If you like the serials then you probably also like the pulps from the 20s and 30s. Have you ever read any of the Edgar Rice Burrough's
John Carter of Mars series? Well, Harry Knowles is involved in the production of a movie version of one,
A Princess Of Mars and dribbles out bits and pieces as they progress on his web site, Ain't It Cool News.
Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids, From Dusk Till Dawn, Desperado) was going to direct, but bailed for another project. Now Kerry Conran, the director of Sky Captain, has picked up the directors duties. He obviously understands and loves the genre and his special effects techniques (which I understand he had a huge hand in developing) lend themselves perfectly to a movie like this.
A bit of Homer Simpson: Ummmmmm, Deja Thoris
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09/19/2004 10:49:51 AM PDT by
xkaydet65
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ERB actually wrote the Warlord of Mars books in the first two decades of the 20th century; they were "old hat" by the 20s. I read all 12 in high school, and I thought he ended the series far too abruptly.