Edgar Rice Burroughs’ books (John Carter of Mars, The Gods of Mars, A Princess of Mars) are public domain, which means anyone can create works based on his books. Of course, Disney and Andrew Stanton’s are currently prepping John Carter of Mars, which apparently inspired ASYLUM (Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus, Transmorphers: Fall of Man) to create their take on A Princess of Mars instead. Based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, a US soldier finds himself inexplicably transported to Mars in the midst of a war between two alien races.
Who would be the perfect Deja Thoris (Princess of Mars)? Well, of course Disney chose Lynn Collins – so naturally ASYLUM chose former porn star and scream queen Traci Lords for the role.
Check out the trailer below and let us know what you think in the comments.
Trailer For Princess of Mars
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Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel ‘A Princess of Mars’ is the first of his famous Barsoom series. It is also Burroughs’ first novel, predating his Tarzan stories. Full of swordplay and daring feats, the story is considered a classic example of 20th century pulp fiction. It is a seminal example of the planetary romance genre, which became highly popular in the decades to follow, and also has some elements of Westerns. It is set on a dying Mars, informed by ideas popularized by astronomer Percival Lowell in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
It inspired a number of well known 20th century science fiction writers, including Ray Bradbury, John Norman and Arthur C. Clarke, and was also inspirational for many scientists in the fields of space exploration and the search of extraterrestrial life, including scientist Carl Sagan, who read the novel as a child.
‘Princess of Mars’ sounded interesting until you said Traci Lords. Since she’s in it, I’m going to avoid that movie like the plague. And now that I know Disney is producing the other ‘John Carter’ movie, I’ll avoid that one too.
DuJuan, I feel that way about most anything that The Asylum produces and actually all things considered – I’m curious to see just how bad Traci Lords is. I wouldn’t write off John Carter so fast though, with Pixar involved and it being a live action/CG hybrid, it could end up being pretty cool.
While ‘John Carter’ seems to be in the hands of some competent people, the reason I’m anti-Disney is because with their recent acquisition of Marvel Entertainment, Disney is now in a position to destroy the comic book industry. And with their slash and burn corporate tactics, they may very well do that. So unless Disney proves me wrong I will boycott any and every Disney product and I will loathe/hate them with every fiber in my being.
So, does that mean you won’t be going to see Iron Man 2, Thor, Capt. America or The Avengers?? Because with Disney owning Marvel now, all of those movies are under their thumb just as much as John Carter will be (which isn’t much).
Well, Disney bought Marvel primarily to get a piece of the Spider-Man gravy train, so yeah, as much as it pains me, I’ll pass on the ‘Iron Man 2.’ Marvel has two years to go before all the major contracts expire (ironically in 2012), then we’ll know if the axe will fall. Unless something else happens, I’m just buying the comics. Besides, the comics division really doesn’t get that much from the movies anyway (beyond the licensing fees).
They can’t get a whole lot of anything Spidey (movies anyway) because Sony/Columbia has those rights for quite a long time… Disney only owns the television rights for Spidey which Sony released to them after the acquisition.
While I can sympathize with your position on the topic, I really don’t think Disney’s going to ruin a cash cow like Marvel and specifically Marvel Studios… Favreau did way too good of a job on IM to pass up the sequel, plus – Branagh directing Thor.. you’re really going to pass that up?
Besides, it seems as though all of the creators/artists under the Marvel banner (past and present) are happy with it, so that makes me cautiously optimistic because they are the ones that matter.