The Hollywood Reporter tells us that Disney/Pixar are in the final stretch of negotiations to acquire the film rights to Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novels known as the John Carter of Mars series.
The 11-volume series began with the story titled “A Princess of Mars,” published serially in All-Story magazine in 1912 and in novel form in 1916. Burroughs wrote it in longhand, and the original manuscript lies in a vault at a Bank of America in Tarzana, Calif., the town that takes its name from Burroughs’ more famous creation, Tarzan.
says the HR.
Disney owned the rights in the 90’s, when Dreamworks Animation Studios CEO, Jeffrey Katzenberg worked there. In 2002, Paramount Pictures nabbed the rights, to turn it into a live action series.
Sources said Paramount let go of “Mars” about a year ago, and it was without a home until about a month ago, when Pixar, under John Lasseter’s direction, came calling out of the blue.
Disney have thus far, declined to comment.
Last modified: January 17, 2007
Hmmm . . . hope its under Disney that does this film (which seems interesting).
Simply because PIXAR likes things IN HOUSE.