M2M by a Nose?

It appears as if M2M will be the first Mars movie to make it into theaters next year. Look for it on screens March 10, 2000. The story below is from Cinescape.com. 11/1/99

More than ever, it looks as if Disney's Mission To Mars movie project will win the Mars movie rally. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Brian DePalma directed project has wrapped principle photography 15 days ahead of schedule just this last week. The film's scheduled release date remains March 10th.

Mission To Mars will tell the story of the first manned mission to Mars gone terribly wrong when the ship and crew appear to have been destroyed by an unusual beacon. Gary Sinise plays the film's lead and the captain of the second mission to the red planet to rescue the crew of the first. Sinise's character was originally set to join the first crew, but had to stay on earth to deal with his wife's death.

On Mars, Sinise and his crew soon learn that there are some unusual connections between the red planet and good ol' mother Earth. (Read my review of the script) Meanwhile, Warner Bros.' own Mars movie project, Red Planet starring Val Kilmer, is still shooting and expected to wrap in early December. That film is likely to hit theater screens in spring or summer 2000.

Further down the line will be James Cameron's two Mars projects; one for television and the other an Imax feature; as well as John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars.