Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Teasing Mars...

Put Mars back in John Carter...








Walt Disney Pictures has released the first teaser poster for its spring 2012 tent pole feature...

"John Carter" (formerly "of Mars") will be Andrew Stanton's first live-action film will be out on March 9, 2012. I hope that Stanton's talent and love of the material create a modern classic, but I still hate the title change. John Carter of Mars sounds like a great, pulpy adventure. John Carter sounds like a bio-pic that George Clooney is staring in that follows a downsized, corporate suit as he learns to reconnect with the wife and child he neglected. Sigh.

Does it mean that the film is doomed? Not at all. Andrew Stanton is a very talented director that knows a lot about story. I expect all that he's learned in the Brain Trust at the Lamp to be instilled into the very fiber of this adaptation. It's just the lack of enthusiasm about selling a film that has such an uninspired title. Let's see if our fears our calmed when the teaser is released later this summer.

Time will tell...

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Its almost like the name of the post describes the title change, From "classic" to Wreck-It.

Slinky Dog said...

This title-changing business is ridiculous. Change it back!

In spite of that, I trust Stanton will deliver an excellent film like he always has.

Anonymous said...

Rich Ross is a GENIUS!

bobd said...

Hm. I can't help but notice that the poster features a giant J, C and an M! Maybe somebody designed this poster before they dropped the "of Mars"?

William Jardine said...

Completely agree about the name... sounds less epic.

kevinwillis.net said...

And comments on the poster? I absolutely hate the poster. I hope they do better going forward.