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Watch: First Teaser Trailer for Andrew Stanton's 'John Carter of Mars'

by Alex Billington
July 14, 2011
Source: Apple

"Fate has brought you here, John Carter!" Disney has finally debuted the first official teaser trailer in HD on Apple for Andrew Stanton's upcoming sci-fi adaptation of John Carter of Mars, now simply known as John Carter, without Mars. Playing John Carter is actor Taylor Kitsch, who is joined by Lynn Collins, Mark Strong, Willem Dafoe, Thomas Haden Church and many others. This plays like more of a western, which goes along with what Stanton has been saying about making this as a historical epic, but it's a great first tease and I'm intrigued. I love the music and I think this is a great first introduction, but that's just me.

Watch the first teaser trailer for Andrew Stanton's John Carter via Apple:

You can also watch the new John Carter teaser in High Defintion on Apple

John Carter is based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic sci-fi adventures. The movie tells the story of war-weary, former military captain John Carter (Kitsch), who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe) and the captivating Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands. The cast also includes: Samantha Morton, Ciaran Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Daryl Sabara, Polly Walker and Bryan Cranston. Disney is bringing John Carter to theaters everywhere on March 9th, 2012.

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sonnychiba1

I want to love it but I'm just not feeling it.
- Michael W
  
  I'm having to go with you here on this. Taylor Kitsch does not look like my idea of a former Confederate Army cavalry captain. I'm just not getting the original flavor of the Burroughs story here.
Dom

same - it felt like prince of persia meets the hulk meets Clash of the Titans - nothing spectacularly new here
http://www.the72pins.com Matt

I've been looking forward to this one for quite some time. It's definitely pretty cool, but Taylor Kitsch seems to be just standing with his mouth open in almost every shot. Also, I hadn't heard that Spy Kid was in the movie before watching this, definitely a 'wtf' moment.
- Anonymous
  
  Well yea woulndt you be if you found yourself on mars all of a sudden? I think Kitsch is perfect for the role. It looks pretty good so far. Wonder how close they'll stick to the book... I expect the unfortunate avatar comparisons to come soon though.
  - http://www.the72pins.com Matt
    
    Having his mouth open in awe or shock or confusion doesn't really bother me, but it looks like he might start drooling at any moment. Maybe that's just his style of acting, can't really remember from any of his other movies. I'll be more curious to see how he looks in a full scene since it's hard to judge from a bunch of random shots.
    - Anonymous
      
      Yeah, but Matt...remember, this is only a teaser trailer--what, a couple minutes of footage? Having read APOM, I am interested to see this, since it's been in development for a long time, with different directors being involved at different points. But if ANYONE out there says, "AVATAR rip-off!"....I may have to unscrew some heads and s**t down some necks. (Tip of the hat to R. Lee Ermy for that...)
      - http://www.the72pins.com Matt
        
        Avatar rip off!!! (just kidding) But on a more serious note, does anyone know if this is going to be a more family friendly PG13 sort of deal or something a little more brutal? I seem to remember hearing Stanton was aiming for a dark R rated feel, but I could be mis-remembering things and I haven't read the books so I just don't know how the source material stacks up.
ryan

Great first glimpse. I really like the tone they're going for with this one...
- http://www.firstshowing.net Alex Billington
  
  Yep, same here! And we have plenty more to see, this is just one very early glimpse...!
  - Anonymous
    
    I know, Alex...I mean, after all these years, we're finally getting to see this story on the big screen. Sadly, I wonder how many will moan about how it's ripped off other films....when in fact other films have cribbed from APOM for years. We'll see how it all turns out next March!
- Anonymous
  
  Yeah I like the ton a lot as well. The FX look really solid already.
http://twitter.com/geekchorus42 Gerald Walker

I don't need every scene and vista to be "new" or something "never seen before"..I just need the movie to be good..which it looks like it may be
Maxx

Kitsch just seems too young for the role...and it also looks like Scorpion King 3: Another Desert
NeoSlyfer

So wait he's an author that escaped into his imagination about mars to sell his book. Ok got it.
- Anonymous
  
  Uh....no. Not quite the story. Best thing to do is read the book (heck, if you find a copy with the awesome Frazetta cover, get it!).
http://www.billrusnak.ca Bill Rusnak

I'm not sold yet. Too PRINCE OF PERSIA-y with some whiffs of MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE starring Dolf Lundgren and Courtney Cox... I don't know what I was expecting but that aint it.
- Anonymous
  
  But Bill...remember that this is based on a classic of the pulp sf genre. It's entirely possible that those films you mentioned cribbed from the original APOM novel.
DRM

Carter is looking a little bit like a scrawny He-Man there with that thing on his chest. Still looks decent though. They really should have kept the "..of Mars" in the title though. ---
http://www.facebook.com/gshauger Geoffrey Shauger

he'll always be Tim Riggins to me but this looks good and I'm glad to see Taylor Kitsch's film career is taking off
Darius

Given the serious tone of the soundtrack, Peter Gabriel's "My Body is a cage" I was hoping for something that looked darker, with less Disney-isms. Oh well, too early to say I guess.
BlackFantasyFilmmaker

I'm definitely sold on it. It looks really good except for the monster at 1:14 in the trailer.
Boob

cowboys and aliens will my choice of wake up in desert and battle alien films for this year.
- Anonymous
  
  But this is for NEXT year....just sayin'.
  - Boob
    
    im sure there will be another along those lines next year too.. ill watch that isntead. =p
Lamar

Not what I was expecting, its actually better. The look of Carter is a little too Prince of Persia for me, but the movie looks like it will be good. I'm sold.
- Anonymous
  
  And it's got to be better than that SyFy movie, right? (But that did have Traci Lords...hmmm.....)
Luis M. Milán Leal

Needs more martians. But this is just a teaser, let's see how they look on the first full trailer.
Anonymous

Arent those 2 from Wolverine?
- Anonymous
  
  Yup. But don't hold that against 'em....
SkylerB619

As far as I'm concerned, I'd trust Andrew Stanton with my first born so I'm completely sold. Love the song especially.
equustel

I was actually quite impressed by this trailer. Great, unconventional choice of music that immediately offsets things and creates a different tone. The acting, etc obviously can't be judged at the moment, but I'm optimistic.
Lagoya

I should be excited after watching this trailer... But i'm not. Plus JC looks skinny and weak.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Ammon-Anderson/1269088376 Ammon Anderson

It's all about the story. I am surprised at how people will shred a trailer to pieces... A great movie is a great story. Acting, special effects, etc, are important. But if the story blows. The movie blows. YOU CAN'T TELL IF A STORY IS BAD BASED ON A TRAILER!
- Anonymous
  
  "YOU CAN'T TELL IF A STORY IS BAD BASED ON A TRAILER!" Good points, and you can shout the last line from the mountaintops until you're blue in the face...but some people still need to pull the Pre-Cog attitude and sneer that THEY can tell the story based on 2 minutes of scenes. Sheesh....whatever happened to having an open mind?
http://www.gabrielvisser.com Gabriel Visser

Ugh, I absolutely hate Taylor-fracking-Kitsch ever since I saw him in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
- equustel
  
  Apparently you haven't watched one of the greatest shows of the past 5 years: Friday Night Lights. I'm sorry.
  - http://www.gabrielvisser.com Gabriel Visser
    
    You can't expect me to watch a show about football, when I absolutely hate the sport. :
    - BigRed
      
      Friday Night Lights is not about football. Football is always in the background. Its about families and communities. It's quite the brilliant show worth checking out...
Loser

beautiful
http://www.facebook.com/lukini Lucas Rios

I'm sold just by thinking Andrew Stanton is behind all this. I can't really decide on the trailer, but I can tell you this: MORE PLEASE!
JL

gay.
- Cody W.
  
  Nice job ruining any future credibility you have and proving to everyone your an 11 year old.
  - JL
    
    XD
  - JL
    
    you're* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaqC5FnvAEc
Xerxexx

Looks promising, nice use of Peter Gabriel's cover of Arcade Fire's "My Body is a Cage."
- Anonymous
  
  Yeah...the music really helps. I'm hoping that it's good, but the only way to know is to see the completed film. Besides, if it gets more people to read the original ERB stories, so much the better.
Anonymous

Hmm...3 days AFTER Mass Effect 3 comes out. It looks good, but I'll bee MIA for about 8 weeks at that point.
- Anonymous
  
  Don't blame you. I may have to lock up my copy of ME 3 in a safe so I can go see this....
jah p

It does have that Prince of Persia feel to it..I'd like to see more of the martians.
Joseluisferreira

the music is "My body is a cage" from arcade fire, but with a better version by Peter Gabriel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9emWB_rrMt0 Crapola

Been hearing about this for years it seems, looks alright I suppose.
ate

Disappointing for Stanton's first live action pic. I enjoyed Prince of Persia but I know many didn't and this seems like a half-rate POP which can't be good. Nothing new or exciting, pretty generic and the lead can't act on this evidence.
- Anonymous
  
  Nothing new or exciting? Huh? This is a film based on a classic novel that appeared YEARS before POP! I mean....try to find the book A PRINCESS OF MARS and read it. It's quite good, but a lot of latter films and games and comics have cribbed from it. So now, I guess, a film based on this book looks like a rip-off of other stories that took elements from this same book. Something's screwy here, and it ain't me, methinks.
Anonymous

Looks like 'The Red Lantern' or something.
Cody W.

Maybe its that good trailer effect, but this phenomenal in my opinion.
- Cody W.
  
  looks phenomenal**
- JL
  
  Nice job ruining any future credibility you may have by not editing before posting.
  - Cody W.
    
    You try too hard.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=642001800 Enrique Rivas

I was not interested in this flick till I saw this trailer. WOW! The tune, arcade fire's " My body is a Cage" is amazing..never this version before..classy indeed.
Anonymous

Not sure about the ratings, Matt. But I like the "Avatar rip off!" meme...Lord knows some people will cry that out. Well, they may have to make some changes from the book (hunt it down and read it man! It's good!
- Boob
  
  yes lets see that as the poster
Anonymous

Avatar rip off, no BUT... I will Cheekily say: when I saw the ships & the horses I did think of cowboys & aliens. (HA!)
Teacherkid

God please tell me this is going to get Kitsch more shirtless roles... It looks god awful, but he looks amazing!
Richie

Not too sure about the movie, but that was a good trailer... evocative and such
Ron Torque

Badassery, i hope it's awesome as it seems. Any idea about the music.
Jackmooney5

Wow this trailer is amazing I think the wait on this movie is worth it.