Category: Tarzan of the Apes
Move over St. John, Krenkel, Frazetta — and Make Room for Zdenek Burian’s Stunning Tarzan Illustrations
TweetWhen you walk through the front door of Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. the first walls you see are decorated with the extraordinary illustrations of Czech master Zdenek Burian. These illustrations […]
Tarzan as a Demigod of the Forest? ERB’s Favorite Description and What it Reveals
TweetMuch has been made of Tarzan as the prototype for what would become the Superhero in the pulps and comics. “Without Tarzan, there could be no Batman” is one way of […]
Legend of Tarzan: Scott Mendelson’s Commentary on Forbes Provides Food For Thought
TweetScott Mendelson is one of the more astute and fair-minded observers out there. His work on John Carter was some of the best I came across during that episode […]
Legend of Tarzan: Christoph Waltz, Samuel Jackson to play compelling real world historical characters
Tweetby Rick Barry From what we know about director David Yates’ new Tarzan film (due in 2016), we have every right to expect that he and his team are making […]
WB Releases Legend of Tarzan Poster
TweetRight on the heels of releasing the first stills, Warner Brothers has released the (a?) poster for Legend of Tarzan. The poster features Alexander Skarsgard and an ape…..a very interesting […]
More Skarsgard re TARZAN: On “integrity,” “character,” and how the “beast inside” slowly comes out
TweetThe upcoming release of Diary of a Teenage Girl with Alexander Skarsgard in a leading role is producing a flood of quotes from Skarsgard about that film — and a […]
Brom’s Tarzan — One of the Best I’ve Seen, by an Artist WIth Genuine Vision
TweetEvery day I see dozens if not hundreds of images of heroic art, courtesy of all the fans on all the Edgar Rice Burroughs and Sword and Sorcery sites and […]
Shelf Life: Happy to Be Feeling Like a Dum Dum by Ron Marz
TweetRon Marz, writing in Comic Book Resources, about the just completed Dum Dum: The town of Clinton, Connecticut, is like any number of small New England villages. Perched on the […]
“Africa of the Mind” in 1912: The Books That Helped Edgar Rice Burroughs write Tarzan of the Apes
TweetI’ve been a little quiet lately, in part because I’ve been doing some research on the “Africa of the mind” that Edgar Rice Burroughs had access to as he was […]
Jane Goodall Sees Tarzan as a potential global voice for the environment, talks of her childhood crush on the Edgar Rice Burroughs character
TweetSpeaking at the Centennial Celebration of the creation of Tarzan and John Carter of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs on August 18, primatologist and global icon Jane Goodall recalled how […]
The Elusive, Impulsive Magic of Edgar Rice Burroughs
TweetI have been lately re-reading Irwin Porges massive biography of Edgar Rice Burroughs, one of the pleasures of which is the passionate introduction, written in 1975, by Ray Bradbury. In […]
“Very good!” — first comments on an advance viewing of the Tarzan 2016 trailer
TweetThis is pretty thin soup, but given the recent run of bad news for WB’s Tarzan, I figured this is worth sharing. On the Internet Movie Data Base message board […]
WB’s Tarzan Showing Exciting Signs of Life: The Extraordinary Christoph Waltz Eyed for the Villain
TweetVariety and other entertainment outlets are reporting that the thoroughly amazing Christoph Waltz is in talks to play the villain in WB’s Tarzan, which had been slated to go into […]
“Tarzan and the Light of Knowledge” — by Cynthia Sheppard is just brilliant
TweetEvery once in awhile you come across something that is so right and true and beautiful that it stops you in your tracks and gives you goosebumps. That just happened […]
Video: Constantin Films’ New Theatrical Trailer for Tarzan
TweetConstantin Films has finally come out with a full theatricaal trailer for their upcoming 3D motion capture Tarzan film starring Kellen Lutz as Tarzan and Spencer Locke as Jane. What […]
Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration is a Locus Award Finalist
TweetScott Tracy Griffin’s Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration is a Locus Award Finalist in the Art Book Category. Congrats to Tracy, ERB Inc, and Titan Press. If you haven’t “Liked” the […]
Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration Facebook Page Launched; Please Support It!
TweetAuthor Scott Tracy Griffin’s Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration now has a Facebook page, launched on April 22nd. Please support it — here is the link: Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration Facebook […]
AICN Provides more details on the the shutdown of WB’s Tarzan
TweetOver at Aint It Cool News, Beaks has put forward a nice piece on the WB shutdown of Tarzan that adds some additional dimension and detail to the story. While […]
WB Pulls Plug on Tarzan — More Collateral Damage from Disney’s Botched Handling of John Carter?
Tweet Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Warner Brothers has pulled the plug on David Yates’ Tarzan, which was scheduled to go into production this summer. They’re mothballing it, and closing […]
Tarzan 3D Trailer
TweetHere is the trailer for Constantin Films “Tarzan 3D”, scheduled for release in July 2013. And some announcements about Kellen Lutz being cast:
“Movie Classic” Review of Tarzan, Lord of the Louisiana Jungle and Tarzan of the Apes with Elmo Lincoln
Tweet This is the film of Al and Alison Bohl — here’s the trailer: Here’s a review from the Times Picayune in New Orleans:
Golden Gazette News: Edgar Rice Burroughs, a World of Pulp Adventure
Tweetby Paula Stiles for Golden Gazette News Many pulp writers made a living and had good reputations in their time. Fewer were influential outside of the pulps. And even fewer […]
Scott Tracy Griffin on the Tarzan Panels at Comic Con
TweetScott Tracy Griffin is an actor, author, and adventurer and is an internationally recognized authority on Edgar Rice Burroughs and his literary characters, including Tarzan and John Carter of Mars. He […]
The Guardian is offering a free extract from The New Adventures of Tarzan by Andy Briggs
TweetAndy Brigg’s “The New Adventures of Tarzan” is a modern day Tarzan tale authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, and The Guardian is now offering a free extract which is […]
Tarzan: Racist Savage or First Eco-Warrior?
TweetThe issue of whether or not Edgar Rice Burroughs put forward racist ideas and subtext in Tarzan and his other novels, including the Barsoom novels, is something that comes up […]