John Carter  M (Science fiction violence)

Rating M (Science fiction violence)

Release DateThursday, 8 March 2012

Length 2hrs 12min

Main Cast Taylor Kitsch, Mark Strong, Willem Dafoe, Thomas Haden Church, Lynn Collins, James Purefoy, Bryan Cranston, Ciarán Hinds, Samantha Morton

Movie DirectorAndrew Stanton

Distributor

Disney sci-fi action-adventure in which Civil War vet John Carter (Taylor Kitsch, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) is transplanted to Mars and becomes embroiled in an epic battle amongst the planet's inhabitants. Formerly an Earthlike world, Mars became less hospitable when the oceans evaporated, the atmosphere thinned and the planet devolved into barbarism with the inhabitants - 12-foot tall green thugs called Tharks - fighting one another to survive. After encountering Thark leaders Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins) and Tars Tarkas (Willem Defoe), Carter takes it upon himself to bring the planet back from the brink of collapse and save its people. Based on the classic Barsoom novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, this marks the live-action debut from director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, WALL-E).