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==2000s==
===''John Carter''===
In 2004, Rodriguez signed on to direct the film ''[[John Carter (film)|John Carter]]'' after his friend [[Harry Knowles]] showed him [[Mark Protosevich]]{{'}}s script. Recognizing that Knowles had been an adviser to many other filmmakers, Rodriguez asked him to be credited as a producer.<ref name="hughes">{{cite book|last=Hughes |first=David |title=The Greatest Science Fiction Movies Never Made |publisher=[[Titan Books]] |date=2008 |pages=311–22 |isbn=978-1-84576-755-6}}</ref> Filming was set to begin in 2005, with Rodriguez planning to use the all-digital stages he was using for his production of ''[[Sin City (film)|Sin City]]'', a film based on the [[graphic novel]] series by [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]].<ref name="hughes" /> Rodriguez planned to hire [[Frank Frazetta]], the popular Burroughs and fantasy illustrator, as a designer on the film.<ref>{{cite news|authorlink=Drew McWeeny |first=Drew |last=McWeeny |title=Holy Crap!! Rodriguez Just Can't Stop!! First SIN CITY, And Now ... PRINCESS OF MARS!!! |work=[[Ain't It Cool News]] |date=March 2, 2004 |url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/17099 |accessdate=December 26, 2011}}</ref> Rodriguez had previously stirred-up film industry controversy owing to his decision to credit ''Sin City''{{'}}s artist/creator Miller as co-director on the film adaptation; as a result, Rodriguez decided to resign from the [[Directors Guild of America]]. In 2004, unable to employ a non-DGA filmmaker, Paramount assigned [[Kerry Conran]] to direct and [[Ehren Kruger]] to rewrite the John Carter script.<ref name="hughes" />
===''Barbarella'' remake===
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