MUMBAI: Imax Corporation, in association with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures will release action-adventure film John Carter Stanton in Imax theatres simultaneously with the film‘s worldwide release on 9 March next year.

John Carter, set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars), is the story of war-weary former military captain John Carter. He is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions among the inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas, and the captivating Princess Dejah Thoris.
 
In a world on the brink of collapse, Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.

Said Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures executive vice president - theatrical exhibition sales and distribution Dave Hollis, "Audiences will immediately feel transported in the epic adventure of John Carter.

Andrew Stanton has envisioned this vast landscape in a way that‘s not been seen before, and we‘re thrilled to be able to offer our viewers this film in the immersive Imax 3D format.”

John Carter stars Taylor Kitsch, Willem Dafoe and Lynn Collins