JOHN CARTER Fan Base Demands a Sequel; Check Out a New Fan-Made Trailer

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It’s safe to say that Disney’s sci-fi epic, John Carter, has been a box office disappointment thus far. But given that the movie has been out less than a week and that a rabid fan base is lending its support, there may yet be hope for the survival of the franchise. Recently we were contacted by the folks who cut this awesome fan-made trailer and run this John Carter fan site to let us know about the rapidly-expanding fan base behind the film. Started by fans, the Facebook group “Take Me Back to Barsoom! I want a sequel!” is recruiting followers in an attempt to make enough noise to encourage Disney to greenlight a sequel.

While I personally wouldn’t mind a return voyage to Mars, the thing that’s going to make the biggest splash and get the studio’s attention is plain and simple dollar bills. Social media goes a long way these days to resurrect things like NBC’s Community, but the roughly $250 million budget on the first John Carter is going to demand more than a Facebook page. I encourage fans of the source material to check out both of the above sites and by all means go see the film a second (or more) time to lend your support. In the mean time, you can get caught up on all of our previous coverage of John Carter here. Hit the jump to check out another awesome fan-made trailer (and if Disney is listening, please consider hiring these guys for your marketing team next time around…seriously). 

Here’s the official synopsis from John Carter followed by the unofficial trailer titled, “Heritage.”

From Academy Award(R)-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton comes “John Carter”–a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). “John Carter” is based on a classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, whose highly imaginative adventures served as inspiration for many filmmakers, both past and present. The film tells the story of war-weary, former military captain John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he 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 realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.

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  • ozzie

    i loved the movie but the studio would be crazy to make a sequel for the very few fans that showed up to see the movie.

    • Cartouche

      Was Star Wars a commerical success? I am too young to remember the original release.
      My point is that arguably the second and third films of that series were better than the first. I bet people thought that movie sucked ass too..
      I loved JC because I am a fan of the books. Yes they took liberties with the story but it was still a fun movie to watch personally.
      Kitsch was EXCELLENT as Carter and the fight with the Warhoons was absolutely epic!!
      Too bad people cant see it and are swayed by others opinions..
      I hope they make more installments to show the brilliance of the story

      • excpired

        Yes the original Star Wars film was a success upon release, but more importantly it was budgeted at a modest 11 million, whereas John Carter was budgeted at over 250 million. Maybe the studio might be open to a sequel if they cut 180 mill off the budget.

        Also Star Wars didn’t have a built-in audience in 1977, John Carter is a huge book series the fact that it can’t pull decent numbers is troubling. I see no chance of the movie recuperating its bloated budget. Sorry, but this movie is NOT the next Avatar.

        Lastly the original Star Wars movie has gone on to gross over 750 million worldwide in re-releases and of course spawned a multi-billion dollar franchise. Not bad for a mid-sized sci-fi production.

        Carter may become a cult classic just because of its nature, but if it gets a sequel it will be due to the directors insistence and willingness to fight for and compromise its budget.

    • Jsl

      I loved the movie and the studio would be crazy NOT to make a sequel. This is the original inspiration of all the modern scifi that we love. It deserves a lot more credit and honor. And the Barsoom stories are awe-some! They would be incredibly amazing on screen. Please bring on more sequels!

    • otb

      nobody showed up because the enternet had a whole lot of bogus info saying that the movie wasn’t good when it actually was if they can make a sequel for naked gun then what is the problem with jc2 or is it not about the content of the movie and more about the symbolism of the name john carter or j.c. if that is the case then some people are taking this shit to serious

  • João Paulo

    Great fan-made trailer, man, is amazing. I agree with you Dave, Disney should consider this guys, because is a really good trailer.

    • Jsl

      These fan made trailers are so much better than the official ones. It shows that there’s a great storyline to the film, and acknowledges the history and heritage of the 100 year old book series its based on. Incredible job!

  • j

    Fantastic fan-made trailer…. John Carter was a FANTASTIC movie… They should definitely make sequels

  • BOF

    SWEET SASSY MOLASSY! These fantasy films give Science Fiction a bad reputation. The genre is about intelligent speculation, philosophical questions and ideas, with science and technology playing a key role in the story. This is just another space opera, maybe the original space opera -I’ll give it that- but it ain’t sci-fi. You could replace the Tharks and other whatevers with demons and undead roman legions and you’d still have the same movie.

    • Oct

      The definition of Sci-Fi has always been changing, and has transcended its original meaning. While Star Wars has many fantasy elements, it’s as much as sci-fi than the ‘more accurate’ representation of Star Trek.

      In other words, sci-fi has never limit itself, nor does any genre.

      • RAR

        Um–what?

        First of all, English much?

        Secondly, while it is true that a categorical definition of science fiction is debatable, how can sci-fi have “transcended its original meaning”? “Sci-fi has never limit itself, nor does any genre”? If a science fiction movie without science is still science fiction, does that mean that a comedy without humor is still a comedy?

        BOF is simply saying that this is (arguably) not true science fiction, as can be said about most popular “sci-fi” movies, like your example of Star Wars, which more correctly can be described as “science fantasy,” i.e., a fantasy story with sci-fi trappings.

        His point is that true science fiction generally (but not always) tries to explore deeper concepts and explain things about that world, rather than simply using the setting and ideas for action-adventure stories, although that often is a part of it. Movies like this give people like you a skewed impression of what many people mean when they say they are “science fiction fans,” such as myself.

        End of (hopefully comprehensible) rant.

      • excpired

        I’m sorry, but most Science Fiction is not intelligent or deep. Some can be, but the basic idea of science fiction is that it tells a story in a world built around science, usually futuristic science.

        Dune can be categorized as both science fiction and fantasy, which is sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi Fantasy. Fantasy is just as likely to explore complex concepts that relate back to the real world as science fiction is.

        Not every story fits perfectly into a molded genre. The purpose of the genre is to give people an idea of what the story is going to be like, and with genre-benders this gets more difficult to do properly. John Carter may be more fantasy than sci-fi, but the mere fact that he gets transported into the “past”? on Mars and the planet is inhabited by an alien species with primitive “technology” is enough to warrant it being called a science fiction.

        A Sci-fi fan would never try and hand Planet of the Apes off to fantasy (where the only two sci-fi elements is the space ship in the beginning, and the advanced intelligence of the apes – and only that second one counts if you explain the reason for the advanced intelligence), even though it can arguably be construed as both, it is commonly accepted as Sci-fi.

      • Michael

        While I find it somewhat pointless to argue whether John Carter is Science Fiction or not, when it was actually one of the forces that popularized Science Fiction for a broad audience from 1912 through the 1940s, I do want to address the question of the intellectual value of the books. Just as Star Trek used an alien world situation to make commentary on the social and political world of 1960s American, the Mars books make subtle commentary on issues of race and religion that would have never been tolerated in another genre. John Carter (spoiler alert) goes on to discover that Issus is a fraud and the afterlife that every Martial believes in is a horrible fake. He comes back from the dead to deliver this message to the Martian people and force them to throw off their ancient shackles of religion. He also makes friends among every race on mars: black, red, yellow, and green, judging each by their honor and character and not by their skin tone. In fact, like Star Trek, the whole concept of judging people by skin color is shown to be foolish, and this is from the perspective of an ex-Confederate officer. I am not saying that John Carter is no MOSTLY a mix of fantasy and sci fi elements, but there is something significant being said that was far ahead of its time, and still controversial today.

    • Blake

      A Princess of Mars antedates ‘sci-fi,’ a fairly new slang term for science fiction. In it’s day, the story included science fiction elements, like anti-gravity based on the ’8th ray,’ and, of course, the possibility of intelligent life on Mars, something scientists still took seriously at the time. Dated science fiction is still science fiction.

      Though, really, the argument can be made that /all/ science fiction is ‘fantasy.’

    • erroll

      I don’t need sci fi to moralize or comment on the human condition, i need it to entertain me!

  • Masshuu il Malacandra

    Both fan trailers are better than the studio ones but I like this one best.
    Saw it Friday on the standard screen and going tomorrow to see it in 3D.
    Matbe everyone is waiting to see the Hunger Games, so am I but that first weekend will be packed so why fight the crowds go see JOHN CARTER.

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  • rick

    Yeah, and Green Lantern fans also want a sequel. What else is new?

    • noodles

      word…..

  • aaronsullivan

    Really enjoyed the movie, as well as did my wife.

    Sadly, I don’t think the movie is great or universal enough to pull itself out of the disappointing opening weekend. All the elements are there, but I personally think the story should have lingered on the core relationships while John Carter and Dejas Thoras were imprisoned with the Tharks. I don’t even mean that much more screen time. We should have had been shown a passage of time that felt like they all got to know each other better and develop deeper ties. It’s what made the book work for me. As it is, the movie ends up being on the surface emotionally. Still has a lot to offer, though.

    Oh, and terrible marketing. Just awful. The title, John Carter. Bad move. Then using that generic sounding title with a generic looking font that dominated posters with very little else to suggest the setting or type of movie… from talking to people who decided against seeing it they just didn’t get what the point was.

  • BrandonHeat07

    Yep… Trailer makes the film seem FAR more interesting than all the official ones… but it still looks like a “boring”, endlessly derivative film (even though it’s exactly the opposite).

  • Kimian

    Awesome!!!!

  • Trendingworldwide

    Here is the problem with this movie, and I am a fan of fantasy and sci fi, compare fandom say Star Trek, Transformers, Star Wars, to John Carter, in name alone there is not a workable way that I would think this would be a film about space, mars or an epic war on a planet who’s people solely depends on an earthling named John Carter… ok that is just on name alone, I’ve never heard of John Carter… sad to say John Connor, I can remember been the leader of the resistance against Skynet, I’m sorry what did I just say, wow!!! Terminator … Really… I am sorry to say not many of us out there ever knew of John Carter or the stories this movie portrays… but wait make a movie about giant transforming robots, piss off a few fans by changing an icon like dare I say it Optimus Prime and CAAAAASSSSSHHHHIIIINNGGGGGG!!!!! you have three movies about a childrens cartoon show that was originally made to sell toys, but that many of us remember… none the less, had I learned of John Carter and his adventures, I bet I would not ever remember the name FLASH GORDON, okay wow really, did I say this was in the planet Mongo, not Mars, I may be wrong on the name but I can honestly say I am ashamed of remembering the bad movie with the dancing and flying birdmen, but wait Flash is sci fi or fantasy… I want to love John Carter and many young fans introduced to the story will fall in love with he character… let it grow on some of us older adults and yeah there may be a direct to video sequel or a big screen prequel, god forbid George Lucas ever gives his light saber some of Jar jar’s balls and ends the Star Wars franchise, oh wait he did kill the childhood of many fans by making the prequels… oh well cant please everyone…so now that we have something new, original, Disney can get Michael Bay to come up with giant walking Mars creatures that are fighting to save their planet in an epic battle with many booms and flashy special effects and maybe just maybe john carter may attract money… it is so sad that money is what drives our lives and not substance… I wish someone made a movie about an alien who crashed on earth after his planet was gone, had super powers because of this solar system’s sun, oh wait that would be superman… okay I guess Clark Kent is a more memorable name than John Carter… damm now I am rambling all over… I need to go to bed….

  • Animationy

    Now that is a trailer.
    Story, myths and legend with a contextual modern connection, anticipation.
    I got chills, thank-you guys.
    On another note, I’m so p***ed that Disney missed a brilliant opportunity marketing this – I mean look at those names. From Jane Goodall to George Lucas and Andrew Stanton himself these are people who have made huge contributions to the world.
    If I was Andrew Stanton I would jump ship.

  • http://www.jamespurefoy.com JimmySlaveGirl

    I love this movie! It’s one of my favorite films of all time. It’s received unwarranted, bad treatment from some reviewers and it’s marketing wasn’t what it should have been. It deserves great success and as I’ve watched this all play out over the past weeks, I’ve seen a stream of moviegoers who went from not expecting much to LOVING the film like in do! Word of mouth and proving the often rabid naysayers wrong is what we’re after! I’ve seen John Carter 3 times and I’ll be back for more this weekend! It was a passion project for Stanton to make this film, it’s a passion project for us fans to get it the attention it deserves and do our damnedest to make it a success!! Go Barsoom!!

  • BillyGreek

    Very good trailer indeed..The movie is great and i definately want to see sequels..

  • Alexx

    GREAT! I didnt like the first fanbased trailer cause it was much to linear. But this is a work of art! Especially the first part about Borroughs legacy and influence.

  • Davvvv

    can’t believe peeps dug this flick at all, hands down one of the worst movies I have ever seen, with terrible acting, once someone in the movie uttered “we’ve discovered the ninth ray…” it was all over for me. didn’t care at all about any of these characters. please don’t make a sequel!

  • Budd case

    They said “ninth ray”? Hot dog! Right from the book! I’m surely gonna see this. I’m 12 years old again.

    • gph-artist

      Go see it Budd!

      There were a lot of things straight from the books: names, places, “ninth ray” that they went for with no apologies. I thought it was bold to ask the audience to keep up without having to spoon feed them (talking to you, SW prequels…).

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  • Patrick Nottingham

    I wish people would stop counting this movie out after one weekend. I liked it and am hoping for a sequel.

  • ozzie

    John Carter is really a western … it just happens to take place on Mars

  • Jay

    A much better trailer than any of the garbage Disney’s Marketing Department gave us. If this had been an official trailer, more people may have gone to see it.

  • Gravy Boat

    What a great adventure film! An excellent adaption of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novels, and a true rip-roaring yarn that your whole family can enjoy. If you are skeptical, like I was at first, go see a matinee–it’s worth it.

    Recommended.

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  • frank

    This movie deserves a sequel. ‘Princess’ cannot stand alone without ‘Gods’ and ‘Warlord’

  • erroll

    If your tired of garbage like Transformers,

    GO SEE JOHN CARTER!!!

    More fun than avatar.

  • S.K

    The movie is amazing. I hope people stop spreading the negativity! There is no “Flawless” movie, but there are those which are better than others, and this one is FANTASTIC! Taylor nailed the role. I hope we get a sequel, with much better promotion this time, though.

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  • dee

    I’ve always read fantasy, it’s my favorite, but I’d never heard of John Carter. I learned about this movie b/c I’m a Taylor Kitsch fan. I wasn’t sure what to expect, b/c there was basically no promotion of it. Also I didn’t want to learn anything cuz spoilers, sweetie, but now that i’ve seen the movie i would love to read everything, GIVE ME ALL THE JOHN CARTER OF MARS. I’ve got a nephew who was sick and couldn’t come with me the night it opened, but i plan on taking him before it leaves the theater. As well a few of the younger ones b/c i think they would like it. Woola is adorable and the aliens look really cool, like i would buy cups and merch like toys for my daughter, if it had been around. Why did disney sink so much money into it and not back it? I’ve been begging friends and aquaintances to go see it, as well. The only thing the corporations listen to is dollars. Hopefully the tide will rise as fans get the word out. I’d gladly see a 2nd movie. And i’m joining that FB page now.

  • Itachi

    Me encanto la pelicula, espero que haya secuelas.

  • Jack

    I saw John Carter twice. In Imax on opening day and 2d last Sunday. That’s the first time since I was a teenager, I wanted to see a movie more than once in a theater.

    Andrew Stanton & Co. did an outstanding job in capturing the ‘spirit’ of Edgar Rice Burroughs. the movie deserves a sequel, but perhaps not 250 million worth.

  • Tony

    People might have missed but this is really a great movie… Looking forward for the sequel.

  • DrNacho

    I loved the movie. I hope DVD sales make up for any theatrical release loss. Bring on the sequels!!!!!

  • ward

    Hunger Games Boring !!! John Carter fantastic !!!! Make a sequel and you will have a fan base like Star Trek and Star Wars. Just need better marketing !!! Sequel a must !!

  • Dennis Mansfield

    I recently posted an Open Letter to Robert Iger, CEO of Disney regarding a re-release possibility of the film in summer. Please take a minute and read it. If you are so moved, feel free to pass along the link to others. http://WWW.DennisMansfield.com

  • feniko

    this movie made my day when i first seen it i demand for them to come out with another movie and maybe the trilogy its just a great story and great movie its one of my favorites seriously they killed it

  • Azzer001

    All I can say is I love my movies and for all you people out there who do not like this movie can go sit on one…..
    One of the best movies I seen…..

  • Azzer001

    Make a sequel plzzzzzzzzzzzz

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