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March 16, 2012 Michael Sellers Barsoom

John Carter News March 16, 2012

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Tweet ‘Lights, Camera, Conversation… — The high cost of Martian living – The Hindu – thehindu.com 03/16/2012 Lights, Camera, Conversation… — The high cost of Martian livingThe HinduSo much vitriol […]

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March 16, 2012March 16, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Coventry Telegraph: Fans of John Carter campaign for sequel as Disney’s Martian sci-fi epic tops UK box office, makes $100m worldwide

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Tweet NEARLY 3,000 fans of John Carter are campaigning for a sequel as Disney’s Martian sci-fi epic defies the doomsayers to top the UK box office and open with more […]

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March 15, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter “I Want a Sequel” Facebook Group hits 3000 members in 30 hours…

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TweetStarted yesterday, the John Carter fan Facebook Group “Take me back to Barsoom! I want John Carter to have a sequel” group has reached 3000 members in a little over […]

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March 15, 2012October 27, 2012 Michael Sellers GoBarsoom Media Campaign, John Carter News

10 Things John Carter Fans Can Do Right Now to Help The Movie

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TweetPeople ask us — what can we do, aside from joining “Take me back to Barsoom!” on Facebook?  We have given various answers at various times.  Here is our top […]

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March 15, 2012March 24, 2012 Michael Sellers GoBarsoom Media Campaign, John Carter News, Most Read

MTV: John Carter Fans Petition Disney – want a sequel (includes a poll!)

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TweetFrom MTV: All that talk about “John Carter‘s” weak box office draw and the slew of critics now deeming the film a failure from the get-go isn’t stopping fans from […]

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March 15, 2012March 15, 2012 Michael Sellers GoBarsoom Media Campaign, John Carter News

Fused Film: “John Carter Fans want a sequel, launch Facebook fan page”

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TweetBrett and I may have sung our praises about Andrew Stanton’s John Carter, but the rest of American didn’t see it that way as the movie took in a mere $30 million its opening […]

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March 15, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter News March 15, 2012

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Tweet ‘John Carter’ offers good, hokey fun – Plattsburgh Press Republican – pressrepublican.com 03/15/2012 Forbes’John Carter’ offers good, hokey funPlattsburgh Press RepublicanDisney was hoping for an epic franchise — think […]

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March 15, 2012March 15, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Scott D. Parker: In Defense of John Carter

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Tweetby Scott D. Parker “John Carter” is a very good film, not as bad as many critics have said, provided you know one thing: How To Have Fun. To understand […]

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March 15, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Collider: JOHN CARTER Fan Base Demands a Sequel; Check Out a New Fan-Made Trailer

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TweetFrom Collider.com   It’s safe to say that Disney’s sci-fi epic, John Carter, has been a box office disappointment thus far. But given that the movie has been out less than a week and […]

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March 14, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

AICN: Mr. Beaks Takes Issue with the Coverage of John Carter

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TweetFrom Aintitcool.com “You could see Disney’s JOHN CARTER shaping up as a misfire from a long way off. No studio has projected ‘disaster’ so loudly since Sony’s misbegotten remake of […]

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March 14, 2012March 14, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter Fans: It’s time for “Take a Friend to Barsoom” Weekend

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TweetAfter getting kicked in the gut last weekend, John Carter fans are coming out of the woodwork and it sounds like they’re ready to fight for the future of the […]

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March 14, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter: Fans, film crew form “Take Me Back to Barsoom” Facebook group to lobby for a sequel

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TweetJohn Carter may have encountered serious headwind in its opening weekend at the US Domestic box office (foreign sale were better, though), but that has only served to motivate a […]

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March 14, 2012March 24, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News, Most Read

Hollywood Reporter: John Carter “could end up being profitable”

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Tweet In another example of revisionist reporting, Hollywood Reporter who last week reported a probable write-down of $165m for Disney for John Carter, today reported that according to Janney’s Tony Wible, […]

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March 14, 2012March 14, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter News March 14, 2012

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Tweet Director Andrew Stanton Talks About His Passion For ‘John Carter’ – Screen Rant – screenrant.com 03/14/2012 Screen RantDirector Andrew Stanton Talks About His Passion For ‘John Carter’Screen RantDirector Andrew […]

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March 14, 2012March 14, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Mitt Romney of Mars?

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TweetChris Kelley, one of the writers for Real Time with Bill Maher, has written a smart piece on Huffington Post entitled “Mitt Romney of Mars” in which he likens the […]

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March 13, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter News March 13, 2012

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Tweet ‘John Carter’ knocks ‘Project X’ off top spot in Australian box office – Digital Spy UK – digitalspy.co.uk 03/13/2012 ‘John Carter’ knocks ‘Project X’ off top spot in Australian […]

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March 13, 2012March 13, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

The Atlantic: “John Carter did not bomb”

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TweetFrom the Atlantic: Disney’s epic John Carter arrived in theaters billed as a flop in the making, a gargantuan $350 million endeavor (including extensive marketing costs) with some of the softest box […]

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March 12, 2012March 12, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter and the bright red history of Mars as a sci-fi Muse

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TweetFrom the LA Times:  It was 100 years ago last month that author Edgar Rice Burroughs introduced the character of John Carter — an ornery Confederate soldier, mysteriously transported to […]

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March 12, 2012 Michael Sellers Barsoom

John Carter News March 12, 2012

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Tweet The Breakfast Meeting: What ‘John Carter’ Says About Hollywood, and Sharing … – New York Times (blog) – mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com 03/12/2012 The Breakfast Meeting: What ‘John Carter’ Says About Hollywood, […]

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March 12, 2012March 12, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Video: Lynn Collins on “Sexy and Strong” Dejah Thoris

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TweetFrom the LA Times: Lynn Collins stars in the action film “John Carter” and admits that it was tough for the filmmakers to find a balance for the sexy and […]

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March 11, 2012March 11, 2012 Michael Sellers 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

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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 […]

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March 11, 2012October 27, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News, Most Read

Without John Carter there would be no Star Wars (or Star Trek, or Avatar, or Superman…)

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TweetJust how much of a debt do today’s sci-fi heroes owe to JC? Star Wars. Avatar. Star Trek. These are some of the titans when it comes to popular science fiction franchises. […]

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March 10, 2012March 10, 2012 Michael Sellers A Princess of Mars

John Carter News March 10, 2012

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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 […]

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March 10, 2012March 10, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Official John Carter Crew T-Shirts Now Available — Very cool stuff

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TweetSeveral years ago Andrew Stanton commissioned Last Exit to Nowhere to manufacture the official John Carter Crew T-Shirts and now they are available online.  We think these are truly cool […]

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March 9, 2012March 9, 2012 Michael Sellers Andrew Stanton, Art

Den of Geek: Does John Carter Break the Edgar Rice Burroughs Movie Curse?

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Tweetby Terence Bowman for Den of Geek: Adaptations of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novels haven’t fared well in the past, so can Andrew Stanton’s John Carter break the cycle? Terence finds […]

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March 8, 2012March 8, 2012 Michael Sellers A Princess of Mars, Barsoom, Edgar Rice Burroughs

John Carter Box Office Predictions Range from 57m to 22.5m….

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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 […]

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March 8, 2012March 9, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Global Financial News Service projects $57M Opening for John Carter

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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 […]

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March 8, 2012March 8, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter: Will Director Andrew Stanton get his planned trilogy

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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 […]

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March 7, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Why the Box Office Tracking numbers have been wrong so often this year, and why John Carter is really tracking at 40m, not 25m

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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 […]

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