"John Carter" is the live-action debut of director Andrew Stanton, with a screenplay by Mark Andrews and Michael Chabon, produced by Jim Morris, Colin Wilson and Lindsey Collins, with a score by Michael Giacchino.
'John Carter', the heroic protagonist of author Edgar Rice Burroughs' 11-volume "Barsoom" (Mars) series, follows former Confederate captain 'John Carter' (Taylor Kitsch) who is transported to Mars. There he becomes part of a conflict between the various nations of the planet, whose leaders include 'Tars Tarkas' (Willem Dafoe) and 'Princess Dejah Thoris' (Lynn Collins). Carter then takes it upon himself to save Barsoom and its people.