Abraham Sherman: Challenging the Hollywood Idea that ERB’s John Carter is “Too Vanilla”
Tweetby Abraham Sherman | When I first read my way through the Barsoom novels, I found the world itself to be the main character. John Carter is the reader’s surrogate, […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs 1930 Article: Entertainment is Fiction’s Purpose
TweetWritten for Writers Digest June 1930 By Edgar Rice Burroughs ENTERTAINMENT IS FICTION’S PURPOSE “I Have No Illusions of the Literary Value of My Books, But I Have the Satisfaction […]
Abraham Sherman: The Modernization of John Carter
TweetGuest post by Abraham Sherman | Both the Asylum’s “Princess of Mars” film and Disney’s “John Carter” film modernized the character of John Carter, in different ways. I respect Antonio Sabato […]
From Cathy Wilbanks — Wishing Happy Birthday to ERB! (plus an Update From ERB Inc.)
Tweetby Cathy Wilbanks, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc Happy Birthday ERB! Of all the days, today is a good day to stop and take a look at our progress in spreading the […]
Forbes: ‘Suicide Squad’ Was A Hit, ‘Tarzan’ Wasn’t A Bomb: Warner Bros.’ Surprisingly Solid Summer
TweetScott Mendelson, who is widely regarded as one of a handful of balanced and sane box office analysts, has an article in Forbes today that is noteworthy in that it […]
“They’re Singing the Legend of Tarzan” — by Youtuber Captain Bucky
TweetVery nice video by YouTuber Captain Bucky which is well worth a look. A lot of passion and talent went into making this one. YouTube Intro by Captain Bucky Published on […]
The 10 Commandments For Legend of Tarzan Sequel Planners
TweetLegend of Tarzan is, based on box office performance, on the cusp of what could be called “sequel-worthy” — not quite there yet, but with a good strong push from […]
WB Sets Legend of Tarzan Digital HD Release Sep 20; Blu-Ray Oct 11
TweetWarner Bros has just sent out a press release setting dates for Legend of Tarzan. Here is the full WB announcement. A NEW THREAT AWAITS THE KING OF THE JUNGLE WHEN THE LEGEND […]
ERB Inc. Releases Edgar Rice Burroughs The Bibliography by Robert B. Zeuschner
TweetTarzana, CA | August 18, 2016: Edgar Rice Burroughs Incorporated today announced the release of the long-awaited definitive bibliography of the Master of Adventure by longtime Burroughs scholar Dr. Robert […]
Legend of Tarzan: Swinging Through Colonial History
Tweetby Cindy Beringer via SocialistWorker.org THE LEGEND of Tarzan is not your grandparents’ jungle movie, and not just because of the computer-generated animals and the IMAX film format. I checked […]
Legend of Tarzan Global Box Office Reaches $347.2M; how much more is there?
TweetLegend of Tarzan now stands at $347.2M global box office gross. How much more is there? Following is a realistic assessment and explanation of where the film is, and where […]
Check Out These Edgar Rice Burroughs Facebook Groups and Pages
TweetA pal who’s not a regular on Facebook asked me about the Edgar Rice Burroughs groups and pages on Facebook, and I was answering him in an email when I […]
Review: Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Bibliography by Dr. Robert B. Zeuschner
TweetChristmas has come early for fans and scholars of Edgar Rice Burroughs, with the publication of Dr. Robert B. Zeuschner’s Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Bibliography, a spectacular and passionately assembled […]
Catholic Deacon Op-Ed Takes on Legend of Tarzan and Hollywood
TweetThe following is by Deacon Steven D. Greydnus and appeared in Crux, an independent Catholic news site operated in partnership with the Knights of Columbus. Let’s Face It, Hollywood’s Got a […]
Nerdvana: John Carter of Mars Should be the next HBO Game of Thrones
Tweetby Bob Leeper| Nerdvana The Internets have been in an uproar lately over the impending, albeit slow-motion, conclusion of HBO’s Game of Thrones television series, which will end after only […]
Day 3 — Third Round of Pix The 2016 Dum Dum in Morris, Illinois
Tweetby Cathy Wilbanks Okay, here is the final installment of pics from the last wonderful day of Dum Dum 2016. Thanks to everyone for making it a fantastic experience. Wish […]
What is the Lesson From Legend of Tarzan and Other Films that Critics Hate and Audiences Love?
TweetLegend of Tarzan opened on July 1st to a Rotten Tomatoes Critics rating of 35%, while audiences gave it an A- Cinemascore and an initial audience rating after the first […]
Mystery: Legend of Tarzan Posts $20M New Foreign Income but Is Left Out of Domestic Weekend Charts
TweetSo, the good news — Box Office Mojo has posted another $21M in foreign revenue for Legend of Tarzan, bringing its foreign total to 211M and its global to $334M. But […]
Day 2 Pix from 2016 Dum Dum
Tweetby Cathy Wilbanks DAY 2 PIX Jim Thompson with headgear (with an all-seeing eye in the middle) by Bob Hibbard Dignity! Bill Wagner Jim Thompson and Mike Conran […]
Cathy Wilbanks Reports: ERB Fans Converge on the the Annual ERB Dum Dum Gathering in Morris, Illinois
Tweetby Cathy Wilbanks Hi Everybody — Dum Dum 2016 is off and running at the Quality Inn in Morris, Illinois. Here is the schedule, followed by Huckster Room Pics. […]
Giving Equal Time to the Other Side: The Case Against Tarzan in the 21st Century
TweetAs the dust settles from the release of Legend of Tarzan, the “long game” will start, and that includes taking stock of the status of Tarzan as a cultural icon […]
Legend of Tarzan: Alexander Skarsgaard’s Stunt Double Talks About His Experience as Tarzan
TweetWalesOnline | Swinging from vines, clinging to branches, leaping between treetops – it’s all in a day’s work for Augusts Dakteris, stunt double in The Legend of Tarzan. The 30-year-old […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Author of Tarzan, Offers a Hilarious Bullet Point List of his Failures
TweetEdgar Rice Burroughs was famously “selling pencil sharpeners” at the time he wrote his first novel. He equally famously was later quoted: “I write to escape. To escape poverty.” In […]
Africa of the Mind 1912: The Books That Shaped Edgar Rice Burroughs’ 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 […]
Johns Hopkins Press: The Legend and Literature of Tarzan by Jerry Griswold
TweetJohns Hopkins University Press: Directed by David Yates and starring Alexander Skarsgård as the ape-man, The Legend of Tarzan (Warner Brothers) is a movie meant for the Summer of 2016 […]
Legend of Tarzan Logs $11.1M Weekend; US Total Now $103.5M; Global Total $194M
TweetLegend of Tarzan is in with an 11.1M third weekend, bringing its domestic total to$103.5M. Meanwhile, new foreign numbers are in with foreign at $90.6M through July 17. Next big […]
Nepali Times: Legend of Tarzan “a visually gorgeous creation” — “Must See”
TweetNepali Times by Sophia Pande: Having grown up enthralled by Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, I’ve always had more of an affection for Mowgli over the other feral child who […]
With a $2.5M Monday, Legend of Tarzan Reaches $84.3M, should cross $100M on 3rd Weekend
TweetLegend of Tarzan logged $2.6M on Monday, keeping pace with the overall box office Sunday/Monday trend and lining up to reach the $100M level this weekend. Just for fun — […]
Walter Chaw: A Pulp Nerd’s Review of Legend of Tarzan (Worth Reading)
TweetWalter Chaw writing at FilmFreak Central has an interesting review of Legend of Tarzan that makes a far greater attempt than most to consider the core appeal of the Tarzan […]
Weekend Box Office Post Mortem : Legend of Tarzan Upgraded (Again) From $20.6M to $21.0M
TweetWord of mouth continues to propel Legend of Tarzan to “better than estimates” outcomes — this time with the film’s weekend total upgraded from 20.6 to 21.0 after the actuals […]