Disney’s John Carter of Mars adaptation has both its John Carter and Dejah Thoris. THR reports that Taylor Kitsch, last seen as Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine will play John Carter. Lynn Collins, who also appeared in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, as Logan’s girlfriend Kayla Silverfox, will be Deja Thoris.

John Carter of Mars is still being helmed by Pixar notable Andrew Stanton who has never worked on a live action movie before. Instead, he’s been the director of such instant Pixar classics as Finding Nemo and WALL-E. They are, unfortunately, also Pixar’s sappiest movies. It’s hard to imagine this guy handling the world of John Carter, talented though he is.

Still, maybe this will work. Dejah Thoris will be forced to wear clothes of course, because it’s Disney, but maybe that’s the only compromise they’ll have to make… if we’re lucky. On the other hand John Carter of Mars is about a bloody, brutal Martian civil war; material which doesn’t exactly lend it to the doggedly family friendly tone of most of Disney’s movies. I just don't see it. At least Kitsch and Collins sort of look the part.

Lynn Collins

Taylor Kitsch