At a recent press event in London, John Carter Director Andrew Stanton revealed why he took the “of Mars” of the title of his next big feature film “John Carter”. While it is certainly a controversial decision to take the known title of a franchise and shorten it, Mr. Stanton does have a pretty good reason for removing it. It’s all about the money. That isn’t a bad thing though. As long as the movie kick butt, I don’t think too many people will mind the name change.
“Here’s the real truth of it. I’d already changed it from A Princess Of Mars to John Carter Of Mars. I don’t like to get fixated on it, but I changed Princess Of
Andrew Stanton
Mars… because not a single boy would go.
And then the other truth is, no girl would go to see John Carter Of Mars. So I said, “I don’t won’t to do anything out of fear, I hate doing things out of fear, but I can’t ignore that truth.”
All the time we were making this big character story which just so happens to be in this big, spectacular new environment. But it’s not about the spectacle, it’s about the investment. I thought, I’ve really worked hard to make all of this an origin story. It’s about a guy becoming John Carter. So I’m not misrepresenting what this movie is, it’s John Carter.
Mars is going to stick on any other film in the series. But by then, it won’t have a stigma to it.”
Starring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Mark Strong, Bryan Cranston, James Purefoy, Dominic West, Thomas Haden Church and Ciarán Hinds, John Carter is set to hit theatres on March 9, 2012!
Source: Bleeding Cool
