Category: John Carter of Mars
John Carter News March 16, 2012
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 […]
Coventry Telegraph: Fans of John Carter campaign for sequel as Disney’s Martian sci-fi epic tops UK box office, makes $100m worldwide
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 […]
John Carter “I Want a Sequel” Facebook Group hits 3000 members in 30 hours…
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 […]
10 Things John Carter Fans Can Do Right Now to Help The Movie
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 […]
MTV: John Carter Fans Petition Disney – want a sequel (includes a poll!)
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 […]
Fused Film: “John Carter Fans want a sequel, launch Facebook fan page”
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 […]
John Carter News March 15, 2012
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 […]
Scott D. Parker: In Defense of John Carter
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 […]
Collider: JOHN CARTER Fan Base Demands a Sequel; Check Out a New Fan-Made Trailer
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 […]
AICN: Mr. Beaks Takes Issue with the Coverage of John Carter
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 […]
John Carter Fans: It’s time for “Take a Friend to Barsoom” Weekend
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 […]
John Carter: Fans, film crew form “Take Me Back to Barsoom” Facebook group to lobby for a sequel
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 […]
Hollywood Reporter: John Carter “could end up being profitable”
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, […]
John Carter News March 14, 2012
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 […]
Mitt Romney of Mars?
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 […]
John Carter News March 13, 2012
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 […]
The Atlantic: “John Carter did not bomb”
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 […]
John Carter and the bright red history of Mars as a sci-fi Muse
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 […]
John Carter News March 12, 2012
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, […]
Video: Lynn Collins on “Sexy and Strong” Dejah Thoris
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 […]
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 […]
Without John Carter there would be no Star Wars (or Star Trek, or Avatar, or Superman…)
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. […]
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 […]
Official John Carter Crew T-Shirts Now Available — Very cool stuff
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 […]
Den of Geek: Does John Carter Break the Edgar Rice Burroughs Movie Curse?
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 […]
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 […]