[ltc8k6]

These stories were actually written in 1911 and 1912, more than 100 years ago.

“John Carter was the lead character in the first novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, set on a fictionalized version of Mars known as Barsoom. Written between July and September 28, 1911, the novel was serialized as Under the Moons of Mars in the pulp magazine The All-Story from February to July 1912. It later appeared as a complete novel only after the success of Burroughs’ Tarzan series. For its October 1917 hardcover publication by A.C. McClurg & Company, the novel was retitled A Princess of Mars.”

[JediJones]

For its October 1917 hardcover publication by A.C. McClurg & Company, the novel was retitled A Princess of Mars.”Which after Prince of Persia and The Princess of the Frog wouldn't have been a marketable title either. The idea that movies have flopped because "Mars" was in the title and that this one would also is just silly. I'm pretty sure Mars Needs Moms was the only one to come out in the past decade, is probably largely forgotten, and the overall title doesn't sound at all like John Carter of Mars. The idea that you can succeed by running away from the premise of your movie in its title is nonsensical.