# What's up with "John Carter of Mars"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-john-carter-of-mars/338025 "2006-01-02T01:55:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-john-carter-of-mars/338025/1 "2006-01-02T01:55:53Z")
IMDB lists the _John Carter of Mars_ (former working title _Princess of Mars)_ movie as “in production” and due to be released in 2006. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401729/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401729/) Beyond that, we haven’t heard much about it. Rotten Tomatoes says only that John Favreau landed the director slot, and that was back in October. [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=248581](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=248581) Which makes a 2006 release date seem optimistic. Does anybody know anything about the status of the project? ---
**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:** [January 2, 2006, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-john-carter-of-mars/338025/2 "2006-01-02T10:55:55Z")
After a swap of a Director like that, there will be script rewrites, new pre-production art and designs and decisions to make… and then, really it’s only been two months, as they will be taking time off right now. So you can’t expect any news for quite a while. Perhaps check around again in six months time? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-john-carter-of-mars/338025/3 "2006-01-02T22:27:57Z")
Yeah, I guess you’re right . . . sure hope it’s worth waiting for, and not another _Sky Captain_ . . . ---
**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 4, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-john-carter-of-mars/338025/4 "2006-01-04T18:29:56Z")
Empire interviews Favreau: [http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=17774](http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=17774) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-john-carter-of-mars/338025/5 "2006-01-04T19:03:42Z")
I would LIKE to think they could do a decent job of it, but they’re clearly thinking family film, which means the Princess is gonna dress like Princess Naboo, not Slave Leia (as in most of the pulp art that accompanies the John Carter of Mars stories). So I’m kinda dffident about it. I’d like to see it done and done well, but I don’t think it’s gonna happen. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-john-carter-of-mars/338025/6 "2006-01-04T20:06:47Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > the Princess is gonna dress like Princess Naboo, not Slave Leia And the sex scenes should involve laying eggs. :rolleyes: (Note green smiley) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-john-carter-of-mars/338025/7 "2006-01-04T21:21:53Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > And the sex scenes should involve laying eggs. :rolleyes: > (Note green smiley) Green smiley or not, I’m not sure I get your point. Egg-laying women would be novel indeed, but once again, not for a family film. Not unless they handled it very … I’m not even sure there’s a word for how they should handle it … I just don’t think “tastefully” can apply here. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-john-carter-of-mars/338025/8 "2006-01-04T22:22:04Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > I just don’t think “tastefully” can apply here. That pretty well sums it up. Your basic Burroughs fan will expect nekkid, egg laying green women and he’s gonna get them in long robes attended by Jedi knights with metal swords. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-john-carter-of-mars/338025/9 "2006-01-04T22:52:19Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > I would LIKE to think they could do a decent job of it, but they’re clearly thinking family film . . . Well, when you think about it, Burroughs did write his novels for a juvenile audience and there is nothing risque in them. When Tarzan gets Jane alone, all he does is kiss her. But then, a near-naked Deja Thoris would not be at all inconsistent with that, in an age when any child can see similar sights at any beach.