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“John Carter” Director Andrew Stanton Describes His Plan For “Gods” and “Warlord”

Microsoft Innovations: Empowering the Mobile Experience

New Art Scans from “A Princess of Mars” Deluxe Manuscript Edition, which ships Jan 9

A Princess of Mars — Manuscript Edition from ERBBooks and the ERB Limited Edition Collection

The Elephant in the Screening Room

ERB and JRRT: Craftsmen of the Modern Imagination

Cosmic Knight Errantry: Why I love Princess of Mars by Art Mayo

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TweetNote: Art Mayo, the author of the very article, is offering the Mousecatcher Media “Best Edition of John Carter” eBook for Free. Just click here to learn more. Following is […]

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February 28, 2012February 28, 2012 Michael Sellers A Princess of Mars

New Official John Carter Trailer

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TweetDisney has just released a new trailer, the third altogether. This would appear to be the one that Hollywood Reporter had said would be on the head of Act of […]

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February 28, 2012February 28, 2012 Michael Sellers Trailers

John Carter Reviews: Tweets from the Burbank Hero Complex Screening Last Night

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TweetA friend of the site has combed through twitter and found the following tweets emanating from the LA Times Hero Complex screening last night in Burbank.  As we always do, […]

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February 28, 2012February 28, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

John Carter News | February 28, 2012

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Tweet John Carter stars at IMAX gala – Sheffield Telegraph – sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk 02/28/2012 Sheffield TelegraphJohn Carter stars at IMAX galaSheffield TelegraphBig screen action: Sci fi adventure John Carter is the […]

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February 28, 2012February 28, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter Review (not): But I have been to Barsoom and I have some thoughts to share

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TweetI attended the Hero Complex John Carter Screening in Burbank tonight and I will write a proper and complete John Carter review after I’ve had a chance to digest what […]

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February 28, 2012February 28, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

The Influence of Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of John Carter, on science and popular culture

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TweetWhat those who have helped shaped the world, science, and pop culture have said.  (And thanks to Patrick Dearen for tracking these down.)   CARL SAGAN: “The Mars novels of […]

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February 27, 2012February 28, 2012 Michael Sellers GoBarsoom Media Campaign

CNN: Fans at John Carter Files create their own John Carter trailer

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TweetFrom Henry Hanks, CNN: Fanmade trailers are certainly nothing new on Youtube and elsewhere online. And yet, Michael Sellers’ and Mark Linthicum’s home-grown trailer for the upcoming “John Carter” movie […]

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February 27, 2012February 27, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Video: “John Carter Primer” by Larry Ketchersid

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TweetSFSignal has put up a nice page with a “John Carter Primer” by Larry Ketchersid .  Larry had previously done a wonderful text and images version of  the John Carter […]

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February 27, 2012February 27, 2012 Michael Sellers Edgar Rice Burroughs, GoBarsoom Media Campaign, John Carter News

John Carter Reviews: Tweets from the Singapore Premiere 90% “Fresh”

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TweetFollowing is a complete unedited list of the tweets that we’ve been able to pick up from the Singapore Premiere of John Carter. We did not remove any or edit […]

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February 27, 2012February 27, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

John Carter News | February 27, 2012

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Tweet Can ‘John Carter’ (and Taylor Kitsch) muscle to the top? – Chicago Tribune – chicagotribune.com 02/27/2012 TG DailyCan ‘John Carter’ (and Taylor Kitsch) muscle to the top?Chicago TribuneDisney’s sci-fi […]

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February 27, 2012February 27, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Disney begins to roll out “critics” spots featuring review quotes

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TweetDisney has begun a new series of TV spots featuring critic reviews of John Carter.  Here is the first to make it online — a 15 seconder. This 15 second […]

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February 26, 2012February 27, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Forbes: 5 Reasons you should be excited about Disney’s John Carter

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TweetFrom Forbes: It may look like cheesy space-and-sorcery – a high-tech reimagining of Star Wars replete with the latest CGI – but John Carter has plenty to be excited about. I have no idea […]

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February 26, 2012February 26, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter, the action hero who inspired the young Ronald Reagan

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TweetFrom the National Review: To a certain ten-year-old boy living in Dixon, Illinois, in 1921, the town’s modest public library was a revelation, a “house of magic,” as he would […]

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February 26, 2012February 26, 2012 Michael Sellers Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter News

John Carter Musings: What, exactly, is Disney’s marketing strategy?

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TweetDisney-bashing over the marketing of John Carter has become fashionable over the last few weeks as the tracking figures for John Carter have come in and it is apparent that […]

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February 26, 2012March 24, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News, Most Read

John Carter Filmmakers’ Sizzle Reel reveals new images and spirit of Stanton’s film

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TweetYesterday Disney released an extended clip of the John Carter great white ape coliseum scene followed by an excellent montage which director Andrew Stanton has identified as a “sizzle reel” […]

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February 26, 2012February 26, 2012 Michael Sellers GoBarsoom Media Campaign, Trailers

John Carter Review: An Unabashed Endorsement from a Burroughs Fan (who could have hated it)

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TweetNote:  This comes from a serious ERB fan so there will be those who say, well, he’s biased.  Answer: Yes, biased, but not like you may think. There is great […]

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February 26, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

John Carter News | February 26, 2012

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Tweet Between the Lines: An Oscar-night nod to books that were made into films – Sacramento Bee – sacbee.com 02/26/2012 Between the Lines: An Oscar-night nod to books that were […]

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February 26, 2012February 26, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

The John Carter Fan Trailer has just climbed over 100,000 views in three days (but that’s a tiny fraction of what’s needed, so help us!)

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TweetOur John Carter Fan trailer just went over the 100,000 view mark on Youtube — all in the last three days. That is AWESOME and we thank you from the […]

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February 25, 2012February 25, 2012 Michael Sellers GoBarsoom Media Campaign

Cool Italian John Carter TV spot includes new footage and a better feel than US ads

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TweetThis isn’t bad at all. It’s an Italian 30 second spot that Disney could do well to study. The beginning is very good and when JC gets to Mars they […]

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February 25, 2012 Michael Sellers Trailers

Opinion: How the miss-steps in the John Carter promotion have lowered the bar for getting a sequel

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TweetThe furor over the perceived clumsiness of the Disney promotional campaign for John Carter may have a silver lining in that it has to have lowered the threshold of global […]

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February 25, 2012February 25, 2012 Michael Sellers GoBarsoom Media Campaign, John Carter News

We were right – the cool new montage for John Carter is film-maker made, not ad agency!

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TweetAndrew Stanton has just tweeted a shout-out to Erik Jessen, one of the editors of John Carter, confirming what we suspected — that the sizzle released yesterday comes from the […]

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February 25, 2012February 26, 2012 Michael Sellers Andrew Stanton, John Carter News

John Carter News | February 25, 2012

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Tweet New John Carter featurette focuses on the princess – TG Daily – tgdaily.com 02/25/2012 New John Carter featurette focuses on the princessTG DailyIn John Carter, it’s been made obvious […]

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February 25, 2012February 25, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

No New Trailer in front of Act of Valor in Orange County CA

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TweetNightshadesiris has reported conclusively that there was no new John Carter trailer on the front of Act of Valor in the theater she went to in Orange County, so the […]

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February 24, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

John Carter | Websearch Results for New Videos

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Tweet Note: Trying out a new widget that searches the web for new videos.  I’m going to leave it up for now but not sure about tit. I think we’ve […]

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February 24, 2012February 24, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

John Carter: Two new featurettes!

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Tweet Thanks to Daniel for the heads up!!!

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February 24, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

John Carter Review: “A perfect return to pulp fiction adventure and science fiction. 10/10”

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Tweetby Patrick Campbell. For over a hundred years, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ eleven book ‘Barsoom’ series, which began with ‘A Princess of Mars’, has been an inspiration for many of our […]

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February 24, 2012February 24, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

Kim Newman Full John Carter Review: “I was won over by its heart.”

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Tweetby Kim Newman. Posted in Facebook How influential has Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Mars series of novels been on popular culture? Put it like this: Earthman John Carter, thanks to gravity […]

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February 24, 2012March 24, 2012 Michael Sellers Most Read

New John Carter Footage — Full Great White Ape Scene plus new montage

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TweetThis was just released by Disney Australia. It contains what appears to be the full, or nearly full, Great White Ape coliseum scene, and then after the Disney logo, a […]

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February 24, 2012February 24, 2012 Michael Sellers Trailers

New John Carter Trailer to be released today on the head of Act of Valor

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TweetThere have been rumors and more than rumors, that there would be a new John Carter trailer — a third one. Andrew Stanton tweeted that this was the case, and […]

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February 24, 2012February 24, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Video: Hilarious Mashup Jeremy Lin and John Carter

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TweetAn enterprising Jeremy Lin fan has put together a pretty funny mashup of clips Linsanity and the John Carter trailer.

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