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First Teaser Poster for Disney's 'John Carter' is Dark But Not Thrilling
by Ethan Anderton
June 15, 2011
Source: Apple
Up until this point the film has been known as John Carter of Mars, but the new live-action film from Disney and director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, WALL-E) is now simply titled John Carter (which sound less cool). Now we've got the first teaser poster for the film which tells the story of John Carter (Taylor Kitsch from X-Men Origins: Wolverine), a Civil War veteran who finds himself mysteriously transported to Mars, where he becomes involved with the planet's warring people. The poster isn't exactly amazing, but the trailer which will likely be out sometime very soon, should deliver. See the poster below!
Here's the teaser poster for John Carter courtesy of Apple:
John Carter is based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' sci-fi novels, whose highly imaginative adventures served as inspiration for many filmmakers, both past and present. The film 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 Thoris (Lynn Collins). Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands. Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Daryl Sabara, Polly Walker, Bryan Cranston and Thomas Hayden Church also star in the film, which hits theaters on March 9th, 2012.
19 Comments
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I agree with Ethan on the movie title change, but that's a pretty slick poster design though! It grabbed MY attention..
Big Boss on Jun 15, 2011
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It's not just less cool sounding it's stupid. It makes the film harder to recognize, which is always a bad selling point. Seriously, even I wouldn't have known what this movie was, and skipped this article, unless Ethan had specific put the (proper) title in the first sentence.
Anonymous on Jun 16, 2011
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Nice, inventive font...can this be the modern day Star Wars?
Kamish on Jun 15, 2011
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LOL.
Georgelucas on Jun 15, 2011
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Star Wars was clearly influenced by the works of authors like Burroughs and Asimov
KantosKan on Jul 8, 2011
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Story sounds awesome. I think I'll read it. I hope the movie turns out well. It's got a pretty good cast.
Anonymous on Jun 15, 2011
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Andrew Stanton's directing, I have faith...
Farmer on Jun 15, 2011
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At least they kept the M in the JCM symbol.
George Caltsoudas on Jun 15, 2011
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Yes, but that's because the M stands for 'Movie'.
Anonymous on Jun 16, 2011
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33 is king. =)
Panda on Jun 15, 2011
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Amen
Anonymous on Jun 16, 2011
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probably the creepiest photo ive seen of kitsch but whatever. Â looking forward for the film!
Anonymous on Jun 15, 2011
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Droping 'of Mars' was a bad move, they just lost $100million on that poorly thought decicion.
David Banner on Jun 15, 2011
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Maybe the sequel will be called "John Carter of Mars"
Fox on Jun 15, 2011
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bleh. that poster hurts my eyes.
Angry Chief on Jun 15, 2011
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so... princess of mars is being produced by disney... too bad white man solves native problem story has already been done to death (most recently by Cameron).Â
dalidememoria on Jun 16, 2011
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too bad all those lackluster attempts were made when they should have gone straight to the source material (ERB)
EdgarRiceBurroughs on Jul 8, 2011
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