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Originally Posted by NewChief

John Carter ends up on Mars. People on Mars are in a stargate-esque battle for their freedom and lives. He's the "chosen one" or something, and is a total badass on Mars (superman effect?). He fights baddies. End of story (or at least that's what I gather from the trailer and what I've heard).

It's based on an old pulp fiction sci-fi novel (or is it comic book?) by same dude that did Tarzan.

It's based on a series of books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. They are Sci Fi classics, I've read them and they are great. If Disney handled this right then they could have a movie franchise that spanned decades.

Barsoom series

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• A Princess of Mars (1912) (Project Gutenberg Entry: [1]) (LibriVox.org Audio Book)
• The Gods of Mars (1914) (Project Gutenberg Entry:[2]) (LibriVox.org Audio Book)
• The Warlord of Mars (1918) (Project Gutenberg Entry:[3]) (LibriVox.org Audio Book)
• Thuvia, Maid of Mars (1920) (Project Gutenberg Entry:[4]) (LibriVox.org Audio Book)
• The Chessmen of Mars (1922) (Project Gutenberg Entry:[5]) (LibriVox.org Audio Book)
• The Master Mind of Mars (1928) (Project Gutenberg Australia Entry:[6])
• A Fighting Man of Mars (1931) (Project Gutenberg Australia Entry:[7])
• Swords of Mars (1936) (Project Gutenberg Australia Entry:[8])
• Synthetic Men of Mars (1940) (Project Gutenberg Australia Entry:[9])
• Llana of Gathol (1948) (Project Gutenberg Australia Entry:[10])
• John Carter of Mars (1964)
  • "John Carter and the Giant of Mars" (1940) (Project Gutenberg Australia Entry:[11]) Actually written by Burroughs's son, John Coleman Burroughs.
  • "Skeleton Men of Jupiter" (1942) (Project Gutenberg Australia Entry:[12])