In March 2012, Disney attempted to launch a new franchise with John Carter, starring Taylor Kitsch in the title role. It was an adventure story along the lines of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and based on the novel A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burrows, who is best known for creating the character of Tarzan.
But, it was written off as a failure and the planned sequels were scrapped. Andrew Stanton revealed the titles of the planned sequels in the “Directors on Directing” panel at San Diego Comic Con.
He said the second film would have been titled Gods of Mars, something he also mentioned back in March, and the third would have been Warlord of Mars. Stanton also shared some concept art and maps with the crowd.
John Carter is streaming on Disney+ now.
