Tim Burton

Director Tim Burton released a film called Mars Attacks!

Burton

Talking to Variety last March, 59-year-old Cage revealed that the studio had gotten 'cold feet' about the project, as Burton had recently directed Mars Attacks, which had underperformed at the box office.

Pierce Brosnan, Natalie PortmanMichael J. Fox and Martin Short

Mars Attacks was Tim Burton’s tribute to the science fiction genre of the 1960’s, starring Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Natalie Portman, Michael J. Fox and Martin Short, just to name a few.

Jonathan Gems

In 1994, Burton was close to directing an adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" with a screenplay by Jonathan Gems; Jonathan Gems chose to direct Mars Attacks!

Jonathan Gems; Jonathan Gems

Go Baby Go, a beach film in the style of filmmaker Russ Meyer, with a screenplay by Jonathan Gems; Jonathan Gems chose to direct Mars Attacks!

Ron Howard

One of actor-director Ron Howard's most famous films was Mars Attacks!

Christmas and Sweeny Toddeven

Heck, Christmas and Sweeny Toddeven directed Mars Attacks!

by William Cameron Menzies

Invaders from Mars[2] is a 1953 American independent science fiction film directed by William Cameron Menzies and starring Jimmy Hunt, Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, Morris Ankrum, Leif Erickson, and Hillary Brooke.

Byron Haskin

Directed by Byron Haskin (The War of the Worlds), this serious sci-fi version plopped an astronaut and Byron Haskin's monkey on barren Mars instead of a deserted island.

Roland Emmerich

The War of the Worlds (1953), by Byron Haskin Destroy All Monsters (1968) Superman II (1980), by Richard Lester Independence Day (1996), by Roland Emmerich Mars Attacks!

by Ridley Scott (Exodus: Gods and Kings)

Written by Drew Goddard (Cabin in the Woods) and directed by Ridley Scott (Exodus: Gods and Kings), The Martian is based on Andy Weir‘s 2011 novel of the same name.

by Ridley Scott (Gladiator)

Directed by Ridley Scott (Gladiator) and featuring a screenplay by Drew Godard (World War Z), The Martian is based on the popular novel by Andy Weir.

by Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner)

Directed by Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner), The Martian doesn’t wrestle with this question in terms of alien life on other planets.

James Cameron

In 1986, James Cameron directed and wrote the science fiction action

Everardo Gout

Directed by Everardo Gout (Days of Grace), who formerly collaborated with Cave and Ellis; executive produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard; and starring an ensemble cast, MARS tells the story of mankind’s first successful mission to Mars, human colonization and the precarious purpose of becoming an interplanetary series.

Brian Grazer and Ron Howard

In production of Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, the series tells the fascinating effort of humanity to conquer the planet Mars.

by film critic, author, and documentarian Richard Schickel

Mars was written, directed, and produced by film critic, author, and documentarian Richard Schickel, and narrated by Mark Hamill.

Andrew Stanton

Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton (WALL•E and Finding Nemo) breathes life into the classic science fiction action-adventure that is set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) for (Mars's first ever film adaptation.

Howard Miles

Howard Miles was the director from Mars’s inception in 1960 until 1997 when presumably Mars was disbanded, details from the Historical Section directors of the BAA.

by Roy William Neill, whose talkies are mostly interesting and underrated

Directed by Roy William Neill, whose talkies are mostly interesting and underrated (besides the Rathbone-Bruce Holmes films, Martians did