Walt Disney has said it expects to lose $200m (£126m) on its movie John Carter, This makes the movie one of the biggest flops in cinema history.
The film deals with a military captain who is transported to Mars. The he discovers a wildly diverse planet whose main inhabitants are 12-foot tall green barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, who is in desperate need of a savior.
The film is based on a series of books written by the author of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs. The studio is now working on the second part of the trilogy, hoping that the next part will be more successful.
It is estimated that John Carter cost $250m to make and it is likely that Disney spent another $100m on marketing.
Mark Kermode, specialist who reviewed the film for bbc news said: "The story telling is incomprehensible, the characterisation is ludicrous, the story is two and a quarter hours long and it's a boring, boring, boring two and a quarter hours long."
The film's director, Pixar's Andrew Stanton, had previously had great success with films such as Finding Nemo and Wall-E.
Personally I haven't seen this latest Disney production, but as the reviews are quite bad, I am not sure, if it is worth watching it now. As I myself somehow grew up with all those well known Disney classics such as Finding Nemo, The Lion King, Beauty and the beast, Toy Story, Mulan, Mary Poppins and, of course, Pirates of the Caribbean, it is sad to hear, that the newest movie doesn't seem to match the high standard Disney movies usually held.
Hopefully the next movie produced by Disney will be as great as some previous ones were!
r.s.
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