Author: Michael Sellers
More Harry Knowles on John Carter: “Euphoric…..spectacular……a great film-maker has emerged”
TweetYesterday JCF reported on initial comments from Ain’t it Cool News Founder/Editor Harry Knowles after seeing a private screening of John Carter. Embargoed from doing a full review by Disney, […]
John Carter News | February 15, 2012
Tweet SFX Presents The A-Z Of John Carter: B – SFX – sfx.co.uk 02/15/2012 SFX Presents The A-Z Of John Carter: BSFXThe story of John Carter has influenced films we […]
Here come the clips: First full scene from John Carter released
Tweet Anybody notice what Sola says when they land in the boat?
John Carter Review from AICN: “Intriguing, involving, emotional…I was VERY pleasantly surprised.”
TweetThis just posted in the talkback section of Ain’t It Cool News , the extremely influential geeksite after Harry Knowles and family were given a private screening of John Carter: Well, […]
New Very Extensive Interview with John Carter director Andrew Stanton
TweetAin’t it Cool News has a new and very long (and interesting) interview with Andrew Stanton that provides the most detailed insights yet into Stanton’s thought process in adapting Edgar […]
John Carter News | February 14, 2012
Tweet Win Tickets to Exclusive Early IMAX Screenings of Disney’s John Carter – Flickering Myth (blog) – flickeringmyth.blogspot.com 02/14/2012 Flickering Myth (blog)Win Tickets to Exclusive Early IMAX Screenings of Disney’s […]
John Carter Meets Avatar | A Fan Trailer Extraordinaire (extraordinarily hilarious)
TweetMy new hero is Youtuber “neravairathethird”who has made an artfully hilarious trailer by taking the sound track from the John Carter trailer and substituting Avatar images throughout. First — watch […]
John Carter News | Feb 13, 2012
Tweet Laughing your way through late winter and early spring releases – The Oracle – usforacle.com 02/13/2012 Laughing your way through late winter and early spring releasesThe OracleWhile the holiday […]
John Carter News | February 12, 2012
Tweet TOP 5: JOHN CARTER, STAR WARS, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, THE BOURNE LEGACY … – collider.com 02/11/2012 Collider.comTOP 5: JOHN CARTER, STAR WARS, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, THE BOURNE LEGACY …Collider.comAll […]
Another John Carter advance review gives it 4 out of 5 stars…
TweetA viewer who saw John Carter yesterday at a distributor screening in Europe has been online taking questions on movie discussion board at http://jcofmars.com for the last several hours. As […]
Larry Ketchersid: An excellent primer on John Carter
Tweet Larry Ketchersid has written a great “John Carter Primer” on SF signal. Here’s an excerpt — this is good stuff for anyone looking to get a basic but complete […]
Ryan Britt: What to Expect When You’re Expecting Martians: John Carter and the Zeitgeist
TweetIn one month, on the centennial of the publication of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ first short story “Under the Moons of Mars,” the film John Carter will see one of the oldest science […]
Positive buzz re John Carter 3D trailer
TweetHere are some encouraging positive tweets reacting to the 3D trailer of John Carter that is playing in front of Star Wars 3D. Looking for more like this: donnyc99 […]
John Carter Box Office Prospects: 4 weeks out, how does it look?
TweetFour weeks from opening day and it’s time to take stock of just how John Carter is tracking, and what has to happen in order for the film to be […]
John Carter News | February 11, 2012
Tweet NFL and Disney Team Up to Give Away a Super Bowl Vacation – About – News & Issues – contests.about.com 02/11/2012 NFL and Disney Team Up to Give Away […]
Further Reading: Edgar Rice Burroughs
TweetSteven Ross has written a nice piece entitled “Further Reading: Edgar Rice Burroughs” in Shelf Awareness. It’s exciting to see the promotion for John Carter beginning to stimulate “read the […]
Tough love for Disney: Chicago blogger serves up a devastating critique of John Carter marketing deficiencies
TweetFour weeks from today John Carter will be in theaters and no one is a bigger or more passionate supporter of this movie than I am. I am not in […]
John Carter News | February 10, 2012
Tweet Edwin Rhemrev Creates Imaginary Concept Art for ‘The Incredibles 2’ – ComicsAlliance – comicsalliance.com 02/10/2012 Edwin Rhemrev Creates Imaginary Concept Art for ‘The Incredibles 2’ComicsAllianceIt’s hard for me to […]
AICN has a nice John Carter set visit article out today
TweetThe set visit articles — recounting visits to the John Carter set that took place well over a year ago — are starting to come out now, and this is […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs and “The Damphool Species of Narrative”
TweetElsewhere on this site there is a raging argument going on between two otherwise sane and reasonable guys over whether a) Andrew Stanton has silly ideas, b) Edgar Rice Burroughs […]
New John Carter TV Spot: “Battle”
TweetHere’s a new TV spot for Disney’s John Carter, directed by Andrew Stanton and starring Taylor Kitsch, Willem Dafoe, and Lynn Collins. John Carter is set for release on March […]
Why Andrew Stanton brightens box office, critical prospects of John Carter
TweetA topic of debate on movie message boards and various digital water coolers is whether Andrew Stanton was a good choice to direct a live action sci-fi epic like Disney’s […]
New Behind the Scene Photos of John Carter from IGN
TweetLogically, John Carter should never have been turned into a movie. Many of you will know and love the Edgar Rice Burroughs sci-fi books. The first hit shelves in 1912, and told […]
John Picacio illustrates “Under the Moons of Mars”
TweetDisney’s John Carter should steer some moviegoers to the source material of Edgar Rice Burroughs, who in addition to Tarzan’s adventures also wrote Carter’s escapades on Mars in his classic Barsoom series. […]
John Carter News | Feb 9, 2012
Tweet “John Carter” contest winner will get a free trip to Disney’s Hawaii resort – Orlando Sentinel – orlandosentinel.com 02/09/2012 “John Carter” contest winner will get a free trip to […]
John Carter “The River” 60 Second Spot — Where was this during the Super Bowl?
TweetHere is the 60 Second John Carter Spot that aired during the premiere of The River on ABC. This is the first actually “new” spot seen since December 1st — […]
New John Carter Images
TweetSome new John Carter images have surfaced today — I particularlylike all of the Dejah Thoris pics. I’ve had my questions about the approach Stanton took with “my” beloved Dejah […]
New International Poster
TweetA new international John Carter poster that bears a lot of resemblance to the Japanese poster has just surfaced. John Carter opens in the US on March 9. Directed by […]