Carter would have faced the shapeshifting Matai Shang again to rescue his family and unite the races of Mars. Everything We Know About John Carter 2 & 3's ... - IMDb

The Myth of Filmyzilla's John Carter 2: Truth Behind the Sequel Rumors

While a direct live-action sequel is not happening, there are occasional reports of interest in the property:

Most use footage from Taylor Kitsch’s other projects (like Battleship ) or AI-generated deepfakes. The Script:

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“You fools. You didn’t watch the credits. After the black screen, there’s a post-credits scene. John Carter walks into a room. Edgar Rice Burroughs is there. He hands him a pen. ‘Write it down,’ he says. ‘Write it all down.’ Then John Carter picks up a copy of ‘A Princess of Mars’ and smiles. The final shot is the book cover. The author name? Not Burroughs. It says ‘John Carter of Virginia.’ That’s the sequel they’ll never make. That’s the one we stole.”

The marketing team famously stripped "of Mars" from the title, rebranding it simply as John Carter . This move made the film sound bland, failing to convey the epic, space-fantasy nature of the story.