Author: Michael Sellers
Help me solve the mystery of the sudden sustained surge of new members to the John Carter sequel Facebook Group
TweetSo help me figure this out. The John Carter Facebook Group “Take me back to Barsoom! I want John Carter to have a sequel!” has experienced a strange surge of new […]
Update on “Hollywood vs Mars” — 75% of the way there; questions for the JCF Braintrust
TweetI thought I’d provide an update on my progress on the book “Hollywood vs Mars”. I’ve been working on it 3-4 hours every morning and making good progress. The word […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs and Weird Tales
TweetHere’s a nice piece from Tellers of Weird Tales which was brought to my attention by one of our regulars. Please do forward interesting pieces to me — I try to […]
Battleship starring JC’s Taylor Kitsch opens lower than John Carter at $9m for Friday; looks to be en route to 25m opening weekend
TweetJohn Carter fans have been holding out hope that Battleship starring Taylor Kitsch will do well enough in the US to provide a boost to John Carter as the DVD/Blu-ray […]
Disney (oops, not – see update) A smart fan releases 720P HD clip of John Carter Warhoon battle scene”I was too late once” —
TweetUPDATE: I knew it was too good to be true to believe that Disney had released this clip showing heart, romance, and action all together. Word has arrived that even […]
Whirling Nerdish: Movie Marketing and John Carter
TweetOne of the members of the John Carter Facebook group found this article and posted it today. I’m sharing it here as this is obviously a topic of interest to […]
A Short History of Dejah Thoris, Warrior Princess, by Eric Holland
TweetEditor’s note: JCF is pleased to welcome a new contributor, Eric Holland. Eric has created in depth online databases at www.barsoom.wikia.com and johncarter.wikia.com, and has also contributed to recovering the old John Carter […]
Very Interesting Andrew Stanton Interview re Burroughs fans, and casting of Taylor Kitsch
TweetEva Lin on the John Carter Facebook group came up with this very interesting interview of Andrew Stanton and Taylor Kitsch from “Kinopoesk”, a Russian site. It’s an interview they […]
Detailed Summary for the Ehren Kruger Script for Paramount’s John Carter of Mars
TweetAs a lot of people are aware of Kerry Conran’s pitch video and test footage for his Paramount John Carter — one of the many that never got made. Because […]
Kerry Conran’s Pitch Video for Paramount’s John Carter
TweetThose who have been following the seemingly endless journey of John Carter to the screen will recall that back in 2004 Kerry Conran (director of Sky Pilot and the World […]
Is John Carter a Perfect Steve Jobs-style “bozo-meter”?
TweetThis is a review which caught my attention because of it’s reference to Steve Jobs comment about dividing the world into those that “get it” and those that are “bozos” […]
The Andrew Stanton Interview File
TweetAs I’m working on “Hollywood vs Mars”, I’ve been building a file of all the more substantial Andrew Stanton interviews as part of preparation for what I hope will be […]
Video: Teen Readers Voice Opinions on A Princess of Mars
TweetSince March 9, somewhere between 30 and 50 million people have seen the movie John Carter, and as a result, during the month of March, A Princess of Mars was […]
John Carter: Why Does Edgar Rice Burroughs Still Matter?
TweetJess Nevins writing for i09 has a thoughtful article entitled “Why Does Edgar Rice Burroughs Still Matter” which is worth reading in its entirety. Nevins traces the role of […]
John Carter: “Badass Fan Trailer” by Danny Quesnel
TweetHere’s a cool rock fan trailer by Danny Quesnel who says: Before watching *WARNING* please if you do not like hard rock, and just want to watch the cuts, just […]
John Carter Facebook group now operating an off-Facebook forum; check it out-join the discussion
TweetI wanted to make sure that everyone who comes here to John Carter Files knows that the John Carter Facebook Group is now operating an off-Facebook Forum at www.johncartertwo.com. Check […]
Excellent Discussion of Why Disney Has Trouble filling the studio chief job
TweetClaude Brodesser-Akner is the author of the often cited and infamous Vulture.com piece pinning the blame for John Carter marketing woes on Andrew Stanton, and I have gone on record […]
Another Iger Interview: Wonder where the preordained flop narrative came from? Read this.
TweetDisney CEO is starting to talk about John Carter and what he has to say, first in a Fortune/CNN Money article, and now in Bloomberg, is extremely interesting, particularly coming […]
Michael Moorcock’s Review of John Carter: “It was worth the wait…”
TweetThanks to Phil Burger for sending me the link to this review of John Carter by multi-awarded sci-fi master Michael Moorcock, who is one of the great and most respected […]
Ross and Iger on Ross’s Firing and “moving on” from John Carter
TweetJennifer Reingold has a comprehensive article in Fortune that includes unusually good access to Rich Ross, before he was fired from Disney, and Robert Iger, Disney’s CEO. Reingold recounts visiting […]
New John Carter Fan Trailer, Dragon Tattoo Style
TweetHere are two new John Carter Fan trailers from Andrew R Hansen of the Facebook group. Get ready for a lot more of these, especially after the DVD/Blu-ray comes out. The first […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs Poignantly Hilarious Bullet Point Outline of his failures
TweetEdgar Rice Burroughs, who wrote “A Princess of Mars” which forms the basis for Disney’s “John Carter”, was famously “selling pencil sharpeners” at the time he wrote this, his first […]
Blogger: Fans planning to take you “Back to Barsoom” for John Carter 2
TweetWe missed this when it came out on April 22. Thank you to the blogger “Scifiguy” for the nice writeup of the fan effort. We need more like this — […]
Wall Street Journal: Disney Beats Expectations With Q2 Earnings; John Carter losses have negligible effect
TweetDisney announced its first quarter earnings today, beating expectations with earnings of 63 cents per share (58 centers per share non-GAAP) against analyst expectations in the 55-56 cents per share […]
Hollywood Reporter: It was pairing with Avengers at 150 Drive-ins that gave John Carter the big boost in weekend Box Office
TweetHollywood Reporter has solved the anomaly of how it was that John Carter was able to leap from $112,000 box office a week ago, to $1.49M this past weekend, and […]
John Carter enjoys “comeback weekend” at the box-office — up 1200% vs previous weekend
TweetAvenger wasn’t the only film to do something extraordinary this past weekend. John Carter, on it’s “move-over” weekend where it picked up 165 second run theaters, bringing it’s total screens […]
Special Report: John Carter, the Flop that Wasn’t a Turkey (Part 3)
TweetThis is Part 3 of the Series: John Carter, the Flop that Wasn’t a Turkey. If you missed them, here are links to Part One and Part Two. January 2011: […]
Kellen Lutz and Spencer Locke are the new Tarzan and Jane
TweetFrom Hollywood Reporter The Twilight star and Resident Evil actress will topline what will be a performance-capture 3D adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs jungle story. Kellan Lutz, co-star of […]
Thomas Bertonneau: Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Masculine Narrative
TweetAs many of you know, I’ve got my head down writing a book that is now tentatively entitled “Hollywood vs Mars”, about the recent John Carter debacle and what path, […]
Interesting: When Good Movies are Bad
TweetBrad Bird tweeted this article this morning and I think it’s worth posting there. John Carter is mentioned as a casualty as a non-franchise movie at the time of its […]