10 Unfinished Movie Franchises That Are Still Worth Watching
Although these movie franchises didn't have a proper ending, they still have redeeming qualities, meaning that they're still worth checking out.
Adapted from Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars, Disney's John Carter brings the author's Barsoom series to life. When American Confederate Civil War captain John Carter accidentally transports himself to Mars, he soon becomes entangled in the planet's own internal power struggles. Using the increased strength and speed afforded to him by Mars' atmosphere, Carter fights to achieve peace on the distant planet known by the natives as Barsoom.
Although these movie franchises didn't have a proper ending, they still have redeeming qualities, meaning that they're still worth checking out.
Transported to Barsoom, a Civil War vet discovers a barren planet seemingly inhabited by 12-foot tall barbarians. Finding himself prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter Woola and a princess in desperate need of a savior.
Andrew Stanton's John Carter 2 & 3 were canceled long before they could see the light of the day - here's what we know about their unrealized stories.
John Carter director Andrew Stanton reveals detailed plans for the two John Carter sequels, which remain unmade after the first movie flopped in 2012.
John Carter has a legacy of being a Disney box-office bomb, but it almost was the first feature-length animated movie ever, beating Snow White.
Though John Carter's legacy is, unfortunately, one of disaster, as it reaches its 10th anniversary of release, fans can learn more about the movie.
Tom Cruise campaigned hard for the part of John Carter, but he still didn't get it. It is possible that his casting may have saved the series.
John Carter actor Lynn Collins has opened up about the devastating effect the film's failure had on her and her career as a woman in film.
Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise once lobbied for the starring role in Disney's infamous 2012 live-action box office bomb John Carter.
The cast and crew of John Carter open up about what went wrong with the live-action movie adaptation in new interviews for its 10th anniversary.
John Carter director Andrew Stanton reveals for the first time his plans for the opening scenes of the abandoned sequel, titled Gods of Mars.
The classic pulp hero, John Carter of Mars, is returning in a brand new comic series of the same title coming from Dynamite this April.
A look at John Carter Of Mars, Cavaliers of Mars, and other RPGs set in the uniquely baroque "Planetary Romance" subgenre of science fiction.
Marital strife on Mars in the face of a universal apocalypse! Sounds like a perfect problem for the Dejah Thoris and John Carpenter of Mars to solve.
Disney sci-fi movies keep struggling, with John Carter, Tomorrowland, and others failing to launch franchises — but Avatar 2 can break the curse.
When a studio feels it has a "sure thing," they pull out all the promotional stops. These box office flops should have been great successes.
Disney eventually adapted John Carter for the big screen in 2012, but it was far from the first attempt at turning the sci-fi property into a movie.
Disney keeps trying, but failing, to launch new sci-fi franchises with movies like TRON: Legacy and Tomorrowland, typically for the same reasons.
Disney keeps trying and failing to launch a successful new movie franchise, with Artemis Fowl being just their latest misfire - but why?
John Carter remains one of Disney’s biggest flops, so what caused this sci-fi epic to be written off as one of the company’s greatest mistakes?
John Carter was a box office flop, and Total Recall is to blame — because the 1990 sci-fi classic borrowed content from the former's source material.
Disney's John Carter was supposed to be the first in a franchise, although it bombed upon release. Here's why the sci-fi epic deserves revisiting.