Author: Michael Sellers
Blogger: John Carter and the Politics of Yesterday’s News
TweetFrom Signify Yeah. It’s April. March is long gone. Something I noticed: One of the big stories in the month of March was how the John Carter movie was somehow […]
Another John Carter Fan Trailer — this one capturing the romance
TweetThis fan trailer has cause quite a stir on the John Carter Facebook Group (join!) and was posted by Debbie Banway with the notation: “Why we write letter and sign petitions!” […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs Trivia Game — Fun!
TweetSomeone on the Facebook John Carter Sequel Group found this Edgar Rice Burroughs Trivia game which is pretty fun stuff. I took the one for A Princess of Mars and […]
Amazon Lists John Carter DVD for a (very early) June 5 Release Date
TweetAlthough Disney has made no formal announcement, Amazon.com has changed its listing of the John Carter DVD/Blu-ray from having an unspecified release date, to a release date now listed at […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter, and the Mad Romance of the One Man Flier
TweetReading the Martian novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs as a teenager, high on the list of the “magic of Burroughs” for me was the concept of the tiny “one-man scout […]
John Carter Fans Out to “Make a Statement” at final screening of the film at Hollywood’s El Capitan
TweetFor updates about the “Last Trip to Barsoom” event — go to this link. Following is the original story — which includes the article below; plus (scroll down) quotes from […]
Special Report: John Carter, The Flop that Wasn’t a Turkey — How did it happen? (Part 1)
TweetWhen a wannabe blockbuster turns out to be a turkey of a film and flops miserably, we don’t need any explanations — it’s clear what just happened. A bad movie […]
NJ Star Ledger: Does Bad Buzz and a ballooning budget spell doom for a movie?
TweetBy Stephen Whitty/The Star-Ledger The mighty have fallen. Oprah Winfrey’s cable network is staggering, searching for audiences. Steven Spielberg’s last three projects — “War Horse,” “The Adventures of Tintin” and the […]
An Evening with Danton Burroughs, Keeper of the Flame for Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc
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 […]
Taylor Kitsch confirms support for John Carter sequels, sends another shout-out to John Carter Facebook fans
TweetOn April 9 DIY FILM, a UK entertainment publication, published an article entitled “Taylor Kitsch Nixes John Carter Sequel?”, causing a furor among John Carter and Taylor Kitsch fans. In the […]
Andrew Stanton Has Tweeted — take a “Last Trip to Barsoom” on April 19, thanks fans
TweetAndrew Stanton has gotten wind of the John Carter fans’ plan to make a show of force at El Capitan Theater’s final showing of John Carter on April 19th at […]
First John Carter App: A Walk Under the Moons of Mars
TweetThis is the first John Carter app that we’ve seen. Looks pretty nice. From Blue Monkey Studio: Travel to Mars with John Carter and the other E. R. Burroughs characters […]
Last Trip to Barsoom: Join us for closing night of the John Carter run at El Capitan in Hollywood
TweetSome members of the Facebook Group: “Take me back to Barsoom! I want John Carter to have a sequel!” have decided that there is no place else they want to […]
Celluloid Wonders: How the John Carter Bomb Could Have Been Prevented
TweetFrom Cellulloid Wonders by J. Kemp How “John Carter” Bomb Could’ve Been Prevented Disney’s science fiction epic “John Carter” is now considered one of the biggest bombs of all time, and […]
Review: New Worlds for Old: John Carter of Mars
TweetFrom RadiusLit.org By Tony Williams “Entertainment offers the image of `something better’ to escape into, or something that our day-to-day lives don’t provide. Alternatives, hopes, wishes – these are […]
Author Interview: Scott Dutton, Return to Barsoom
TweetFrom No Wasted Ink Interveiw by Wendy Van Camp Due to my love of the work of Edgar Rich Burroughs, I came across Scott’s novel, Return to Barsoom and fell in […]
New John Carter Fan Art Gallery
TweetThe fans at the Facebook Group “Take Me Back to Barsoom! I want John Carter to have a sequel!” are continuing to make fan art that celebrates John Carter. This […]
Barsoom Primer: People and Cultures of Barsoom
TweetRed Martians The Red Martians are the dominant culture on Barsoom. They are organized into a system of imperial city-states including Helium, Ptarth and Zodanga, controlling the planetary canal system, […]
Bloomberg Business News: Disney Stung by ‘John Carter’ Loss Plots ‘Avengers’ Blitz
TweetFrom Bloomberg Business News: Walt Disney Co. (DIS) (DIS), after losing $200 million on the sci-fi film “John Carter,” is mounting a superhero-style marketing campaign to ensure its next big-budget […]
John Carter: A Just Fight, and a good cause
Tweetfrom StevenEGordon.blogspot.com — by Steve Gordon A just fight… …and a good cause. I know it’s been quite awhile since I last blogged and I will blog again to bring you […]
Taylor Kitsch: “I’d love to do John Carter 2. I really would!”
TweetThroughout the promotion, release, and aftermath of John Carter, the film’s star Taylor Kitsch has been a proud defender of the Andrew Stanton film that has drawn mixed reviews, yet […]
Dennis Mansfield: Open Letter to Robert Eiger, Disney CEO, re John Carter
TweetDennis Mansfield of Dennismansfield.com has written a well-thought-out and well-expressed letter to Robert Iger, Disney CEO, regarding John Carter. We encourage our readers to visit Dennis Mansfield’s blog and leave […]
How to Count in Barsoomian
TweetAs the fans of John Carter settle into what will inevitably be a long struggle to win their battle for a sequel, we will begin drilling down into some of […]
Scott Dutton on the Robert K. Abbett Ballantyne Barsoom Cover Art
TweetFrom Catspaw Dynamics: In 1963, Robert K. Abbett was commissioned by Ballantine Books to paint the covers for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom series. 1965 saw the addition of John Carter of Mars as the 11th […]
Example of a Flop-turned-classic: “Newsies” headed for Broadway
TweetAs John Carter, currently near $260m in global revenue, continues to struggle to shed its “flop” stigma, one example of a “flop-turned-classic” is headed for Broadway. Following is from TheIthacan.org […]
The John Carter “What Really Happened” File: Andrew Stanton on Reshoots and the Pixar Process
TweetMuch has been made of the fact that John Carter had what the industry call “reshoots”, with the implication in some reporting being that the “reshoots” proved that the original […]
John Carter: A Fan Laments — It’s Not a Conspiracy. It’s Just Plain Old Corp Round-Table Business
TweetFrom Khanada’s Ramblings by Khanada Taylor I first learned about the film John Carter about 3 years ago. My sister and I were visiting London and we had the rare […]
A Tale of the Two Worlds of John Carter (The onscreen one, and the offscreen)
TweetFrom Adventures by Daddy by Dave Parfitt Walt Disney Studios’ John Carter opened nationwide on Friday, March 9th, but it wasn’t until last weekend my family and I were able to see […]
Taylor Kitsch Cites John Carter Facebook Group: “Pay attention to the fans!”
Tweet From Coventry Telegraph DRAMATICALLY disowned by Disney as a $200million loss-making misfire – which would make it the biggest dud in box office history – the sci-fi action film has now […]
Stay on Mars, John Carter–and save me a spot
TweetAmerica can’t even get to Mars at the movies From Fredricksburg.com By Paul Akers FINE, file this under “The Columnist Self-Indulges.” Nevertheless, I am not quite finished with “John Carter.” I […]