John Carter of Mars casting sheet

Here are some roles from a casting sheet for the upcoming Pixar John Carter of Mars film that have made their way to the internet:

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

I’m going to try out for STABLE BOY, I think I can make the cut!

Willem Dafoe briefly mentions his Tars Tarkas role

Willem Dafoe briefly mentioned his upcoming Tars Tarkas role in an interview on AICN, where he mentioned the role will be a mix of live-action and CGI. Read it yourself with excitingly hard to read blue font!

More John Carter of Mars casting

Three new names for John Carter of Mars!

Thomas Haden Church, rumored to be Tars Tarkas not long ago, has been confirmed in Pixar’s John Carter of Mars as Tal Hajus, one of the evil Green Martian Tharks. He was the Jeddak when John carter first came to Mars and is eventually killed by Tars Tarkas. But the synopsis for the character given says he is “an ambitious and vicious Thark warrior who is biding his time to be a ruler.” Does that mean a plot change?

Also joining the cast is Mark Strong as Matai Shang, leader of the Holy Therns (the White Martians) I believe they are only in the second and third books (I don’t remember them in the first, but I could be wrong) so there is either foreshadowing, or they are combining stories and making it way confusing.

The third new name is James Purefoy as Kantos Kan, the Red Martian John Carter befriends while stuck in a gladiator-like event, who is a captain in the Helium (a Red Martian city) army.

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Lynn Collins on John Carter of Mars

Lynn Collins, who will be playing Dejah Thoris in the upcoming Pixar John Carter of Mars, gives a brief hint of what the pre-production is doing. She says Dejah Thoris is “a priestess of science and letters.” And spills more to MTV:

“We’re actually getting into some hair and makeup tests this week to see what the look is like,” said Collins. “It’s really collaborative and really creative and I’m really excited about it.I think they’re going more like a really great tan, like the best-tan-you-can-ever-imagine type of thing.”

“We went to Pixar and saw some of the workups of some of the fighting that we have to do. I was like, ‘Oh my god, there’s just no guy better for the job. He’s so athletic and wonderful and such a great actor and so positive.’”

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Asylum's Princess of Mars gets stills!

UPDATE: READ OUR REVIEW OF PRINCESS OF MARS NOW!

See John Carter of Mars! And the first Tars Tarkas that will make it to a completed film. Barsoom makes it to movie form! Take that, Pixar! You couldn’t deal with the small fact of public domain! That even means TarsTarkas.NET could make a Princess of Mars film, even though it couldn’t be shown in the UK because it is still under copyright there, IIRC. But, whatever. Asylum is no stranger to doing ERB works, having done The Land That Time Forgot earlier this year (and coincidentally enough, I forgot to bother to review it!)

Production stills uploaded to the Asylum page show us what we can expect from Princess of Mars…

John Carter and Tars Tarkas:
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It is beefcake Antonio Sabato, Jr. as John Carter, Doctor of ER! Or something…
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That’s a pretty Earthy Barsoom…

Sure, Tars Tarkas has only two arms, but Matt Lasky, who plays Tars Tarkas, has posted comments on TarsTarkas.NET. Let’s see Willem DaFoe do that!
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No images of Traci Lords as Dejah Thoris, or any knowledge if she will be red, or if she will be naked. The mind wonders, because Traci Lords is totally not associated with nudity….

Thanks to Undead Backbrain and Avery

John Carter of Mars – more casting

More casting news on the John Carter of Mars front:

Samantha Morton, Dominic West and Polly Walker are joining the film

Samantha Morton will be playing Sola, the secret daughter of Tars Tarkas who also trains John Carter when he first gets to Barsoom

Dominic West will play the evil Zodangan prince Sab Than, who you may recall is part of the civil war fun

Polly Walker will play the evil Sarkoja, who exposed Tars Tarkas’s lover, thus causing her death.

The fact all those characters are there gives hope they are following the book pretty closely. And thank goodness there is no Tracy Lords in the cast.

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