You might have heard about a new John Carter of Mars movie...
...bud did you know about the movie versions that went as far as having test reels produced?
In 1931, legendary animator Bob Clampett worked with John Coleman Burroughs (Edgar Rice's son) to create the following piece...
No movie studio was interested in backing the project.
Most told Clampett that their audiences has no interest in "realistic" animation!
(The Fleischer Brothers proved them wrong with Superman in 1941...)
In 2004, Kerry Conran pitched a John Carter movie done in almost total CGI...
...like the movie he just completed, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow!
If Sky Captain had done better business at the box office, Kerry undoubtedly would have been given the green light.
But, it didn't, and he wasn't.
The film that finally was produced after years of delays, rewrites, and changes in writers, directors, and cast, opens March 9th...
Looks good, and I'm hopeful it'll begin a franchise...
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had everything going for it, except a decent lead actor!
