Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Gill & Stanton, Together Again...


The trades are reporting that William Dafoe, who played Gill in Andrew Stanton's "Finding Nemo" film, will be staring in "John Carter of Mars." Dafoe will be Tars Tarkas, a leader of the Thark race who befriends Carter and will be seen throughout the series of books(and films should this one be successful). This more than likely means he's going to be doing a lot of MoCap, just as Andy Serkis did with Gollum back in "The Lord of the Rings." It's expected that Defoe has signed on for multiple films.

Developing...

2 comments:

DME Medical Supplies said...

"Defore will Tars Tarkas"? Is that some ancient Martian tongue? ;)

I'm looking forward to this. And I like Dafoe a lot, so I've got no problem with that casting. But it will be very interesting to see how--and if--they can pull this off. I'm hoping for something like Lord of the Rings which, while it may not have pleased everybody, did as much justice to the books as films every likely could.

If anybody can do it, I'd guess it's Pixar and Andrew Stanton. I hope they do. So far, most of the news I've heard has been sounding good.

Dafoe has a great voice. Can't wait for a trailer.

Justin said...

Hey Honor, his name is "Willem Dafoe". Check the IMDB link that you posted for proper spelling.