What John Carter Might have Looked Like if Kerry Conrad Directed It…
Once upon a time, Kerry Conran was attached to direct “John Carter of Mars”, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ tale of a lost Johnny Rb on Mars. Wait, you don’t remember who Kerry Conran is? He was the writer/director of 2004′s “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow” starring Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow. (And a little lady named Angelina Jolie.)
Remember that one? No? I don’t blame you. Most people have forgotten, but take it from me, when the film was coming out people were really paying attention because Conran was doing crazy things with computers and CG backgrounds back then.
In 2012, “John Carter” is opening next month from director Andrew Stanton, but what if Conran had still been attached to direct? As it turns out, it’d probably have looked a little like Stanton’s version anyways, though I don’t suppose you can do a whole lot to distinguish your 8-foot tall, four-armed green-skinned Martians from the other guy’s.
Conran wasn’t the only one working on the film before Stanton finally got it made, though. Robert Rodriguez and Jon Favreau also gave it a shot at one point or another.
Check out a demo reel that Conran put together for Looking Glass Films and Paramount Pictures back “in the day”.
Via : THR
