Pixar's 'John Carter' begins casting

Andrew Stanton has confirmed that Pixar's first live-action film John Carter Of Mars is moving forward.

The WALL-E director told Sci Fi Wire that he has already begun his search for a cast.

"[I'm] deep into it," he said. "I'm on my next draft of it. We're in preproduction art-wise, and we're starting to talk to actors. So it's full bore."

Discussing the move from fully 3-D animated movies to live-action, Stanton added: "I think that's the only way. I mean, there are so many creatures and characters that half of it's going to be CG whether you want it to be [or not], just to realise some of these images that are in the book. But it will feel real. The whole thing will feel very, very believable."

John Carter Of Mars is based on Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction book A Princess Of Mars. Published in novel form in 1917 and regarded as a pulp classic, it focuses on Civil War veteran John Carter who finds himself transported to Mars.