Pixar’s John Carter of Mars

Apparently Pixar is after Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars franchise. We all know and love Pixar… and we love Edgar Rice Burroughs… so maybe Pixar and John Carter of Mars can be two great tastes that taste great together.

From the Hollywood Reporter:

“Paramount Pictures nabbed the rights to the series in 2002 with Jim Jacks and Sean Daniel as producers. The project was a revolving door for directors: Robert Rodriguez was going to do it before he resigned from the DGA over “Sin City,” Kerry Conrad made a notable presentation when he was eyeing it as his follow-up to “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow,” and Jon Favreau was attached before going off to do “Iron Man.”Sources said Paramount let go of “Mars” about a year ago, and it was without a home until about a month ago, when Pixar, under John Lasseter’s direction, came calling out of the blue.A representative of the Burroughs estate said the studio was acquiring the live-action rights for a possible tentpole franchise. However, sources at Disney believed “Mars” to be headed for animated adaptation.” If you’re not in the know, John Carter of Mars (pictured above as illustrated by Frank Frazetta) is a human, originally from Virgina, who finds himself on Mars after a mysterious encounter with Apache’s at the turn of the 20th Century. Using the weaker gravity of Mars to his advantage John becomes an adventurer on the red planet.

Read more at Wikipedia