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. We have a couple of new images, one which shows one of the giant White Apes that  Taylor Kitsch as the title character, encounters almost as soon as he gets to Mars. We also have a new pic of Kitsch.  John Carter also stars Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, James Purefoy, Dominic West (okay, that's enough. I can't take any more). Andrew Stanton, who won Academy Awards for Wall-E and Finding Nemo and whose other previous animated credits include Toy Story 1-3 and Monsters,Inc. makes his live-action directorial debut with this film. Stanton also co-wrote the screenplay, with novelist Michael Chabon, which makes me even more excited to see this.

Disney's official synopsis:

"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 {US Civil} 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."

John Carter will be released in the UK, US & Canada on 9 March 2012.