Category: ERBDOM
A Response to The Hollywood Reporter: “Why the Tarzan Myth No Longer Works”
TweetJeff Esty, Vartan Gregorian Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, writing in the Hollywood Reporter, makes the case that while Jungle Book can and did shed the racist […]
EW: Legend of Tarzan and Finding Dory “Neck and Neck” Over 4-Day Weekend
TweetFinally! EW has come out with a Monday box office report that finally states what’s happening IN THE HEADLINE instead of buried in paragraph four. Yes — Legend of Tarzan […]
MovieFone: Here’s Why Legend of Tarzan Beat Expectations at the Box Office
TweetNo wonder box office analysts expected “The Legend of Tarzan” to be a costly flop, along the lines of “The Lone Ranger” a few years ago. It’s based on an […]
David Yates Knew Legend of Tarzan Would Get Fan Love; Can the Fan/Critic Divide Be an Asset?
TweetI didn’t write about this at the time, but given what happened with Critics (34% Rotten) and Fans (74% Fresh, A-Cinemascore), I think it’s worth making a note of it. […]
Legend of Tarzan Sunday Int’l Box Office Report — $18.8M as Staggered Rollout Begins
TweetDeadline is the first with a reasonably comprehensive international box office report for Legend of Tarzan. THE LEGEND OF TARZAN Swinging into 19 international markets, the David Yates-directed spin on […]
Legend of Tarzan Fans Start Sequel Push — Form Facebook Group, Get Organized
TweetWith first weekend box office results showing that Legend of Tarzan is exceeding expectations en route to $100M domestic and, hopefully, $300M or more foreign, fans are getting organized for […]
Cinelinx: Is Making a Tarzan Movie Only For Tarzan Fans a Bad Idea?
Tweet From Cinelinx, by Rob Young (a longtime ERB fan) David Yates’ The Legend of Tarzan does an effective job bringing the iconic King of the Jungle back to the […]
A Magical Evening in Tarzana With Danton Burroughs
TweetThis originally appeared in Erbzine, and I’ve published it on The John Carter Files too — but not yet here. The LA Weekly article on the Origins of Tarzana that […]
LA Weekly: The Origin Story of Tarzana, A Neighborhood Named After an Apeman
TweetFrom LA Weekly Once, shortly after we had moved to the Ranch, Dad and I were out riding together. We paused at a high point from where we could look […]
Legend of Tarzan Box Office Results: $8.5M Friday, Projects to $23M thru Sunday
TweetUPDATE 2:30 PM FRIDAY. This from Deadline Hollywood — first projections based on matinees back east. Think of this as exit poll numbers. Disney/Pixar’s Finding Dory is ruling No. 1 with an […]
Time Magazine: Legend of Tarzan “Revisionist, Anachronistic, Weird and Beautiful”
TweetSections of this film are so imaginative, and so lovely, that they deserve our open-heartedness, not our scorn. Excerpt So what are we supposed to do with Tarzan, now that […]
Illinois Times: Yates’ Tarzan A Rousing, Moving Success (a reviewer who gets it)
Tweetby Chuck Koplinski Legendary film producer Darryl Zanuck once said, “The secret to success in Hollywood is giving the public what it wants before it knows it wants it.” In […]
Houston Press Review of Legend of Tarzan — “At last, a Hollywood reimagining witha point!”
TweetAt last, a Hollywood reimagining with a point. David Yates’ two-fisted pulp-studies spree The Legend of Tarzan doesn’t just update Edgar Rice Burroughs’ white-boy jungle-bro for our age of heightened […]
CNN: “Fresh”* Review for Legend of Tarzan
Tweet*(The review is mixed but is rated “fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes”) …. In some respects “Legend of Tarzan” is a step up from previous adaptations. It’s more fun than “Greystoke: […]
Hollywood Reporter: Box Office Predictions for Legend of Tarzan are Inching Upward Toward $35M
TweetHere’s a bit of good news that got buried in the Rotten Tomatoes quickstep today. A month ago the over/under index for Legend of Tarzan’s opening weekend box office was somewhere in […]
Grandson of Edgar Rice Burroughs: “At Last We Have a Winner”; Other ERB Fans Also Smiling
TweetOn Tuesday night in Burbank, what could be the toughest audience of all — friends, family, and lifelong fans of Edgar Rice Burroughs including John Burroughs, the grandson of ERB […]
Hollywood Reporter Review:
TweetBy Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter After the creative and financial short-falling of numerous recent big-budget franchise films (the latest tanker, Independence Day: Resurgence) and the ill-fortune Warner Bros. has […]
Village Voice Review: At Last, a Hollywood Reimagining With a Point
TweetVillage Voice: At last, a Hollywood reimagining with a point. David Yates’s two-fisted pulp-studies spree The Legend of Tarzan doesn’t just update Edgar Rice Burroughs’s whiteboy jungle-bro for our age of […]
InSing.com Review of Legend of Tarzan
TweetA generally favorable review just appeared — a few hours ahead of the official end of the embargo on reviews. It might get taken down but I doubt it. After all […]
USA Today Takes a Look At Legend of Tarzan Box Office Prospects and Marketing Thrust
TweetUSA Today has an article out tonight by Andrea Mandel under the title “How Tarzan is Swinging for Male, Female Dollars” which takes a look at Legend of Tarzan within […]
“Tarzan”- Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Novel Re-imagined on the Screen
TweetBrylle B. Tabora | Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network Directed by David Yates, “The Legend of Tarzan” is a reimagining of American author Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic creation in an […]
AP: Tarzan, Revised — New Film Swings Beyond Troubled Past
TweetLOS ANGELES (AP) — Tarzan may be among America’s classic fictional characters, but he’s not beyond reproach. Like so many well-worn tales, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan was borne of a […]
Full Report: Legend of Tarzan Premiere and After Party
TweetThe embargo is still in effect on any reviews of the movie, but here’s the full scoop on the World Premiere last night of Legend of Tarzan at the Dolby […]
Legend of Tarzan Media Coverage Surges — June 27
Tweet Samuel L. Jackson describes his ‘Tarzan’ piggyback ride USA TODAY – ?2 hours ago? It’s hard to keep up with Tarzan. In the movie The Legend of Tarzan, George Washington […]
Early Legend of Tarzan Review Breaks the Embargo then Disappears (Update)
TweetORIGINAL POST: Looks like not everyone is honoring the embargo. (We are — our review will appear when the embargo ends at 6am Wednesday). Meanwhile Back to the Movies in the […]
What Does Independence Day’s Box Office Nose Dive Mean for Legend of Tarzan? (Update)
TweetUpdate Sunday 10:15AM: IDR is now pegged at $41.6M for the weekend, not $45M as they were estimating yesterday. The $41.6M figure includes actuals for Friday and Saturday, plus estimates […]
Legend of Tarzan: Six Minutes of Behind the Scenes
TweetWB Studios has distributed six minutes of B-Roll behind the scenes footage for broadcasters to use in putting together their own TV and web stories about Legend of Tarzan. Here […]
