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Author: Michael Sellers

A Beginner’s Guide to John Carter’s Mars

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TweetFrom Superhero Hype: This Friday, Finding Nemo and WALL•E director Andrew Stanton will go where no other filmmaker has managed to go before, as he tackles the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs in Disney’s John […]

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March 5, 2012March 5, 2012 Michael Sellers Barsoom, John Carter News

John Carter Review from Bleeding Cool

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Tweet John Carter: The Bleeding Cool Review   You’ve already been told a zillion times how Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Barsoom cycle was the progenitor of Star Wars, Avatar and Dune. […]

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March 5, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

Video: John Carter Critics TV Spot #2

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John Carter Movie Review from EatSleepLiveFilm.com

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Tweet Review: John Carter (Ian’s Take) Ian Loring March 5, 2012 0 It’s the first blockbuster of 2012 and it’s got a lot riding on it for Disney as sci-fi epic […]

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March 5, 2012March 5, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

Starburst John Carter Review

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Tweet Review: John Carter (PG) / Director: Andrew Stanton / Screenplay: Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews / Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Willem Dafoe, Thomas Haden Church, Mark Strong […]

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March 5, 2012March 5, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

Director Andrew Stanton Talks JOHN CARTER, Reshoots, Editing, the Long Post-Production Schedule, Deleted Scenes, and More

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Tweet Ninety-five years ago, Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote A Princess of Mars, and since its publication, the series has influenced generations of readers.  As you might imagine, numerous filmmakers were […]

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March 5, 2012March 5, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Variety: John Carter, Hunger Games are fresh franchises that are taking on the “tentpole torpor”

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TweetNow that the awards season is history, mainstream Hollywood can refocus on what really matters: the care and feeding of tentpoles. Fawning over “The Artist” can get tiresome when there […]

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March 5, 2012March 5, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter Director: Edgar Rice Burroughs Influence was akin to the Beatles influence in music

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Tweet‘John Carter’ director Andrew Stanton says the Edgar Rice Burroughs books that his movie is based on, had as much influence on the genre at The Beatles had on the […]

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March 5, 2012 Michael Sellers Andrew Stanton, John Carter News

IGN John Carter Review: “A wonderful modern epic infused with the spirit of an old school classic adventure story”

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March 5, 2012March 5, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

John Carter News March 5, 2012

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Tweet John Carter Director Makes ‘The Beatles’ Comparison – contactmusic.com 03/05/2012 Contactmusic.comJohn Carter Director Makes ‘The Beatles’ ComparisonContactmusic.com’John Carter’ director Andrew Stanton says the Edgar Rice Burroughs books that his […]

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March 5, 2012March 5, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Burroughs’ John Carter inspired generations of authors, filmmakers, scientists

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TweetIf not for John Carter, pop culture would not have Superman, “Star Wars” or “Avatar.” The release Friday of Disney’s “John Carter” is a movie event 100 years in the […]

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March 4, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Youtube Comments show that releasing the first 10 minutes of John Carter is the best argument Disney has put forward yet for the movie

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TweetAs of this writing, only 319 people have viewed the first 10 minutes of John Carter on Youtube (it’s only been out for a couple of hours) but there are […]

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Video clip: First 10 minutes of John Carter

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TweetDisney has released a video clip of the first 10 minutes of John Carter (minus the prologue)…..This answers the question that’s been missing in most of the trailers and clips […]

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John Carter Reviews: Movieline posts article saying consensus is emerging that John Carter is a “flawed but worthwhile epic”

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TweetNegative speculation and prognostication has been brewing for months for Disney’s sci-fi actionerJohn Carter thanks to dismal tracking and rumors of bloated budgets, but Disney’s finally released their review embargo for the […]

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March 4, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

Boston Globe: Roving Mars with John Carter

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TweetPerhaps you’ve heard the World War I-era ditty, “How Ya Gonna Keep ’Em Down on the Farm (After They’ve Seen Paree?),’’ about young American soldiers developing a more sophisticated worldview […]

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March 4, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter: The Long Road to the Big Screen

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TweetFrom NJ Star Ledger: In the mid-1970s, director Philip Kaufman was working on what was supposed to be the very first “Star Trek” movie — when a nervous Paramount called […]

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March 4, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter News March 4, 2012

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Tweet Best bets: ‘John Carter’ goes to Mars – msnbc.com – entertainment.msnbc.msn.com 03/04/2012 Best bets: ‘John Carter’ goes to Marsmsnbc.comBy Gael Fashingbauer Cooper Outer space and aliens pop up a […]

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March 4, 2012March 4, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

LA Times: John Carter Director Andrew Stanton “Refuses to underestimate the audience’s intelligence”

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Tweet“John Carter” director Andrew Stanton was motivated to make the Disney adventure film, which hits theaters March 9, out of “selfish fan desire,” he told a packed theater after an […]

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March 3, 2012March 3, 2012 Michael Sellers Andrew Stanton

John Carter News March 3, 2012

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Tweet ‘John Carter’: Andrew Stanton refuses to underestimate your intelligence – Los Angeles Times – herocomplex.latimes.com 03/03/2012 The Guardian’John Carter’: Andrew Stanton refuses to underestimate your intelligenceLos Angeles TimesLynn Collins […]

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March 3, 2012March 3, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Video: John Carter London Premiere

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TweetHere is video from the John Carter London Premiere. It contains a lot of nice elements including a great interview with Mark Strong who gives his thoughts on Matai Shang […]

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March 3, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter Fan Trailer 2 – “Heritage”

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TweetHere is John Carter Fan Trailer 2 -“Heritage” and as you will quickly figure out, this one is from the heart.  We wanted to do a second fan trailer but […]

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March 3, 2012October 27, 2012 Michael Sellers Trailers

John Carter Videos Online Today

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Tweet John Carter (2012) – Critics TV Spot #4 [HD] – Disney Pixar – youtube.com 03/03/2012 [Recanto Adormecido — Entretenimento e informação] www.recantoadormecido.com.br Comercial para TV (Spot) – “Critics Spot” […]

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March 3, 2012March 3, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

Very cool John Carter Fan Poster from Hopko Designs

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TweetCheck this out — a very cool, atmospheric fan poster from Hopko Designs.  They were kind enough to send me a nice large one so click on it an enjoy. […]

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March 2, 2012March 2, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

Two More Favorable John Carter Reviews

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TweetWe’re trying to keep up with the reviews which are coming out very quickly now that the embargo date has arrived.  We will follow a policy of just post them […]

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John Carter “Rotten Tomatoes” rating currently at 80% “Fresh”

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TweetAs of this morning, there are 10 reviews up on Rotten Tomatoes for John Carter and 8 of them are “Fresh”, 2 are “Rotten”.  This gives John Carter an 80% […]

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John Carter News March 2, 2012

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Tweet Romance In The Air? Taylor Kitsch Confesses Rihanna Is ‘Very, Very Sweet’ – Entertainmentwise – entertainmentwise.com 03/02/2012 Romance In The Air? Taylor Kitsch Confesses Rihanna Is ‘Very, Very Sweet’EntertainmentwiseEntertainmentwise […]

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March 2, 2012March 2, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Badass Digest Review of John Carter

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TweetAndrew Stanton’s John Carter is often spectacular, with stunning action and thrilling moments. It’s a film that captures the pulpy, swashbuckling sensibilities of Edgar Rice Burroughs while updating much of […]

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March 2, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

HitFix.com John Carter Review: “Andrew Stanton’s live action debut is giddy epic fun”

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TweetIt still seems surreal to me that there really is a mega-budget bigscreen live-action film based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs stories about Barsoom and John Carter, since as long […]

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March 2, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

John Carter Files Presents a documentary film: “The Life and Mind of Edgar Rice Burroughs”

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TweetHere’s some news some of you may know a bit about — but has not been officially announced until now:  The John Carter Files guys who cut the now somewhat […]

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March 1, 2012March 2, 2012 Michael Sellers Edgar Rice Burroughs

Den of Geek John Carter Review: “Stanton’s creativity, humour and expertise are apparent from beginning to end. 4/5”

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TweetIt’s taken the best part of eight decades, but finally, an adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrroughs’ A Princess Of Mars has arrived on the big screen. But given how much the source […]

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