THE INFORMATION YOU REQUESTED IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Accessing this information requires a subscription to HollywoodReporter.com.

Disney/Pixar on mission for 'Mars' rights


January 17, 2007 Disney/Pixar is in final negotiations to acquire the film rights to Edgar Rice Burroughs' novels known collectively as the "John Carter of Mars" series. Burroughs wrote it in longhand, and the original manuscript lies in a vault at a Bank of America in Tarzana, Calif., the town that takes its name from Burroughs' more famous creation, Tarzan. The series told of a Civil War officer named John Carter who is transported to Mars and finds himself a captive of the savage green men from Thark.

Subscribe to the Hollywood Reporter and see the entertainment industry from its best angle: the inside looking out. Complete access to real-time news and exclusive analysis that goes behind the scenes from film to television, home video to digital media.

   Subscribe now.

If you're a subscriber log in here

Note:
You must be using a "cookie enabled" browser in order to access the members-only areas. If you have disabled cookie use in your browser, you must enable it before entering your authentication info. For more info click here.

Current Print Subscriber?
Click Here to upgrade your subscription to include online access.

Have a Question?
If you have any questions, please call our Customer Service department at (888) 900-3782 or (323) 525-2113, or email mailbox@hollywoodreporter.com.