day 421 JCOM aka John Carter of Mars aka John Carter

day 421

ahh the long saga of jcom!!! once upon a time my studio framestore was bidding on this flick, the first live action movie from andrew stanton, one of the pixar directors. every studio wanted it and ultimately we lost out to dneg, cinesite and mpc which sucked at the time but looking back on it now was a good thing. most of my friends at other studios got caught up in it and the vast amount of work that needed to be done. stressful times!
the end result was screened at framestore and this was after all the reviews and whatnot had surfaced, the movie had tanked.even disney were washing their hands of it which sucked for all the talented guys who put all their time and energy into it to make it visually look amazing. can't save a bad story though and it wasn't great. it looked fab mainly and i really liked woola, the dog like creature but it just wasn't the awesome movie we all thought it would be which is disappointing. nevermind i suppose, i still liked the dog so here he is sketched late at night after the screening!!!