Barsoom On Again?

Reports are circulating that Disney is in talks to be the next studio to attempt to make Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic John Carter of Mars tales into a movie "franchise". Oddly enough, they tried years ago to do the same.

The Rock from Mars

Jeff Foust (writing at The Space Review) looks at Kathy Sawyer's recent book on ALH84001 + 10, one of the most (in)famous rocks.

Somehow, I Don't Think So!

Brian Blessed is going to Mars in 2009? Maybe in a movie...

Jetan

And speaking of Barsoom, here's a look at a popular board game on the Red Planet.

What Might Have Been

A video lecture with Zack Petroc. He had been working on the movie based on the Barsoomian tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Princess of Mars

A fan-based project to do a "retro" film version of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic tale of martian adventure.

Princess of Mars

A little more on the upcoming "graphic novel" adaption of the classic work by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Princess of Mars

Gee, I wonder if the now-cancelled film production would have been as good as this theatrical version appears to be.

Continue reading "Princess of Mars"

Race to Mars

In the tradition of Voyage to the Planets and Beyond, production is underway on Race to Mars (Discovery Channel). Even better, there will also be a multi-part documentary (Mars Rising) and a related website (Mars Interactive).

I'm Ready for My Close-Up, Mr. DeMille

The plucky Mars Exploration Rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) will soon be seen on the big screen in IMAX theatres.

"My original idea was to wait for the rovers to die and that it would be a dramatic ending," Roving Mars director George Butler told SPACE.com. "However, these rovers won’t die, which is excellent news."

Most exciting. Let's hope that dramatic ending is postponed for a very long time.

Continue reading "I'm Ready for My Close-Up, Mr. DeMille"

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