JohnCarter 2: Director Andrew Stanton reveals plot of cancelled sequel 'Gods of Mars' for the first time.
John Carter's disappointing commercial and critical reception is more famous than the movie itself. Director Andrew Stanton's would-be franchise-starter had so much promise that the mere idea of underperforming seemed out of the question. But on March 9, 2012, the movie that Stanton had waited decades to make opened to lackluster numbers and negative critical reviews.
During a recent interview with The Wrap, Stanton revealed plot details for that canceled sequel, titled Gods of Mars, for the first time: Originally intended to kick off a film trilogy adapting Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom books, the one-and-done John Carter failed due to several problems that were nearly impossible to predict when the production was greenlit. One of the biggest hurdles that the project never cleared was its ill-fated marketing campaign. During production, Disney's new movie marketing head MT Carney decided to drop "of Mars" from the title.
We won't ever see Gods of Mars on the big screen , so this new information is the closest we'll get to experiencing what could have been.
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