Ehren Kruger is Hired for "A Princess of Mars"

Ehren Kruger ("The Ring" and "The Ring 2") has taken on the job of writing the script to "A Princess of Mars." "A Princess of Mars" will be the first movie of the "John Carter of Mars" franchise and will follow the storyline from Edgar Rice Burroughs' first book of that series.

"A Princess of Mars" follows American Civil War veteran John Carter who is transported through space to the planet Barsoom where he's taken prisoner by giant green men.

"Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" writer/director has also signed on to direct "A Princess of Mars." Robert Rodriguez had originally been hired to direct the film, but left the movie after resigning his membership in the Directors Guild of America over a dispute concerning co-directing credits with Frank Miller for the movie "Sin City."

Paramount Pictures hopes to begin filming "A Princess of Mars" in a year and is tentatively planning on a 2006 release.

SOURCE: Variety