Disney brings Burroughs' John Carter to the big screen

Based on the Barsoom series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter is a new action-adventure from Walt Disney Pictures.

The film tells the story of war-weary, former military captain John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), who is inexplicably transported to Mars.

Carter becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe) and the captivating Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). 

In a world on the brink of collapse, Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realises that the survival of the planet and its people rests in his hands. 

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