Month: March 2012
Space Review: Fighting For Mars
TweetFrom the Space Review: Earlier this month, Disney released the movie John Carter. Based on the famous Edgar Rice Burroughs tales, it’s the story of a Civil War veteran mysteriously transported […]
CNN’s Gene Seymour: Why Hunger Games Soared, and John Carter Didn’t
TweetCNN’s Gene Seymour has posted his views on why Hunger Games connected with audiences in a way that John Carter did not. I’m a little bit cautious about posting these […]
John Carter News March 27, 2012
Tweet Why ‘Hunger’ soared; ‘Carter’ bombed – CNN – cnn.com 03/27/2012 DAWN.comWhy ‘Hunger’ soared; ‘Carter’ bombedCNN(CNN) — Pure products of Hollywood, “The Hunger Games” and “John Carter” were conceived, designed, […]
NEW: A very cool John Carter Fan Trailer from William Farrelly
TweetI don’t know how we missed this, it was posted on March 2nd. But I found it tonight and I want to give a serious shootout to Youtuber JangoFett07 (UPDATE: […]
Hunger Games vs John Carter Marketing: Time for some tough love for Disney
TweetThe news is in – Lion’s Gate’s Hunger Games brought in a whopping $155m at the domestic box office in this, its debut weekend, making it the third highest opening […]
A sincere “Thank You” to all who have helped our 2nd fan trailer “Heritage” reach 100,000 views on YouTube
TweetA sincere “thank you” to everyone who has helped cause our second fan trailer “Heritage” to go from 20,000 views to 100,000 views on Youtube in one week — and […]
John Carter News – March 26, 2012
Tweet As 3D novelty wears off, some experts call for more extreme uses – Screen International – screendaily.com 03/26/2012 As 3D novelty wears off, some experts call for more extreme […]
Taylor Kitsch: “I would do John Carter again tomorrow.”
TweetFrom EW.com It is an old Hollywood maxim that everyone flees from failure. When a big movie bellyflops at the box office — like John Carter, which has pulled in a […]
Sci-fi Pulse: Was John Carter the Worst Marketed Movie Ever
TweetFrom Sci-fi Pulse: John Carter is sadly on track to become the biggest box office failures of the year, if not the history of cinema. What is upsetting about this is that John […]
John Carter now at $234M Global Gross
TweetBox Office Mojo now has John Carter at $234M global gross — this on a weekend where The Hunger Games brought in an extraordinary $155m in the US. The figures […]
John Carter News – March 25, 2012
Tweet The top films at the North American box office – Reuters – reuters.com 03/25/2012 The top films at the North American box officeReuters13.1 million 4 (3) John Carter ……………………..$ […]
French Fans want to go “Back to Barsoom” too!
TweetA French site has a nice examination of “why John Carter flopped” and ends with a plea and a link to the Facebook group “Take Me Back to Barsoom! I […]
John Carter: An Open Letter to Walt Disney Studios Chairman Richard Ross
TweetThe following is an open letter to Rich Ross, Chairman of Walt Disney Studios, regarding John Carter. It is a sincere request for Disney senior management to address in a […]
John Carter News – March 24, 2012
Tweet Battered ‘John Carter’ scores overseas – Variety – variety.com 03/23/2012 VarietyBattered ‘John Carter’ scores overseasVarietyBy Andrew Stewart Disney’s “John Carter” entered salvage mode internationally over the March 16-18 weekend, […]
Globe and Mail Questions John Carter ‘Flop’ Status
TweetThere’s a nice piece in the Globe and Mail which puts the John Carter “flop” status in something approaching reasonable perspective. Here’s the article: John Carter’s a flop, but […]
Hunger Games looking like $60-75m on Friday — will John Carter catch some overflow or be trampled?
TweetTo no one’s surprise, Lions Gate’s Hunger Games looks on pace for a record setting weekend. It booked $19.75m in midnight shows, and as of 4pm Deadline Hollywood and others […]
An Evening with Danton Burroughs, Keeper of the Flame for Edgar Rice Burroughs
TweetAs an “Army brat” teenager I truly fell in love with the fantastic tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ stories, which in those days were being reissued on paperback by ACE […]
John Barth, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter, and the "Masculine Narrative"
TweetIn this, the season of John Carter, I have found my thoughts occasionally returning to the year 1976 when I was a graduate student in a seminar on the Modern […]
The Wrap: “Rich Ross and the John Carter Debacle”
TweetI can’t think of a similar announcement for a single movie in recent history. In fact, most studios try to bury losses for individual pictures in their financial statements. And […]
Under an Outlaw Moon: “The John Carter You’d have liked to see.”
TweetFrom Under an Outlaw Moon: There’s an excellent column here exploring the many insipid and wrongheaded ways that Disney dropped the ball, or flat-out abandoned the ball, with John Carter and ultimately fucked over […]
The Movie Blog: A Fan Trailer that could possibly have saved John Carter
Tweet[There are a few more of these coming out, it seems. I have mixed feelings about posting them all, but on balance, it seems like this is a part of […]
About Heroes Writes: “The Fans Show how John Carter Should Have Been Marketed”
TweetFrom AboutHeroes.com Let me first start off by saying that I really, really, really, really liked this film. While I don’t think it’s perfect, I do think it’s a well […]
Our Second Fan Trailer Just Made it to Ain’t It Cool News …. too little too late, but thanks!
TweetToday on Ain’t it Cool News, Harry Knowles just posted our fan trailer #2 “Heritage” and wrote about it. Thanks, Harry ….you knew that the AICNovites would bite you for […]
Ta da! The John Carter Files Now Has a Forum
TweetOkay, we did it — took the plunge, created a forum. The only question now: Will anyone come? (Puhlease save us from the embarrassment of throwing a party and no […]
Take the poll: Should fans fans lobby Disney to officially change the title to John Carter of Mars?
TweetWhy don’t John Carter fans, aside from clamoring for a sequel (which is an impossible dream at the moment), also lobby Disney to officially change the title of the movie […]
Deadline Hollywood Article on Disney’s $200m Bomb announcement is worth reading for the comments alone
TweetDeadline Hollywood has been no particular friend of John Carter, as anyone who has been following the movie knows. That aid, it’s a very popular site with lots of commenting […]
Marketwatch: Analysts Shrug off Disney’s $250m Flop
Tweet“John Carter” misadventure Tuesday after the company warned that it expects to take a $200 million loss on the film. Animation director Andrew Stanton took on the $250 million live-action […]
John Carter and the Will to Overcome
TweetFrom the Mennonite Weekly Review. Last weekend, my husband and I took our kids to see John Carter, Disney’s ambitious adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ science fiction novels. Critics are mixed on their […]
John Carter News March 20, 2012
Tweet Rich Ross and the ‘John Carter’ Debacle – Disney Takes It on the Chin (Updated) – TheWrap – thewrap.com 03/21/2012 Rich Ross and the ‘John Carter’ Debacle – Disney […]
Our view: It’s now clear, after yesterday’s announcement – Disney viewed John Carter as a hospice case all along
TweetWe didn’t react immediately when Disney announced yesterday, with John Carter 11 days into its theatrical run, that it will be booking a $200m writedown, making the Andrew Stanton film […]