Jun 15 2009Gambit is John Carter (of Mars)
Taylor Kitsch, the man with the playing cards, staff, and magenta dress shirt in Wolverine, has been given the lead in Pixar's live-action adaptation of John Carter of Mars, while Lynn Collins, also unfortunate enough to have explained the X-man's origins, is set to co-star. Says The Hollywood Reporter:
Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins will star in "John Carter of Mars," the adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs book series that Andrew Stanton is directing for Disney."Carter" centers on a civil war veteran who finds himself mysteriously transported to Mars, where his involvement with warring races of the dying planet force him to rediscover his humanity.
Kitsch will play the title character, while Collins is playing Dejah Thoris, heir to the throne of Mars' Helium kingdom.
Collecting actors from Wolverine seems an odd choice, given that the most commonly-gathered thing from that movie is contempt, but I guess these two are as good as anyone else to sell the unlikely story of A Civil War Veteran in Mars' Helium Court. With Disney pulling the strings, I'm just happy it isn't Family Favorite Adventurer Brendan Fraser and his Hammy, Wide-Eyed Stares of Mars.
Reader Comments
1. Dream Man - June 15, 2009 2:12 PM
Brendan Fraser is America's greatest green screen actor.
2. Will Dearborn - June 15, 2009 2:32 PM
It's not Pixar's movie.
It's Disney produced and Andrew Stanton is directing it. It's also being aimed at a PG-13 rating.
3. Squadcar - June 15, 2009 2:58 PM
Soooooo, bad casting then?
4. Squadcar - June 15, 2009 3:01 PM
Bummer that Pixar isn't making this. I don't think it'll translate as a live action flick.
5. TVD - June 15, 2009 3:21 PM
If the Director's Guild wasn't such a bunch of tools, Robert Rodriguez would have finished this years ago.
6. Hal - June 15, 2009 3:56 PM
I can live with this, and #5. - the last thing we needed was Rodriguez making this to show off his (Now Ex) Girlfriend's Ta-Ta's.
7. Jon - June 15, 2009 9:07 PM
Magenta dress shirt? Magenta = red.
8. Pat - June 16, 2009 11:41 AM
I tried to read these books — I really did — but they were way too dry for my liking. I wonder how this is going to translate to film and/or if anyone is still interested in this character besides the nostalgia factor involved.
9. frank - June 16, 2009 3:18 PM
I'd love to see a modern movie with Burrough's sense of wonder and mythology, but I highly doubt this will be it.
10. Rhialto - June 16, 2009 6:07 PM
I like all the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs.I'm looking forward!
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