland.
Posted by Captain N on July 14th, 2011I thought it looked bland as well
Posted by Niklas on July 14th, 2011Tim Riggins!
Posted by Curtis Talls on July 14th, 2011looks much better than i thought it was gonna be.
Posted by Darksiders on July 14th, 2011I think Disney is shooting themselves in the foot with changing the title. And I’m not saying this as a bitter fanboy, I’ve never read the books. But John Carter of Mars at least implies some sci-fi element and gives you an idea of what you might be getting. John Carter could be anything.
Posted by rjdelight on July 14th, 2011At least the title attracts ER fans
Posted by Vikke_AJ on July 14th, 2011JC…is it a Jesus Christ thing? does he start off as a carpenter perhaps? Mr Burroughs has some explaining to do
Posted by Trecal on July 14th, 2011pretty excited for this
Posted by mitch on July 14th, 2011I saw something Green in that trailer that I really did not like.
Posted by kyri on July 15th, 2011Oh hey… looks like they had some Prince of Persia props left over.
Posted by Colin on July 15th, 2011Go Riggins!
Posted by Steve Kasan on July 15th, 2011All the negative comments to John Carter will change when they let loose the money shots for the full trailer. Especially the White Apes sequence.
Was that Tars Tarkas? That looked horrible!
I really hope that they still have massive CGI work to do on the exteriors because that just looked like your generic Arizona desert environment.
So far, not thrilled at all.
Posted by amok on July 18th, 2011Leave a Reply