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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

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Review: Under the Moons of Mars | New Adventures on Barsoom

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TweetThe anthology “Under the Moons of Mars” has just been published — it’s comprised of a number of new John Carter and Barsoom stories. Here is Eric Holland’s review: Enjoy! […]

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February 11, 2012February 11, 2012 Rick Barry Other Stuff

Ryan Britt: What to Expect When You’re Expecting Martians: John Carter and the Zeitgeist

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TweetIn one month, on the centennial of the publication of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ first short story “Under the Moons of Mars,” the film John Carter will see one of the oldest science […]

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February 11, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

Positive buzz re John Carter 3D trailer

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TweetHere are some encouraging positive tweets reacting to the 3D trailer of John Carter that is playing in front of Star Wars 3D.  Looking for more like this:   donnyc99 […]

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February 11, 2012February 11, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter Box Office Prospects: 4 weeks out, how does it look?

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TweetFour weeks from opening day and it’s time to take stock of just how John Carter is tracking, and what has to happen in order for the film to be […]

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February 11, 2012February 12, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

John Carter News | February 11, 2012

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Tweet NFL and Disney Team Up to Give Away a Super Bowl Vacation – About – News & Issues – contests.about.com 02/11/2012 NFL and Disney Team Up to Give Away […]

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February 11, 2012February 11, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Further Reading: Edgar Rice Burroughs

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TweetSteven Ross has written a nice piece entitled “Further Reading: Edgar Rice Burroughs” in Shelf Awareness. It’s exciting to see the promotion for John Carter beginning to stimulate “read the […]

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February 11, 2012March 24, 2012 Michael Sellers A Princess of Mars, Most Read

Tough love for Disney: Chicago blogger serves up a devastating critique of John Carter marketing deficiencies

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TweetFour weeks from today John Carter will be in theaters and no one is a bigger or more passionate supporter of this movie than I am.  I am not in […]

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February 11, 2012October 27, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter News | February 10, 2012

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Tweet Edwin Rhemrev Creates Imaginary Concept Art for ‘The Incredibles 2’ – ComicsAlliance – comicsalliance.com 02/10/2012 Edwin Rhemrev Creates Imaginary Concept Art for ‘The Incredibles 2’ComicsAllianceIt’s hard for me to […]

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February 10, 2012February 10, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

AICN has a nice John Carter set visit article out today

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TweetThe set visit articles — recounting visits to the John Carter set that took place well over a year ago — are starting to come out now, and this is […]

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February 10, 2012February 10, 2012 Michael Sellers Barsoom

Edgar Rice Burroughs and “The Damphool Species of Narrative”

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TweetElsewhere on this site there is a raging argument going on between two otherwise sane and reasonable guys over whether a) Andrew Stanton has silly ideas, b) Edgar Rice Burroughs […]

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February 10, 2012February 10, 2012 Michael Sellers Edgar Rice Burroughs

New John Carter TV Spot: “Battle”

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TweetHere’s a new TV spot for Disney’s John Carter, directed by Andrew Stanton and starring Taylor Kitsch, Willem Dafoe, and Lynn Collins. John Carter is set for release on March […]

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February 10, 2012February 10, 2012 Michael Sellers Trailers

Why Andrew Stanton brightens box office, critical prospects of John Carter

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TweetA topic of debate on movie message boards and various digital water coolers is whether Andrew Stanton was a good choice to direct a live action sci-fi epic like Disney’s […]

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February 10, 2012February 11, 2012 Michael Sellers Andrew Stanton

New Behind the Scene Photos of John Carter from IGN

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TweetLogically, John Carter should never have been turned into a movie. Many of you will know and love the Edgar Rice Burroughs sci-fi books. The first hit shelves in 1912, and told […]

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February 10, 2012February 10, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

John Picacio illustrates “Under the Moons of Mars”

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TweetDisney’s John Carter should steer some moviegoers to the source material of Edgar Rice Burroughs, who in addition to Tarzan’s adventures also wrote Carter’s escapades on Mars in his classic Barsoom series. […]

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February 9, 2012February 9, 2012 Michael Sellers Art

John Carter News | Feb 9, 2012

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Tweet “John Carter” contest winner will get a free trip to Disney’s Hawaii resort – Orlando Sentinel – orlandosentinel.com 02/09/2012 “John Carter” contest winner will get a free trip to […]

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February 9, 2012February 9, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News, Other Stuff

John Carter “The River” 60 Second Spot — Where was this during the Super Bowl?

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TweetHere is the 60 Second John Carter Spot that aired during the premiere of The River on ABC. This is the first actually “new” spot seen since December 1st — […]

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February 8, 2012February 8, 2012 Michael Sellers Trailers

New John Carter Images

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TweetSome new John Carter images have surfaced today — I particularlylike all of the Dejah Thoris pics. I’ve had my questions about the approach Stanton took with “my” beloved Dejah […]

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February 8, 2012February 8, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

New International Poster

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TweetA new international John Carter poster that bears a lot of resemblance to the Japanese poster has just surfaced. John Carter opens in the US on March 9. Directed by […]

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February 8, 2012February 8, 2012 Michael Sellers Art

Slashfilm: John Carter, the Early Buzz (is actually pretty good)

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Tweetby Angie Han for Slashfilm One film I’ve been decidedly mixed on is John Carter, Andrew Stanton‘s live-action debut. Much as I love the talent involved — stars Taylor Kitsch, Willem […]

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February 8, 2012February 8, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Could Disney’s John Carter help inspire a comeback of classic adventure lit for kids and young adults?

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TweetThe list of major creative minds who, in their boyhood, discovered Edgar Rice Burroughs’ world of Barsoom and were inspired by it are legion: Ray Bradbury, Arthur Clark, Carl Sagan, […]

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February 7, 2012October 27, 2012 Michael Sellers Barsoom

Test screening reviewer posts: “I saw John Carter at a Neilsen screening and I loved it” and sends movie discussion board into a frenzy

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TweetA movie discussion board I monitor is buzzing at the moment because a few hours ago someone posted: “I just saw a test screening of John Carter. Loved it!”.  The […]

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February 7, 2012February 8, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter News | February 8, 2012

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Tweet Winter Box Office Up 11% — Will ‘Hunger Games’ Keep Money Rolling? – Reuters – reuters.com 02/08/2012 Winter Box Office Up 11% — Will ‘Hunger Games’ Keep Money Rolling?ReutersAlso […]

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February 7, 2012February 9, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter News | February 7, 2012

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Tweet Totally insane Walking Dead rumors might reveal a major character’s fate! – io9 – io9.com 02/07/2012 Totally insane Walking Dead rumors might reveal a major character’s fate!io9Check out new […]

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February 7, 2012February 8, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Poll: John Carter Trailer Survey

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TweetTheJohnCarterFiles.com  is trying to obtain some genuine market feedback regarding John Carter Trailers.  We appreciate your thoughtful participation.  It has been set so that only one vote per person is […]

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February 7, 2012February 11, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

John Carter Super Bowl Ad – was it always Disney’s plan to air 30 sec version? Or did something happen?

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TweetWhen the Disney John Carter ad played during the second quarter of the Super Bowl, it was a thirty second ad with 18 seconds consumed by a slow zoom out […]

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February 6, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter News | February 6, 2012

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Tweet Why Didn’t Apple Advertise During the Super Bowl? – Mashable – mashable.com 02/06/2012 Why Didn’t Apple Advertise During the Super Bowl?MashableCrashTheSuperBowl.com and http://Facebook.com/DoritosUSA John Carter | In Theaters March […]

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February 6, 2012February 6, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

Here’s the John Carter Super Bowl Ad in case you missed it

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February 6, 2012February 6, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News, Trailers

What will Disney unveil in the John Carter Super Bowl Ad?

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TweetWell, Super Sunday is here and for once I’m more interested in one of the ads than the game itself–a first for me in my long history of Super Bowls. […]

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February 5, 2012February 5, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News

John Carter Score by Michael Giacchino available for pre-order at Amazon

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TweetMichael Giacchino’s score for Disney’s John Carter is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com. Street date for the score is March 6 — three days before the March 9 release […]

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February 5, 2012February 6, 2012 Michael Sellers Other Stuff

John Carter News | Super Sunday!

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Tweet 2012 Super Bowl Movie Trailer Commercials Updated (blog) – comicbook.com 02/05/2012 Comicbook.com (blog)2012 Super Bowl Movie Trailer Commercials UpdatedComicbook.com (blog)If the fact that John Carter looks to be an […]

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