# So WHEN Is The "John Carter of Mars"Movie Coming Out?

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**Created:** [August 14, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-the-john-carter-of-mars-movie-coming-out/259824 "2004-08-14T13:10:30Z")\
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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:** [August 14, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-the-john-carter-of-mars-movie-coming-out/259824/1 "2004-08-14T13:10:30Z")

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A few months back I saw a thread on this…that the classic E.R. Burroughs book would be made into a movie. Anybody know when the film is due out?  
And, will the martian women be as scantily clad as in the Ballentine book editions? 🆒

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-the-john-carter-of-mars-movie-coming-out/259824/2 "2004-08-14T13:15:56Z")

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Originally Robert Rodriguez wa going to direct, but that changed when they refused to let a Director who isn’t a member of the DGA take part, so he had to go. There is no official word of the new Director yet, but rumour has it that the guy who is doing _Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow_, Kerry Conran, is going to direct it.

So no progress until that has been officially announced.

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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:** [August 14, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-the-john-carter-of-mars-movie-coming-out/259824/3 "2004-08-14T13:29:23Z")

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More precisely, he wanted to co-direct a DIFFERENT movie (Sin City with Frank Miller)

Brian

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-the-john-carter-of-mars-movie-coming-out/259824/4 "2004-08-16T23:53:55Z")

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According to Movies Online ([http://www.moviesonline.ca/details\_news.php?id=624](http://www.moviesonline.ca/details_news.php?id=624)) and Killer Movies ([http://www.killermovies.com/p/aprin...icles/4284.html](http://www.killermovies.com/p/aprin...icles/4284.html)), Kerry Conran, director of _Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow,_ will be directing Paramount’s _Princess of Mars._

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-the-john-carter-of-mars-movie-coming-out/259824/5 "2004-08-17T03:41:18Z")

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Didn’t I say that already?

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-the-john-carter-of-mars-movie-coming-out/259824/6 "2004-08-17T03:42:15Z")

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> [@GuanoLad](#):
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> Didn’t I say that already?

Yeah, but only as a rumor.