John Carter 2012 - Reviews
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- The film is based on a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs ' A Princess of Mars »(A Princess of Mars, 1911).
- To realize the vision of the film into a full script, Favreau invited Mark Fergus .
- In 2004, on the set of " Sin City " (2005) was a scandal, when Robert Rodriguez decided to withdraw from membership of "Directors Guild of America." After Robert left the guild, the Paramount had no how to remove it from the director's office, which happened in May 2004.
- In early 1931, Robert Klampett - maker Porky pig and a variety of cartoons Looney Tunes - suggested Edgar Burroughs film "John Carter on Mars" in the form of the first ever full-length animated cartoon. Burroughs accepted the offer.
- Klampett and Burroughs enthusiastically plunged into the pre-production paintings, creating sketches, miniature sculptures of characters, sketching scenarios, as well as making a black and white test footage, which was supposed to show the direction in which they saw the screen version of the book. Burrows and Klampett consider the future of painting as a serious science fiction. But MGM studio saw the film in a completely different light - a light comedy with hooligan hero. Discrepancy in views led to the fact that after a year the project went on the shelf.
- At the end of the 1950s, Ray Harrihausen expressed an interest in staging the picture.
- In the 1970s, even before the "Star Wars" George Lucas was interested in the production of the film.
- About again seriously talking only in 1980, when Disney decided to have a game now in the wake of the success of " Star Wars " and " Conan ." Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio was commissioned to write the script. Mario Kassar and Andrew G.. Vajna were co-produce a picture at his studio Carolco. MakTirnanu John offered to put a picture and Tom Cruise was planned to take on a major role. However, significant manufacturing scale and imperfect at the time of special effects did not allow the project to move forward.
- In the 1990s, Jeffrey Katzenberg expressed interest in the project, but further talks did not get.
- "John Carter of Mars" again appeared on kinogorizonte to zero when the huge success of " Lord of the Rings " and " Harry Potter " has pushed many of the studio to the resuscitation of old projects in the fantasy genre.
- Having convinced Paramount studio to buy up the film rights, James Jacks and Sean Daniel hired Mark Protasiewicz to write the script.
- In 2003, their team was joined by Robert Rodriguez , who agreed to put a picture and along with his wife , Elizabeth Avellan , perform one of the producers. According to Rodriguez, he planned to start filming in early 2005, with the possible title of the film "Princess of Mars" and "John Carter of Mars." Robert wanted to make a film on the same technology as the " Sin City " (2005) - the digital camera on a blue screen.
- After the departure of Rodriguez's studio has hired Kerry Conran as a director, shortly before snyavshego on a similar technology as the " Sin City " (2005), " Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow " (2004).
- Kerry Conran drew Ehren Kruger for a new version of the script. Kerry and Eren planned to modernize the story, to make the story more contemporary.
- During 2005, was an active pre-production pattern: concept art have been created to look for locations for the film, the bulk of which was to be held in Australia.
- However, in September 2005 Kerry Conran left the project, and October 5, 2005 it was announced that Jon Favreau will lead the setting of the picture.
- Jon Favreau said: 1) Staying true to the spirit of the book. 2) Despite the abundance of planned CGI-effects, the use of optical effects, shooting on location and in the scenery, thus stepping up the idea of shooting the film on a blue screen. 3) Build the plot of the film in a completely different vein, paying attention in the first place and then the hero adventure. Favreau cited the example of " Planet of the Apes " (1968), which tells about the personal journey of the hero in an unusual world, learn about the culture and society of another civilization, as a result of their understanding and starting to interact with them. The same approach he planned to use during the film adaptation of "John Carter from Mars." 4) liberally used along with the CGI-effects, mechanical effects. 5) Return the effect of the twenty-first century, back to the Civil War. 6) Stick to the book in relation to creating an image of three / four-meter Martians (previously it was assumed that the Martians will be the same height with humans).
- In April 2006, Mark Fergus finished the script and Jon Favreau created a blog on myspace, specially dedicated to the future of film. It is headed by Favreau project as close to that, to finally come true on the silver screen.
- However, at the same time actively Paramount was the development of yet another big-budget sci-fi project - restart "Star Trek." As a result, the studio opted for the movie JJ Abrams , once again putting the "John Carter on Mars" on the shelf. Despite the cancellation of the project, Jon Favreau and Paramount have remained on good terms: Favreau is entrusted adaptation of " Iron Man " (2008), one of the writers of which was Mark Fergus .
- In 2006, Paramount did not renew their film rights to the book, which in 2007 were re-purchased by Disney.
- In 2006, according to rumors, Robert Zemeckis could make a film, make it to the "technology of Beowulf " (2007) and " The Polar Express " (2004).
- Once Disney has announced that Pixar will manufacture the picture, the network immediately there were rumors that the film adaptation of the book will be embodied in the form of computer animation.
- In August 2007, Disney has registered several domains johncarterofmarsthemovie.
- In October 2007, it was officially announced that Andrew Stanton directed the film, and if it will be successful in commercial terms, the studio intends to make a trilogy.
- In March 2008, Andrew Stanton has completed the first version of the script.
- The premiere is to be held in 2012, exactly one hundred years later, after the first story of the Martian cycle Edgar Burroughs Rayca "Under the Martian moons," was first published in the journal «All-Story» (February 1912); and eighty years later, after it was announced intentions to film a book.
- The film crew had to work in difficult climatic conditions - in Henksville temperature rose to almost 50 ° C. During the filming of the participants in the desert shooting daily consumed more than 1360 liters of water.
- The film is dedicated to the memory of Steve Jobs .
Errors in the film
Attention! The list of errors in the film may contain spoilers. Be careful.
In the scene of the battle in the arena of the main character John Carter could easily get rid of the shackles, because the ring is driven into the stone, which was chained John was not closed.
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