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Jim Hill has garnered some news recently relating to the rumoured John Carter of Mars trilogy Pixar is planning. Hill points to these domains the Mouse House has recently registered in evidence of the production.

  • JOHNCARTERANDTHEGODSOFMARS.COM
  • JOHNCARTERANDTHEWARLORDOFMARS.COM
  • GODSOFMARSMOVIE.COM
  • GODSOFMARSMOVIE.COM
  • THEGODSOFMARSMOVIE.COM
  • THEGODSOFMARSMOVIE.COM
  • THEWARLORDOFMARSMOVIE.COM
  • THEWARLORDOFMARSMOVIE.COM
  • WARLORDOFMARSMOVIE.COM
The Gods of Mars is the second book in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars series, the first being A Princess of Mars.

According to what Mouse House insiders recently told me, Mark Andrews (i.e. the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of "Ratatouille") has allegedly already completed a first pass on a screenplay for the first film in the proposed "Mars" series. And given that both Pixar and Disney execs have reportedly responded very enthusiastically to Andrews’ script … Well, both companies are now anxious to put this project in the development pipeline ASAP.

says Hill. Hill also says that the film might be slated for a 2012 release date or possibly earlier, this is of course, depending on how well The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian performs at the box office this year. If Prince Caspian does not meet expectations at the box office, Hill says that the Mouse House will likely go forward with The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and then pull the plug on the Narnia series, using the JCoM trilogy to fill the gaps in the release schedule.

Hill also puts Jim Morris, who moved from Lucasfilm in 2005 to Pixar, as the producer of the series. Your thoughts? Read the full article here

Last modified: March 17, 2008