Samantha Morton, Dominic West and Polly Walker have all joined the cast of Disney's John Carter of Mars, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins and Willem Dafoe are already on board the Edgar Rice Burroughs sci-fi epic, directed by Wall-E's Andrew Stanton. Morton will be playing Willem Dafoe's daughter Sola; a big softie in a race of fighters. West (300, Punisher: War Zone, The Wire) will play the villainous Sab Than of the Zodangans, who believes he ought to be ruling Mars. And Walker, who just finished work on Clash of the Titans and is clearly enjoying a belated boom of fantasy roles, is Sarkoja, an aggressive Thark. In the books, the Tharks are green and have four arms. Phwoar. Shooting is planned to start early next year in Utah.

Owen Williams

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RE: Even after the "starring" in one of the greatest shows of all time...
And then there's Lester...appearing in Holby City ... Read More The900MidNightBee About me
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Even after the "starring" in one of the greatest shows of all time...
...Dominic West still gets handed the novelty British villain straw? Well, that just puts things into perspective really. ... Read More exandakane About me
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RE: More Cast For John Carter Of Mars
I've heard that a lot of stuff from the books has been borrowed and used in a lot of other sci-fi films, so i'm worried that the film itself may end up looking very cliched, even though it was the first piece of fiction to establish said cliches. ... Read More BatFan About me
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Is this gonna be good?
Dunno how else to  put that. It sounds rubbish but with this cast and director I feel like I should get excited ... Read More shanewire About me
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