Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I know it was announced by the trades and has been a sure thing, but it just makes it that much more real that Kerry Conran himself is talking about directing A PRINCESS OF MARS to media during the press tour for SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW. Now, as a new fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs' series (I'm on CHESSMEN OF MARS, but I had to halt my John Carter adventures to brush up on my CHRONICLES OF NARNIA for some really cool reasons I'll fill you in on in the near future) and someone who has seen SKY CAPTAIN I have to say... Of all the directors who have been attached or almost attached to this project, I think that Kerry Conran feels the best. He has an understanding for pulpy adventure filmmaking that is confident, fresh and exciting. Just the kind of person John Carter needs to help him through Barsoom and into Dejah Thoris' heart. Now, if only I could get that Big Red chump to spill more on what he's got up his sleeves...
hey harry,
i'm a college journalist here in san francisco and i got the chance to interview 'sky captain' writer/director kerry conran yesterday. on top of being a fortunate geek who made a great, great debut with this film, he told us he's been hired by paramount to helm 'princess of mars', which as you know robert rodriguez dropped out of due to 'sin city'.
this sounds very promising...conran is definitely going places.
if you print this you can call me 'lingo quichocho'
thanks
