director" credit with him.  The Directors Guild of America would not allow it. As a result,  Rodriguez resigned from the DGA, saying, "It was easier for me to  quietly resign before shooting because otherwise Id be forced to  make compromises I was unwilling to make or set a precedent that  might hurt the guild later on." Unfortunately, by resigning from the  DGA, Rodriguez was also forced to relinquish his directors seat on  the film _John Carter of Mars (2009)_ (qv) (at the time "A Princess  of Mars" after the book on which it was based) for Paramount.  Rodriguez had already signed on and been announced as director of  that film when the DGA situation took place, and had been planning  to begin shooting soon after wrapping this film.