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John Carter of Mars: Fact or Fiction?

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Just3D points out the following IMDB movie page. It is the page of John Carter of Mars, and it sports some news which I don’t seem to believe.

John Carter of Mars (2009)

Directed by

Andrew Stanton
Bob Peterson (co-director)

Writing credits

Edgar Rice Burroughs (novel) and
Pete Docter (story)
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Read the full info…

Release Date:

2009 (USA) more

Genre:

Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi more

Plot Summary:

Civil War vet John Carter is transplanted to Mars, where he discovers a lush, wildly diverse planet… more

Production Notes/Status:
Status: Announced
Comments: On the back burner at Paramount for the time being
Status Updated: 28 December 2006
Note: Since this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely.

Now I find this a little unbelieveable, as for it to come out in 2009, Andrew Stanton would have to be working on 2 projects at once, that is, WALL-E and this project. It still might be a Pixar project however, as they have nothing set for release in 2009. Still, the timing doesn’t feel right to me. John Lasseter has only been reported to have aquired the rights to this recently. If it was CG, you need at least 4 or 5 to put it through production. They would only have 2 1/2 years left really. That is of course, unless they didn’t already start on it without the rights with the knowledge that they would aquire the rights.

What do you think? Fact or fiction? Leave a comment below and let us know.

Last modified: March 15, 2007