The director of the Desperado franchise has just signed a deal with Paramount Pictures to helm, what will hopefully become a franchise for the studio, A Princess of of Mars.
Production is expected to begin early next year and the budget is expected to exceed $100 million reports Variety. The story is based on a man, John Carter, and is replete with time travel, fantastical creatures both friendly and ferocious, epic battles, rescues, escapes and romantic derring-do.
