Tuesday, August 10, 2010

'Frankenweenie' & 'John Carter of Mars' Have Release Dates

Walt Disney Pictures have announced the release dates for Tim Burton's 'Frankenweenie' & Andrew Stanton's 'John Carter of Mars.'

March 9, 2012 is the release date for the Tim Burton's stop motion animated 'Frankenweenie' based on his 1984 short about a pet dog brought back to life by his loyal owner.

And June 8, 2012 release date for Andrew Stanton's 'John Carter of Mars', starring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Daryl Sabara, Polly Walker, Bryan Cranston, Thomas Hayden Church and Willem Dafoe.

Based on the first of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Barsoom Series," the film chronicles the journey of Civil-War veteran John Carter (Kitsch), who finds himself battling a new and mysterious war amidst a host of strange Martian inhabitants, including Tars Tarkas (Dafoe) and Dejah Thoris (Collins).