“John Carter” Director Andrew Stanton Describes His Plan For “Gods” and “Warlord”
TweetAndrew Stanton (wearing the blue lanyard in the Comic Con 2022 panel image which also features Chad Stahelski and Keanu Reeves) gave the most thorough description we have yet received […]
New Art Scans from “A Princess of Mars” Deluxe Manuscript Edition, which ships Jan 9
TweetJust got word from Jim Gerlach and ERB Books that the Deluxe Manuscript Edition of A Princess of Mars is ready to ship, and will go out on January 9, […]
A Princess of Mars — Manuscript Edition from ERBBooks and the ERB Limited Edition Collection
TweetJust got some great news from Jim Gerlach and the folks at the Edgar Rice Burroughs Limited Edition Collection at ERBBooks.com Their next project is set to come out December […]
The Elephant in the Screening Room
TweetVirtually every writer has, either consciously or unconsciously, borrowed from writers who came before him. Edgar Rice Burroughs was almost certainly inspired by Mary Shelley, Jules Verne, H.R. Haggard, General […]
ERB and JRRT: Craftsmen of the Modern Imagination
Tweethttp://www.erbzine.com/mag67/6795.html JRR Tolkien’s birthday on January 3 elicited a reminder from ERB scholar Jess Terrell about an article I had written for the Fall 2017 edition of the ERB-APA journal. […]
Savage Pellucidar Special Edition Is a Treasure
TweetIt’s been a brutal week. All week, as the brutal week has been unfolding, I’ve been eyeing an unopened box sitting on a coffee table waiting for my attention. The […]
Pellucidar: World Beyond Time, a New Video from Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc
TweetI’ve been teaming up with Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., to make some short videos, showcasing the worlds of ERB. The latest is Pellucidar: World Beyond Time. Check it out. Pellucidar […]
Returning to the Source
TweetA review of a recent science-fiction video game included the following comment about a classic novel that we’re into around here. 😉 (Thank you, Scott Tracy Griffin, for sharing your […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc launches new Vimeo channel with two videos: Barsoom Beyond Imagination and Lord of the Jungle
TweetVery pleased to announce that we’ve been working with the folks at Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc to help launch the new ERB Inc Vimeo Channel (https://EdgarRiceBurroughsInc) with two videos, more […]
Solutions for the Fading Cinema Experience – More Barsoom! ;-)
TweetAn online discussion about the business aspects of Hollywood yielded the following link: http://www.mpaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/MPAA-Theatrical-Market-Statistics-2014.pdf I found it to be a cool resource. From it, I gather that over fifty percent […]
Dum Dum Day 3 Updates from Cathy Wilbanks
TweetThank you to everyone for making this an ERBTASTIC Dum-Dum, especially Michael Hatt, our host, and everyone who attended. Today’s hero — Martin Powell, recipient of this year’s Golden Lion Award, […]
Dum-Dum Day 2 Updates from Cathy Wilbanks — Video and Photos
TweetHere we go — getting the hang of the video updates. Video Update 4 — Michael Hatt Michael is the host of this year’s Dum Dum, and is the author […]
Dum Dum 2017 is Off and Running — Updates from Cathy Wilbanks
Tweetby Cathy Wilbanks Hi Everybody! Dum dum 2017 is off and running, and I am determined to master this video report thing……so here we go Update 1 Update 2 Okay, now […]
ERB Inc. — Day 2 at San Diego Comic-Con — Cathy Wilbanks Video and Photo Report
TweetI’m trying video updates . . . . bear with me, I’m new to this. Giving it a try. Excited about today. Tracy looking soooooo serious! Jim Sullos We stumbled […]
ERB Inc — Day 1 at San Diego Comic Con — Cathy Wilbanks Photo-Report
TweetDay 1 SDCC — Here we go! Can’t wait to see what’s waiting for us out there. Definitely a John Carter kind of day! It’s a madhouse and it hasn’t […]
Cathy Wilbanks: Update 2 from ECOF 2017 (More PIcs)
Tweet Bill Ross during the auction — notice he wasn’t wearing his hat! Joe Lukes got an achievement award from the BB. Dick Spargur won the “Martian Legion” door prize. […]
Does Skull Island’s Success Mean Anything for Legend of Tarzan Sequel Prospects?
TweetThe Sunday box office news is that Kong: Skull Island is looking pretty strong with $61M opening on a $185M budget, with Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 78% and Cinemascore […]
John Carter and Big Budget Movie Schadenfreude
Tweet“To the schadenfreudist, an epic fail is the only just reward for such epic hubris, and thus the narrative is pre-determined and nothing short of an outright “win” at the […]
Risk – The Only Safe Bet
TweetWhen people make the comparison between the budget and the box office returns of an unprofitable film, I find it ironic that the focus is often put on saying that […]
Home Sweet Mars
TweetI’ve been a geek about Edgar Rice Burroughs’ science-fantasy version of Mars for over twenty years. For much of that time, the idea of going to the real Mars, and […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Legacy of Mars
TweetWhat is required for an idea to flourish and change the destiny of a person, a society, or a species? For a case study, we need look no further than a neighboring planet in our solar […]
Why Colonize Mars?
TweetAny discussion about exploring and colonizing Mars must eventually face the question of cost. Critics ask how we can justify spending billions of dollars to take ourselves to another planet, […]
The Latest from Andrew Stanton
TweetWith Finding Dory, one of the year’s biggest hits, out on disc as of Nov. 15, Andrew Stanton has resurfaced to talk all things fish, Pixar, and yes, John Carter! […]
National Geographic’s Lavish Mars TV Series Begins Tonight (Nov. 14)
TweetThis brand new dramatic mini-series depicting the first manned mission to Mars in 2033 is interspersed with commentary by today’s leading Mars experts. The first episode has been available online […]
Barsoom – Mars or Exoplanet?
TweetWhether or not a future John Carter/Barsoom reboot should keep the story on the seemingly dead world of Mars, or instead move it to a more scientifically plausible exoplanet, is […]
Marketing the Legacy of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Mars
TweetThe trick with including the legacy of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Mars books in the marketing of a John Carter/Barsoom reboot is to inform people about the legacy in a way that creates […]
Legend of Tarzan Available Today for Download — Here Are All the Digital Download Links
TweetLegend of Tarzan is now available for digital download, and will be available on Blu Ray on October 11th. Here are all the places you can download it. (And at […]
John Carter of the Round Table by Abraham Sherman
TweetFROM THE ARCHIVES: A while back I took a closer look at Disney’s “John Carter” through the lens of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ original novel, with an eye toward a reboot. […]
Taking Stock of Barsoom: Strengths and Weaknesses by Abraham Sherman
TweetAny prospective “A Princess of Mars” adaptation must fully take stock of the strengths and weaknesses of the novel and make honesty a guiding principle. There is no doubt that […]
Abraham Sherman: Challenging the Hollywood Idea that ERB’s John Carter is “Too Vanilla”
Tweetby Abraham Sherman | When I first read my way through the Barsoom novels, I found the world itself to be the main character. John Carter is the reader’s surrogate, […]