JOHN CARTER OF MARS loses MARS

Of all the already exciting aspects we had for JOHN CARTER OF MARS, the most exciting certainly has to be FINDING NEMO and WALL-E director Andrew Stanton in the directors chair. It will be his first live action feature, and he seems to be going all out on the project. He is an immensely talented filmmaker, and there is no doubt he will bring his best to the film.

However, in a turn that seems to be for marketing purposes, JOHN CARTER OF MARS will now be known as JOHN CARTER. Continue reading “JOHN CARTER OF MARS loses MARS” →

JOHN CARTER OF MARS update from Andrew Stanton

There’s a little bug going around that’s pulling some of Pixar’s biggest directors out of the animation world and placing them firmly in live-action land. First, we have THE INCREDIBLES director Brad Bird directing MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL, and now we have FINDING NEMO and WALL-E director Andrew Stanton bringing JOHN CARTER OF MARS to the big screen.

Although principal photography is complete on JOHN CARTER, Stanton is now in what he is calling digital principal photography, claiming this stage will take the rest of the year. Continue reading “JOHN CARTER OF MARS update from Andrew Stanton” →

JOHN CARTER OF MARS will be scored by Michael Giacchino

Right now, Michael Giacchino is a force to be reckoned with as far as film scores are concerned. Last year was a really big year for him; he wrote two of the most enthralling scores – STAR TREK and Pixar’s UP. His work on the latter ended up winning him the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Needless to say, producers want him to score their films, and we just found out what one of his next projects will be. Continue reading “JOHN CARTER OF MARS will be scored by Michael Giacchino” →