Two X-mutants are heading to Mars!
Taylor Kitsch who played Gambit along with Lynn Collins who played Silver Fox in last month’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine have both been added to the cast of the upcoming John Carter of Mars film adaptation based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ series of novels.
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It looks like playing Gambit was the young Canadian actor’s breakthrough role as it helped land him the title role in this big budget film (and possible trilogy). Collins will be playing Dejah Thoris, the damsel in distress and heir to the throne of Mars’ Helium kingdom. She is of course the love interest of John Carter.
Directing the film is Andrew Stanton who will be making his debut into live-action with this project. The film will be absolutely littered with CGI effects to bring to life the various creatures depicted in the stories so he won’t be straying too far off the track he set with Wall-E and Finding Nemo.
The film will be rated PG-13 and is hoped to kick off a franchise of blockbusters similar to the size and scale of Pirates of the Caribbean. If this is a success (which I hope it is) Taylor will be hitting it big time and it will help build him a hefty profile which my lead to him getting that Gambit solo film that’s been widely speculated for some time. Up until this point, that film was the least likely of the potential spin-off films by Fox Studios because of Taylor not being very well-known or bankable as of yet. That looks to be changing with this news.
The last we heard on the John Carter of Mars film project prior to today was that screenwriter and novelist Michael Chabon had been hired to help do some revisions on the “already strong script.” With major casting announcements confirmed today, we can expect to see some more major movement on this project and maybe some updates at next month’s Comic-Con. For more information on the film and what the director had to say about it back in January, check out our article on Andrew Stanton discussing the project.
John Carter of Mars will likely open in 2012 and is set to start filming this November.
Source: THR
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15 Comments
Oh my god… I’m so excited for this movie only because Taylor has been cast, I loved his Gambit and this is hopefully going to make him get the solo movie!!! or at least another appearance in a X movie with a bigger and better role!
Im way stoked for this!!! I am so ready to fall in love with a new trilogy with a exciting world to explore!
Yes, this one looks like a good idea, a lot of potential visually and action wise.
So Im guessing this won’t look like those Frazetta paintings at all eh?
I’m glad that this is still going forward since we’ve been disappointed before. I still wonder how they will handle Dejah Thoris, the largely nude Red Martian princess of Helium.
Did you guys know that supposedly Angelic Pictures has the rights to PIRATES OF VENUS, another Burroughs pulp classic, and according to their site, they are releasing it next year? Does anyone know whats going on there?
this is beyond blaaa
Leave it to disney to cast more bubblegum actors. Come on. Did you even read the book or series? John Carter, is a mature adult male character. Jason Stratham, Thomas Jane, Karl Urban even Vin Diesel. If you want a character actor to portray it properly, change it! Dejah Thoris,young and velumptuous scantly clad body would respectfully bring a “PG” rating. Not another run way SKINNY MODEL. Don’t ruin it for us fans. Disney used to make a few good films. Where’s the reseach? Don’t forget Martians lay eggs.
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