While I will forever refer to Disney's John Carter as John Carter of Mars, after the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel upon which it's based, I have to say I'm excited to see Andrew Stanton's big screen version which, after winning an Academy Award for Wall-E, is his live-action debut. It's also the first live-action film for Pixar. It's been a while since we've had anything on this film. The image released today via their Facebook page shows a Helium Airship that matches the previously released concept art. Pretty cool. (Another cool thing, the Stanton cowrote the screenplay with novelist Michael Chabon.)

Starring Taylor Kitsch in the title role, (and I have no idea if he'll satisfy the ERB fans, but he's kinda hot) it's the story of a war-weary, former military captain, who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the wildly diverse planet whose main inhabitants are 12-foot tall green barbarians, 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.

In addition to Kitsch, Dafoe and Collins, John Carter also stars Samantha Morton, Ciaran Hinds (woot!), Dominic West (woot!), James Purefoy (woot,woot!),  Mark Strong (triple woot!), Daryl Sabara, Polly Walker, Bryan Cranston and Thomas Hayden Church. John Carter is scheduled for theatrical release on March 9th, 2012 just about everywhere. 

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