Disney’s John Carter will leap and soar on Mars but some critics are predicting a downfall. Can the big screen version of Edgar Rice Burroughs literaray hero recoup the $250 million dollar budget? The Earth man will be a underdog on a world of giant green warriors, big white apes and other huge aliens but one film producer uses the same analogy for their film.
“I think it’s kind of nice to be the underdog,” producer Lindsey Collins told CNN The Marquee “I’m trying to embrace it, to a certain degree, but I think it’s one of those things where this is the biggest movie coming out right now.”
“If people really had crystal balls like that, they’d really make a lot of money,” Director Andrew Stanton said. “All I’ve ever been able to control is what the movie is itself. I came to that conclusion with ‘Toy Story’ 20 years ago. I don’t even pay attention to this outside stuff. Because if I did, I wouldn’t have made half the movies I made!”
For more of the interview here’s the link.
I’m a huge fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ hero and the director so I’m hoping this is the first of many cinematic adventures on Mars!