Dafoe's a Martian!

Variety has reported that Willem Dafoe will star with Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins in John Carter of Mars, Disney's fantasy epic based on the book series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Dafoe will portray Tars Tarkas, a green Martian warrior who will most likely fight along Kitsch's John Carter.

The John Carter books are full of sequel potential. Dafoe has proven himself worthy of the makeup and fantastic setting of a film such as this, due in no small part to his participation in Spider-Man as the Green Goblin. I've always found him likeable and talented. Will Disney be able to bring justice to the grand scale of the books? I'm anxious to see, being a fan of classic novels. I can't imagine anything worse concerning this project than Disney blowing the potential of a continued successful movie series. (crossing fingers)