Taylor "Gambit" Kitsch Lands Lead in "John Carter of Mars"

Friday Night Lights' Taylor Kitsch -- the breakout star of X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- has landed the coveted lead role in Disney's John Carter of Mars, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Mars will be the first live-action effort from Andrew Stanton, the Oscar-winning director of Pixar favorites Wall-E and Finding Nemo. The film, a big-budget adaptation of the series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, tells the story of a civil war veteran (Kitsch) who is transported to Mars to fight in an epic war between the planet's opposing races. Kitsch's X-Men co-star Lynn Collins has also been cast. Disney is aiming for an early 2010 start date, with dreams of launching a blockbuster franchise on the same level as Pirates of the Caribbean.

For those who don't know who John Carter of Mars is... You need to read more. Below is a Frank Frazetta book cover from one of the early paperbacks. John Carter was a dude who somehow finds himself on Mars, and because of the lower gravity, he is like their Superman--in a medieval kind of swords and sorcery way.

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6/12/2009

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23 Comments

	Never hear of John Carter of Mars but good for Taylor. ironknight27 - 6/12/2009, 4:56 PM
	Sounds Extraordinary Gentlemen-ish Betty - 6/12/2009, 5:12 PM
	"GAMBIT GOES TO MARS!" Plot Outline: Remy Lebeau goes to his homeboy LAMAR'S House. Get it? :) Thank you! I'll be here all weekend! :D Unless there's another PARTY at LEEE777's House again, with the Blue Tick Weed! Bridget the Midget got HELLA Baked! lol ;) SpiderBat209 - 6/12/2009, 5:13 PM
	it's written by edgar rice burroughs captainwayne - 6/12/2009, 5:18 PM
	heh, Betty it's funny you mention that because john carter was shown in the second league of extraordinary gentleman book,which was not as satisfying as the first. But still, I enjoyed the story john carter of mars, I remember John favraue was once attached to direct it but it got stuck in development hell. I'm glad it's getting made. thwhtGuardian - 6/12/2009, 5:33 PM
	LYN COLLINS IS UP THERE ON THE HOTTEST HOTTIES LIST FOR ME, I SAW HER IN TRUEBLOOD,SHHHHHHHH DONT TELL ANYONE BUT SHE WAS NAKED IN SEVERAL SCENES ON TRUE BLOOD SHHHHHHHHHHH DONT TELL ANYONE..... GUNSMITH - 6/12/2009, 5:45 PM
	thwhtknight--cool SpiderMan209--It's called Tweed! Betty - 6/12/2009, 6:06 PM
	I'm just glad that Eddie Murphy didn't get his grubby little fingers on this one! Whew-dodged a bullet there, huh?! lol adamant877 - 6/12/2009, 6:22 PM
	Dont know about the Disney involement, but the plot seems cool. Never read the comic, but the cover reminds me of Camelot 3000. longbowhunter - 6/12/2009, 7:28 PM
	uhh not sure about this one. grif - 6/12/2009, 7:29 PM
	TWEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Hehehehehhehehhehehhehehe!!! : D JOHN CARTER cool! Spidey @ Partyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! Okay im out! LEEE777 - 6/12/2009, 7:44 PM
	Sounds kind of interesting. Bandrews1 - 6/12/2009, 8:09 PM
	Yeah the disney involvement sounds weird, I mean like the conan stories scantly clad women play a huge part of john carter. It's bad pulp fiction, the boobs go without saying. thwhtGuardian - 6/12/2009, 10:15 PM
	Mandatory Lynn Collins pic: Triptheorist - 6/12/2009, 10:31 PM
	@Betty: That... is... one... of.. the most beautifUL [frick]ING THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN!!!!! TheMyth - 6/12/2009, 11:55 PM
	I take that back, 2nd to Ms. Collins immaculate side-boob above me. Hey, is it me or does it look like she is preparing to give me a Cleveland Steamer? TheMyth - 6/12/2009, 11:56 PM
	Mmmmmm sideboob. Um oh yes .....John Carter appeared in the 20s or 30s. pretty good reading for early 20 th century. Skyh00k - 6/13/2009, 7:53 AM
	E.R.B. actually came up with John Carter(the Warlord of Mars) before he came up with Tarzan. Both characters are kind of repetitive, but the books are a lot of fun to read. I've been waiting for this movie for a looooong time. Hopefully they don't screw it up! BubbaDude - 6/13/2009, 10:02 AM
	guys is it just me or is lynn collins hotter than megan fox??...i think so..it's just that fox is always dressing like a slutty stripper that she gets us off...but lynn collins is way preettier (much more gorgeous face) and has a just as banging body as fox...if lynn slutted out in more photo shoots and the red carpet as megan...we would be blogging about her constantly...plus megan TFORMERZ factor helps make her more popular..i beg you guys...LETS HAVE A SURVEY...FOX OR LYNN?? Anil Rickly - 6/13/2009, 10:46 AM
	@GUNSMITH@ Wow I never noticed that was Lynn Collins in True Blood, she was freaking hot too bad she died early on. Osiris - 6/13/2009, 2:01 PM
	MYTH @ I can see someting more beautiful mmmmmmm Lynn Collins! ; ) Damn Osiris @ ive only started watching that lol, just finished episode one arrrr!!! LEEE777 - 6/13/2009, 3:09 PM
	sorry LEEE, but just to let you know you would have seen it coming anyways, a lot of ppl die in that series and most of em you see coming, also you will never guess who the killer is, they do a really good job of hiding it. Also have fun rewinding Anna Paquin's first sex scene over and over and over the first time I saw that I was like OMG!! my life is now complete I have seen Rogue's boobies. Osiris - 6/13/2009, 4:20 PM
	Lol Orisis @ Cool, ive only just started watching it, very fine series! But i aint diehard just yet though ROGUEs boob could turn me heh heh! ; ) LEEE777 - 6/14/2009, 1:35 PM

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