{"id":446,"date":"2008-03-17T20:00:21","date_gmt":"2008-03-18T03:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepulp.net\/PulpBlogs\/YellowedPerils_test\/?p=446"},"modified":"2011-07-29T23:31:22","modified_gmt":"2011-07-30T06:31:22","slug":"a-step-closer-to-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/2008\/03\/17\/a-step-closer-to-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"A step closer to \u2018Mars\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have we moved a step closer to a <a href=\"http:\/\/thepulp.net\/PulpWiki\/wikka.php?wakka=CarterJohn\">John Carter<\/a> of Mars movie?<\/p>\n<p>John Hill Media, a blog about the entertainment industry, and the Walt Disney Co., in particular, has <a href=\"http:\/\/jimhillmedia.com\/blogs\/jim_hill\/archive\/2008\/03\/17\/as-disney-gets-nervous-about-narnia-pixar-now-sets-its-sights-on-mars.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">a recent post<\/a> detailing how Disney\u2019s Pixar Animation Studios has acquired numerous Web domain names related to John Carter.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_449\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-449\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-449\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/files\/2010\/08\/johncarterpulp.jpg?resize=150%2C215&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"John Carter of Mars in Amazing Stories\" width=\"150\" height=\"215\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Carter of Mars in Amazing Stories<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now, registering domain names for a movie is exciting. But remember in 1999 and again in 2002, Warner Bros. reserved several domain names related to <a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/the-links\/docsavage\/\">Doc Savage<\/a>. Nine years later, are we closer to a new Doc Savage movie?<\/p>\n<p>The promising news in the John Hill blog comes farther down the article. The blog suggests that Pixar\u2019s plans may include a live-action John Carter movie trilogy, not just a single picture. It goes on to say that the first draft of the first film\u2019s script has been written and that there is a window in Disney\u2019s release calendar for a blockbuster in 2011.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thepulp.net\/PulpWiki\/wikka.php?wakka=BurroughsEdgarRice\">Edgar Rice Burrough<\/a>\u2019s John Carter series was one of the first pulp series that I read as a teenager. The paperbacks were the Ballantine Books\u2019 versions with the terrific <strong>Gino D\u2019Achille<\/strong> covers. Ever since reading those, I\u2019ve thought that John Carter would make a great movie.<\/p>\n<p>If Pixar can replicate the script quality of its animated <em>The Incredibles<\/em> with a serious adventure version of John Carter, pulp fans should be overjoyed. I know I would be.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 William<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have we moved a step closer to a John Carter of Mars movie? 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