# John Carter of Mars officially starts filming

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**Created:** [January 16, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-carter-of-mars-officially-starts-filming/525191 "2010-01-16T13:17:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-carter-of-mars-officially-starts-filming/525191/1 "2010-01-16T13:17:32Z")

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Principle photography started Jan 15. Could it, after 75+ years of attempts that this movie will come to fruition? Until it is actually showing in a theater I’m not calling it done, but this is a hopeful sign.

Not too thrilled by the casting, but The Pixar connection gives me some hope.

> **[JOHN CARTER OF MARS officially underway!](http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/43655)**
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> Hey folks, Harry here - and I have to say, I'm incredibly happy to say, "JOHN CARTER OF MARS is finally underway!" I've been dying to see Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic PRINCESS OF MARS adapted to the screen, and although I spent a lengthy...

Brian

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**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-carter-of-mars-officially-starts-filming/525191/2 "2010-01-16T13:37:45Z")

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> [@N9IWP](#):
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> [JOHN CARTER OF MARS officially underway!](http://www.aintitcool.com/node/43655)

Woah, Samantha Morton is going to be in John Carter of Mars??? Oh, I am so there. I love it when such an uber-indie artist shows up in huge budget pictures. She was also in Minority Report (Agatha the pre-cog). I’ve been a fan ever since 1995’s Band of Gold series.

Pixar? Samantha? It’s all good.

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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-carter-of-mars-officially-starts-filming/525191/3 "2010-01-16T14:01:04Z")

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-Are the actors all going to be nekkid??😃

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-carter-of-mars-officially-starts-filming/525191/4 "2010-01-16T14:52:10Z")

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I think this is one movie that the fans will insist stay as close to the descriptions in the books as possible. 😃