Disney has debuted some concept art for their upcoming feature John Carter from director Andrew Stanton (WALL-E) and starring Taylor Kitsch (“Friday Night Lights”). Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Samantha Morton, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Mark Strong, Bryan Cranston and Raad Rawi co-star.
The art depicts an airship from the Mars city of Helium above and a look at the city at dusk below. You can get a larger look at both in our gallery right here.
The film is set for a March 9, 2012 release and is based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs character. Disney describes the story as a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). John Carter is based on a classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, whose highly imaginative adventures served as inspiration for many filmmakers, both past and present. The film tells the story of war-weary, former military captain John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe) and the captivating Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). In a world on the brink of collapse, Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
