The Oscar-winning 'Brave' director will serve as supervising director and co-showrunner on the first animated adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ saga.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Mark Andrews has joined the upcoming John Carter, Warlord of Mars animated series as supervising director and co-showrunner. Andrews, who directed Pixar’s Brave, will oversee the adaptation alongside co-showrunner and head writer Michael Kogge.

According to TheWrap, Andrews and Kogge will discuss the project during a San Diego Comic-Con panel on Friday, July 24, at 4 p.m. in Room 32B.

The series is based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ influential Barsoom novels, beginning with A Princess of Mars, which was first serialized in 1912. The books follow John Carter, a Civil War veteran mysteriously transported to Mars, where he becomes entangled in conflicts among the planet’s inhabitants.