Category: John Carter News
John Carter and big-budget Schadenfreude, or how 100M gross in the first 3 days gets instantly labeled an iconic Hollywood flop
TweetSpecial Report by Michael D. Sellers for The John Carter Files on the accuracy and curious psychology of much of the reporting on Disney’s John Carter since its release on […]
John Carter News March 10, 2012
Tweet The IMAX factor: John Carter film-goers give IMAX 3D verdict at Cineworld … – Sheffield Telegraph – sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk 03/10/2012 Sheffield TelegraphThe IMAX factor: John Carter film-goers give IMAX 3D […]
John Carter Box Office Predictions Range from 57m to 22.5m….
TweetWell, it’s Thursday night and tomorrow is opening day for John Carter (starting at midnight tonight, actually). We’re monitoring predictions from around the web and are putting them here. Predictions […]
Global Financial News Service projects $57M Opening for John Carter
TweetA theme that is emerging with John Carter is that the film is polarizing both on the creative level, and among business analysts trying to predict how it will fare […]
John Carter: Will Director Andrew Stanton get his planned trilogy
TweetA $250 million budget. An untested star. And a director making his first live-action feature film. There won’t be a bigger big screen gamble than Disney’s sci-fi adventure John Carter, which opens […]
Why the Box Office Tracking numbers have been wrong so often this year, and why John Carter is really tracking at 40m, not 25m
TweetFor weeks now, Boxoffice.com has had John Carter opening at $25m, and yesterday the Los Angeles Times reported that a major tracking service had downgraded the projected opening from $30m […]
John Carter News March 7, 2012
Tweet Pixar animator gets real on Mars – Philadelphia Inquirer (blog) – philly.com 03/07/2012 Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)Pixar animator gets real on MarsPhiladelphia Inquirer (blog)For John Carter, the huge and fantastical […]
John Carter News March 6, 2012
Tweet ‘John Carter’ star Taylor Kitsch on possible mega-stardom: ‘If I want to be in … – Entertainment Weekly – insidemovies.ew.com 03/06/2012 Los Angeles Times’John Carter’ star Taylor Kitsch on […]
John Carter Review: Khanada Taylor
TweetDisney lifted the embargo on us! HOORAY! So, here is my review… Film fans have easily become jaded by more and more and more of the same old, same old […]
A Beginner’s Guide to John Carter’s Mars
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 […]
Director Andrew Stanton Talks JOHN CARTER, Reshoots, Editing, the Long Post-Production Schedule, Deleted Scenes, and More
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 […]
Variety: John Carter, Hunger Games are fresh franchises that are taking on the “tentpole torpor”
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 […]
John Carter Director: Edgar Rice Burroughs Influence was akin to the Beatles influence in music
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 […]
John Carter News March 5, 2012
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 […]
Burroughs’ John Carter inspired generations of authors, filmmakers, scientists
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 […]
Boston Globe: Roving Mars with John Carter
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 […]
John Carter: The Long Road to the Big Screen
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 […]
John Carter News March 4, 2012
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 […]
John Carter News March 3, 2012
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 […]
Video: John Carter London Premiere
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 […]
John Carter News March 2, 2012
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 […]
Film Journal: Pixar Vet Stanton aims high with interplanetary romance “John Carter”
TweetSci-fi aficionados have thrilled to Edgar Rice Burroughs’ pulp-magazine character John Carter of Mars since he debuted 100 years ago this year. In paperback reprints, in comic books and comic […]
John Carter News March 1, 2012
Tweet What classic Star Wars role is Simon Pegg playing? Plus what’s next for Fringe … – io9 – io9.com 03/01/2012 What classic Star Wars role is Simon Pegg playing? […]
Video: Fans react after viewing John Carter in Burbank
TweetJCF went paparazzi last night and got fan reactions as people were leaving the LA Times Hero Complex screening of John Carter at the AMC 16 in Burbank. Check it […]
John Carter News | February 28, 2012
Tweet John Carter stars at IMAX gala – Sheffield Telegraph – sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk 02/28/2012 Sheffield TelegraphJohn Carter stars at IMAX galaSheffield TelegraphBig screen action: Sci fi adventure John Carter is the […]
CNN: Fans at John Carter Files create their own John Carter trailer
TweetFrom Henry Hanks, CNN: Fanmade trailers are certainly nothing new on Youtube and elsewhere online. And yet, Michael Sellers’ and Mark Linthicum’s home-grown trailer for the upcoming “John Carter” movie […]
Video: “John Carter Primer” by Larry Ketchersid
TweetSFSignal has put up a nice page with a “John Carter Primer” by Larry Ketchersid . Larry had previously done a wonderful text and images version of the John Carter […]
John Carter News | February 27, 2012
Tweet Can ‘John Carter’ (and Taylor Kitsch) muscle to the top? – Chicago Tribune – chicagotribune.com 02/27/2012 TG DailyCan ‘John Carter’ (and Taylor Kitsch) muscle to the top?Chicago TribuneDisney’s sci-fi […]
Disney begins to roll out “critics” spots featuring review quotes
TweetDisney has begun a new series of TV spots featuring critic reviews of John Carter. Here is the first to make it online — a 15 seconder. This 15 second […]
Forbes: 5 Reasons you should be excited about Disney’s John Carter
TweetFrom Forbes: It may look like cheesy space-and-sorcery – a high-tech reimagining of Star Wars replete with the latest CGI – but John Carter has plenty to be excited about. I have no idea […]