John Carter of Mars

Andrew Stanton, the director of Finding Nemo and WALL•E, has found the leads for his first live action endeavor, John Carter of Mars. Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins, who recently co-starred in Wolverine, will be playing John Carter and Dejah Thoris, respectively.

Taylor Kitsch



























Lynn Collins

























John Carter is the star of a series of pulp adventures, the Barsoom series, written by Edgar Rice Burroughs between 1912 and 1964. Burroughs is more famous for his other pulp creation, Tarzan. Carter was a veteran of the American Civil War who found himself transported to the planet Mars. The novels follow his adventures with the native species of the Red Planet.