Disney officially canceled all plans for sequels following the significant financial loss of the first film in 2012. However, the director and lead actor have shared extensive details about what the sequel, titled John Carter: Gods of Mars , would have looked like. The Planned Story: Gods of Mars

John Carter returning to Barsoom a decade later to find his wife, Dejah Thoris, and their son, Carthoris.

The primary reason for the cancellation was the first film's financial performance. With a staggering production and marketing budget of approximately , it only grossed about $284 million worldwide, leading to an estimated $200 million loss for Disney. Consequently, Disney allowed the film rights to revert to the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate in 2014. The Unrealised Vision: Gods of Mars and Warlord of Mars

Carter would discover that the Therns (the shape-shifting "gods") were manipulating the Martian religion and cults to exploit the planet's remaining resources. Missing Dejah:

But I couldn’t stop watching. Because buried inside this mess—this beautiful, broken, illegal mess—was a real story. Someone had written a proper sequel script. There was a scene where John Carter, standing on the edge of the dead sea of Lithis, whispers to his daughter: “Every man is two men. The one he buries, and the one he digs up.”

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