Soloman Kane, Sandman Go to Mars 06/07/2010


[Original Article posted at IGN on September 30, 2009]

The stellar cast of the sci-fi flick John Carter of Mars just got starrier. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Spider-Man 3's Thomas Haden Church, Solomon Kane's James Purefoy and Sherlock Holmes's Mark Strong have been cast in the Pixar-Disney live-action feature.

The trio joins a cast led by Wolverine co-stars Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins in the lead roles and including Spider-Man's Willem Dafoe, Punisher: War Zone's Dominic West, Minority Report's Samantha Morton, and Rome's Polly Walker. Kitsch plays the title role of a Civil War veteran who finds himself somehow transported to Mars, while Collins portrays Martian princess Dejah Thoris.

THR says "Church plays Tal Hajus, an ambitious and vicious Thark warrior who is biding his time to be a ruler. Purefoy plays Kantos Kan, the captain of the Xavarian, the kingdom of Helium's grand warship. Strong is Matai Shang, the ruler of the Thems with godlike status."

Andrew Stanton (Wall-E) is directing.


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A TARS TARKAS
SOCK PUPPET!

This is just too cool!
A friend of Jeff's over at www.barsoomia.org has mad sock puppet making skills! From what we hear, a Woola is in the works as well!

This creativity piece of work was made by Khanada Taylor, webmaster for www.jamespurefoy.us

RARE DISNEY MARS & BEYOND ANIMATED SERIES

What the?!?! Yeah, that's what I said too when I saw this... this is a Banth from Disney's 1957 space series, Mars and Beyond. Click the photo above to view the clip.

This hysterically funny video mentions Barsoom in pretty good detail at around 2:44 in the timeline. Check it out!

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