First conceptual art and poster for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter film released, shows futuristic Mars landscape

From Academy Award–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 ….

New cast members for John Carter of Mars film adaptation

According to Sci-Fi Wire, the cast continues to grow for John Carter of Mars, Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs‘ fantasy adventure books, with Thomas Haden Church, James Purefoy and Mark Strong joining already cast Taylor Kitsch, Samantha Morton, Dominic West, Polly Walker, Willem Dafoe and Lynn Collins. According to the report, the ….

Dominic West to star in true account of miracle drug developer

Dominic West (The Wire, The Devil’s Whore, The Forgotten) will star as straight-talking Australian scientist Professor Howard Florey in Breaking The Mould for BBC Four, it was announced yesterday. It is widely recognized that Alexander Fleming was the man who discovered penicillin but the truth is a bit more complicated than that – and the ….

Some behind-the-scenes video from the set of Neil Marshall’s historical epic Centurion

I found this behind-the-scenes video about the filming of writer/director Neil Marshall’s upcoming Centurion, featuring some action scenes from the film, as well as Marshall, Olga Kurylenko, Dominic West and others discussing the genesis of the story, the shooting schedule and more.

David Morrissey talks Centurion and set photos pop-up online

David Morrissey spoke exclusively to Empire Magazine on his experiences filming Doomsday director Neil Marshall’s upcoming historical epic Centurion, while at the U.K. premiere of his new film Is Anybody There. The actor told the magazine: “It’s all about the Roman legion in England, so that’s why I have a crew cut! It’s all action ….