Walt Disney Pictures is wasting no time on setting the stage for next month’s John Carter adaptation to become the first in a new blockbuster series for the studio. The plan all along has been for the sci-fi flick to kick off a new trilogy – something which co-writer/director Andrew Stanton has previously made no secret of – and now progress on the next installment is already heating up.

The script for the sequel is tentatively known as John Carter: The Gods of Mars, based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ second John Carter novel.

This planned sequel might be getting way ahead of itself.

John Carter may not prove to be the box office success that Disney is hoping for. In fact, many box office experts predict it could turn out to be a major flop.