Umlingisi osemnkantshubomvu waseMelika kungenye yezengezo zakamuva ku-John Carter of Mars adaptation, uhlamvu lwemibhalo oludumile olwenziwe ngu U-Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Iphrojekthi, isezandleni ze umqondisi Andrew Stanton, isivele inokubamba iqhaza kwe- ULynn Collins noTaylor Kitsch, kanye nobulungu obukhona beThomas Haden Church, ovumile ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule ukuthi ubesezinkulumweni zokujoyina ukukhiqizwa kwe Izithombe zeWalt Disney. UWilliem dafoe isivele inendima: izodlala Ama-Tarsas Tarkas, uMartian oyiqaba nonobudlova okwaziyo ukuzwa uthando, okuyisici esingajwayelekile kakhulu phakathi kohlanga lwakhe.
Indaba eqanjiwe yesayensi isitshela ngempilo kaJohn Carter, umakadebona empini yombango othunyelwa kwiplanethi ebomvu, lapho amaqembu ezinhlanga eziningana elwa impi enonya. Lapho, uCarter uzoba ukhiye ekuqedeni ukungqubuzana kwempi.. Okwakhe UStanton ubhale lo mbhalo, ngokubambisana ne-duo kaMark Andrews noMichael Chabon.
Umbukiso wokuqala we UJohn Carter waseMars Okwamanje ayinalo usuku kodwa kuyaziwa ukuthi izofika ngo-2012. Uma ihhovisi lamathikithi lihambisana, lUmqondo ukuqedela i-trilogy.