See: New JOHN CARTER Official Photos

Check out some more JOHN CARTER photos in advance of the trailer coming out next Thursday!

That short alien creature is known as a Woola and the tall alien standing behind Taylor Kitsch is Tars Tarkas played by Willem Dafoe via motion capture.

Here's the storyline:
From Academy Award(R)-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton comes “John Carter”–a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). “John Carter” is based on a classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, whose highly imaginative adventures served as inspiration for many filmmakers, both past and present. The film tells the story of war-weary, former military captain John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe) and the captivating Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). In a world on the brink of collapse, Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.

Disney's JOHN CARTER is set for release on March 9, 2012.

Source: SFX

MUST SEE: New Poster For Disney's JOHN CARTER!

This is a project I really have high hopes for. Disney's JOHN CARTER (after having dropped the "OF MARS") is on digital principal production right now and for the rest of the year. The studio has made available an early look through this teaser poster!

Love the font use in this - and the transparent red reminds me of the work Marvel did with THOR's posters. Nice job.

The movie is based on the classic sci-fi novel A PRINCESS OF MARS by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Here's the movie's storyline:
Civil War vet John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the lush and wildly diverse planet, including Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe) and the captivating Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). In a world whose main inhabitants are 12-foot tall green barbarians and is on the brink of collapse, Carter discovers that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.

Director: Andrew Stanton
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Producers: Susan Montford, Colin Wilson, Jim Morris
Screenplay: Michael Chabon
Cast: Taylor Kitsch, Willem Dafoe, Mark Strong, Ciarán Hinds, James Purefoy, Dominic West, Lynn Collins
Release Date: Friday March 9, 2012

More on JOHN CARTER when I get it!!

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