Stanton Talks John Carter of Mars
June 25, 2008
During a recent junket for WALL-E (opening Friday from Disney/Pixar), director Andrew Stanton was asked by AWN about the status of the upcoming JOHN CARTER OF MARS project at Pixar (which is reportedly being scripted by RATATOUILLE and THE INCREDIBLES head of story Mark Andrews).
"We haven't decided yet if it's going to be live-action or animated," Stanton confirmed. "The one thing I've learned at Pixar is spending the first year or two making sure the story's as good as it can be, and everything else will fall into place. So we'll let the story dictate that."
But Stanton acknowledged that Pixar's toolset will certainly be considered in figuring out which direction to take the Edgar Rice Burroughs sci-fi epic.
The importance of this, of course, is that the sci-fi WALL-E raises the bar for Pixar with its new virtual camera system, allowing for more of a live-action look in depicting the futuristic world. In addition, the movie marks Pixar's first entry into live action with a few brief surprises.
Meanwhile, Brad Bird's upcoming 1906 for Warner Bros. will be the studio's first test case for handling CG vfx in this live-action adaptation of James Dalessandro's novel about the devastating San Francisco earthquake.
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