John Carter : A Princess of Mars

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cannot wait. is Pixar doing the CGI? not just animation but CGI that's suppose to be real and interacting with live action actors?
 
Octoberist said:
cannot wait. is Pixar doing the CGI? not just animation but CGI that's suppose to be real and interacting with live action actors?
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I would assume so.
 
Yeah, they are. Considering about half of them used to work with ILM and still do a little on the side I think, it should look good.
 
It's interesting to see Pixar getting into live action stuff with this and 1906.
 
I wonder if Pixar's planning more live action stuff...
 
Shooting begins on soundstages in England in January while outdoor sets are being built in Utah.
 
Traci Lords?

Yes, sign me up. If her costume is accurate to the books and artwork.
 
terry78 said:
Traci Lords?

Yes, sign me up. If her costume is accurate to the books and artwork.
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Check the link...suit looks like Liea's slave outfit, and she's blonde....
 
Me too. If only to hit the slow motion button when blond Dejah Thoris comes on...

Anyway,

Ciaran Hinds - hellava a cast
“Update on Ciarán's next projects


We just have had confirmation that, after The Birds and Harry Potter, Ciarán has been cast in the new Disney feature, John Carter of Mars along with two of his costars of Rome, James Purefoy and Polly Walker.


Rumor has it that he is Tardos Mors ( Dejah’s Gran Father ) but that isn’t confirmed.

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Casting Call!

Synopsis: A damaged civil war veteran finds himself mysteriously transported to Mars where his involvements with warring races of the dying planet force him to rediscover his humanity.

[STABLE BOY] 9 yrs old, Mestizo – a mixture of European and Native American or Mexican decent, no lines, 1 scene

[DIX] The storekeeper, 40's – 50's, built like a lumberjack/longshoreman, strong & husky, 5 lines, 1 scene

[1ST ROWDY] Late 20's – early 30's, rough and dirty, worn looking, 1 line, 1 scene

[2ND ROWDY] Late 20's – early 30's, rough and dirty, worn looking, 1 line, 1 scene

[CAVALRYMAN/SERGEANT] Early 30's, clean cut, 2 lines, 1 scene

[US STOCKADE PRISON GUARD] Mid 20's – early 30's, clean cut, 4 lines, 2 scenes

[APACHE LEADER] 40's - 60s, Native American, must speak Apache, wise and experienced with a weathered face. Multiple lines, 1 scene

[TWITCHY CORPORAL] 20's - 30s, a shifty bad guy, not to be trusted. 1 line, 1 scene.

[YOUNG THARK WARRIOR] 20'S, tall (6' PLUS), athletic, experience working on stilts, MOTION PICTURE CAPTURE ROLE
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MOCAP Thark on stilts sounds interesting.
 
http://www.**************.com/fansites/BrentSprecher/news/?a=12602
 
C. Lee said:
Just heard that ASYLUM films is making a direct to video version with Antonio Sabato Jr as John Carter and Traci Lords as Dejah Thoris http://www.theasylum.cc/product.php?id=163 looks real bad.
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Every once in a while its worth going to their site to see some of the hilarious take-offs theyve made.

I'm actually surprised they havent done any superhero-type flicks; like Man of Iron or the Knight of Darkness....................
 
Interview with Mark Strong...

JOHN CARTER OF MARS

I actually saw Andrew Stanton when I was in London and spoke to him. He said he’s filming at Shepperton ’til April or something like that. So can you talk a little bit about…have you worked at Shepperton before? And are you looking forward to being in this crazy production?

Yeah, I mean I’ve worked at Shepperton and Pinewood. They’re the most famous British film studio lots. And Andrew wooed me with the storyboards that he had at the interview. He showed me his vision for the thing and it’s just mind-blowing and the knowledge that he’s made these “Finding Nemo” and “Wall-E” and he wrote “Toy Story”, so he’s a master storyteller and I think the fact that he’s been given the opportunity to direct live-action and a motion capture film together and in the light of “Avatar” knowing that these Pixar guys like to be in the vanguard of everything. You just know that he’s going to turn up something even better. So the opportunity came. I’ve very lucky to be in position to say, yeah I’d love to come and do this. There was no option really of turning it down. So it does feel like I’m doing a lot, but I don’t think that’s a bad thing because I’m gathering so much experience.

I don’t think it’s a bad thing at all. I don’t know if I’ve said to you before, I really enjoy your work and I’m very excited to see you in these projects. Can I ask you who you play in “John Carter”?

I play a character called Matai Shang and he is the ruler of a group of people called the Ferns who are like the old Olympian Gods. They exist….people aren’t really sure if they exist, but basically he’s a master of the Universe. They travel ’round keeping order in the Universe. So basically he exists over and above the Martians that exist on the planet. Like I say, he’s like an Olympian God. I mean getting to play Mati Shang Master of the Universe, it doesn’t get much better than that.

I think you’re right on that one. Is this a bigger part than say Eagle of the Ninth or The Way Back or is on that kind of a level for you?

No, no. He’s integral. He is, over the course of the 3 movies that they’re envisioning making and I’ve seen the synopsis of the 2nd and 3rd, basically and in the novels, Princess of Mars that Rice Burroughs wrote, Matai Shang is basically John Carter’s nemesis. So he comes into his own during the 2nd half of the current movie and then just basically gets bigger and bigger in the 2nd and 3rd.

How is that for you to sign on for a project that may or may not be a trilogy? I mean, is it a little nerve wracking or are you sort of like because it’s Andrew and their track record it’s 100% I’m in?

It’s extremely nerve wracking because what you have to do is understand that you’re committing to something in the future and if the first one is a huge success and they want to make the 2nd and 3rd, basically they have first call on you for a number of years. And basically you have to go back to Disney to make sure that they’re not planning on making their 2nd or 3rd installments so that you can go and do other work. So in a strange way it means there’s somebody hanging over you slightly, but in practice it means that if they are making it, it means that the 1st one has been a success and you’ll probably want to be involved so you won’t mind going and shooting it. And practically again, if they’re not shooting it they usually give you permission to go do something else. So it was a little nerve wracking because I’ve never signed up for a trilogy before, but I had to think about it and there was no reason to turn down this film. I mean, I couldn’t turn it down on that basis. On the basis of what might be. I just wanted to work with Andrew full stop.

Are they shooting John Carter, pardon me I don’t know if they’ve announced this or not, but are they shooting it in 3D?

I don’t believe so. Not that I know of, no. I’ve certainly never heard that or been told that. No, I know it’s a combination of live action and motion capture. That’s all I know for right now.

I spoke to Andrew after the Avatar screening Thursday night. And we were talking to him-a few people and I-about specifically Avatar and I could see the look in his eye about him seeing Avatar and he was mentioning something, you know like now he has to raise his game or now he has to sort of…I don’t want to say alter plans but you know I think Avatar is going to influence every filmmaker who’s working in motion capture of any kind because how could it not.

Yeah.

Do you think when you saw the test stuff for John Carter did it already look like it was pushing the boundaries for you at the time?

Oh my God yeah. I mean it looks phenomenal. I mean his conception of it is extraordinary. I mean it’s “Avatar” type territory and I think the point I was making before about these Pixar’s guys are always wanting to be in the vanguard. They want to be leading from the front. They’re giving the public stories that the public don’t even know they want. I mean a story about a fish? A story about an old guy keeping his house? On paper, these must seem like, you know, how on earth are you going to carry those things off. Talking toys? Come on. But they I think Andrew said they’re in the business of giving the public what they want before they know they want it. So I can totally imagine he’s gone to see “Avatar” and that’ll just set the cogs whirring in his brain and the twinkle in his eye because he’ll just want to surpass it, no question.

I’m curious with John Carter, when do you start filming and is this going to be one of the bigger sort of productions for you, because he is filming ’til April?

Yeah, I mean it’ll be enormous. I think it’s something like a $200 million budget. It starts in January and I actually go through to May. I think some of it is also filming in Utah, so it’s a 5 month production based largely in London with some exterior scenes in the desert I assume in Utah. So it’s a massive production.

Is that the biggest…will that be the biggest as far as shooting schedule will this be the biggest project you’ve worked on?

Probably yes, because you know I think “Sherlock’s” budget was $80 million and it took about 4 months. “Robin Hood” was up to about $150, I think. And that took 5 months. And “John Carter” is taking 5 months but the budget is even bigger. And I think the fact that it’s a science fiction movie and that it’s going to spend 2 years in post and not come out ’til 2012 means that the vision for it is enormous. And as you pointed out, in the light of “Avatar”, I think they are planning on creating something extraordinary.

Yeah, I can’t even imagine. So does this mean you actually have nothing scheduled past May? Does this mean a vacation is in order?

(laughter) It means exactly that. I do have to say though I’ve got a number of scripts that I’m reading. It’s that far in advance but people are still just checking on whether I’m available, so I feel in a very fortunate position but I think after “John Carter” I will just slow down a bit and pick and choose the best rather than gather all these various, you know cherry pick all these various things like I’ve been doing for the past couple of years. Simply because I’ve got about 5 or 6 movies coming out over the next year or two, and that’s plenty to be going on with. So I think the trick now is to find something really interesting and maybe a little different if I can.
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I'm looking forward to this myself. I just hope my boy Taylor Kitsch is up to the job. :p
 
I saw Asylum's Princess Of Mars this weekend, don't worry I didn't pay for it, my bud who works at a video store lent it to me. The movie is uniformly bad from top to bottom. Hell, you can even clearly see the rubber masks bunching up and the neck coming loose showing skin underneath.

I won't even get into acting because that Antoni guy and that porno chick can't act for crap and the girl's got so much botox that her face does not move and her dialog sounds like they paralyzed her jaw too.

Could go on, but you've seen Asylum's movies so you know.
 
ChickenScratch said:
I saw Asylum's Princess Of Mars this weekend, don't worry I didn't pay for it, my bud who works at a video store lent it to me. The movie is uniformly bad from top to bottom. Hell, you can even clearly see the rubber masks bunching up and the neck coming loose showing skin underneath.

I won't even get into acting because that Antoni guy and that porno chick can't act for crap and the girl's got so much botox that her face does not move and her dialog sounds like they paralyzed her jaw too.

Could go on, but you've seen Asylum's movies so you know.
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It should be on the Saturday night SyFy monster movie soon then.
 
Ratcrawler said:
Interview with Mark Strong...
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I’m curious with John Carter, when do you start filming and is this going to be one of the bigger sort of productions for you, because he is filming ’til April?

Yeah, I mean it’ll be enormous. I think it’s something like a $200 million budget. It starts in January and I actually go through to May. I think some of it is also filming in Utah, so it’s a 5 month production based largely in London with some exterior scenes in the desert I assume in Utah. So it’s a massive production.
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Damn 200 million budget. I hope Disney knows what it's doing.
 
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