John Barth, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter and the “Masculine Narrative”
TweetIn this, the season of John Carter, I have found my thoughts occasionally returning to the year 1976 when I was a graduate student in a seminar on the Modern […]
Super Screening? Boston Herald (and others) report John Carter screening for Patriots, Giants, and families
TweetThe Boston Herald, IGN, and other media outlets are reporting that Disney’s John Carter was to be screened Friday afternoon at an Indianapolis cinema for the Patriots, Giants, and their […]
Q & A with Gregory Manchess, an artist who’s done one great piece of Barsoomian art and will hopefully do more
TweetOne of my favorite pieces of Barsoom art that wasn’t done by St. John, Krenkel, Frazetta, or any of the “usual suspects” of Barsoomian artists is by Gregory Manchess, and […]
The John Carter Reading Project is Busting out in the news!
TweetAs many of you know, JCF is sponsoring a Teen Reading Project which we’re undertaking with the able assistance and partnership of Rebecca Garland, who rose to fame on the movie message […]
John Carter News | Feb 4, 2012
Tweet John Carter featurette goes live – TG Daily – tgdaily.com 02/04/2012 MTV.com (blog)John Carter featurette goes liveTG DailyThis week, Disney released a new featurette for its upcoming science fiction […]
Check it out: The “Read” PSA for John Carter
TweetTook awhile to find it, but here is the link to the “Read” Public Service Announcement for John Carter. It’s pretty good — can’t be embedded, but click on the […]
The Library of Congress “Princess of Mars” text is really like reading a first edition
TweetJust discovered that the Library of Congress “A Princess of Mars” text for online reading is wonderful — it’s a photo-accurate rendering of the first edition and you click page […]
New John Carter Banner discovered on obscure “Read.gov” page
TweetRadio PSA’s have begun appearing in which Disney and the Ad Council are promoting the idea of reading Edgar Rice Burroughs “A Princess of Mars”, the novel that is the […]
John Carter | Why does Edgar Rice Burroughs Still Matter?
TweetJess Nevins writing for i09 has a thoughtful article out today entitled “Why Does Edgar Rice Burroughs Still Matter” which is worth reading in its entirety. Nevins traces the […]
John Carter News | February 3, 2012
Tweet 2012 winter-spring movie preview: “Hunger Games,” “Woman in Black,” “John … – NewsOK.com (blog) – blog.newsok.com 02/03/2012 NewsOK.com (blog)2012 winter-spring movie preview: “Hunger Games,” “Woman in Black,” “John …NewsOK.com […]
Good Morning America launches sweepstakes — winner receives private advance 3D screening of John Carter with 100 friends
TweetA few days ago we reported that Disney had announced that there would be six free advance screenings of John Carter on March 3 and 4 at Disneyworld in Orlando […]
John Carter News | February 2, 2012
Tweet Super Bowl Spots for The Dictator and GI Joe: Retaliation; Channing Tatum – Reelz – reelz.com 02/02/2012 Super Bowl Spots for The Dictator and GI Joe: Retaliation; Channing TatumReelzCompanies […]
New Disney Kiddie Featurette for John Carter gives insights into Disney marketing overall
TweetDisney has a new kiddie trailer up on the Disney site. Unfortunately, it’s not up on Youtube or anyplace else where embedding is possible, so all I can do is […]
Eric Holland Review: The Billy Wreck Children’s John Carter Books
TweetJCF’s intrepid Eric Holland has perused, reviewed, and analyzed the Billy Wreck John Carter children’s books. Here are his comments (thanks Eric!) The first childrens book we will be starting […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ “John Carter” turns 100 today!
TweetToday is February 1, 2012 — less than six weeks to go unit Disney’s John Carter is in theaters. But instead of looking ahead, this is a moment to look […]
John Carter News | February 1, 2012
Tweet The Dictator Super Bowl Spot: General Aladeen Has Bought NBC – Cinema Blend – cinemablend.com 02/01/2012 The Dictator Super Bowl Spot: General Aladeen Has Bought NBCCinema BlendA lot of […]
Welcome to our new crib!
TweetDear Everyone, For those who might have noticed such things — The John Carter Files until now has be a guest on www.michaeldsellers.com — using the subdomain http://johncarterfiles.michaeldsellers.com. Well — […]
John Carter News | January 31, 2012
Tweet The Great Gatsby in 3-D, or Too Old Sport? – Library Journal – reviews.libraryjournal.com 01/31/2012 Library JournalThe Great Gatsby in 3-D, or Too Old Sport?Library JournalJohn Carter, March 9. […]
John Carter Extended 3 Minute Trailer…..
TweetWell — before you get too excited, it’s a fan trailer — a guy did it as a school assignment. But’s it’s pretty interesting. The assignment was to discern the […]
New treasure trove of John Carter concept art images
TweetItsartmag.com has just published a number of new John Carter concept art images — a number of which haven’t been seen previously. Here’s a new selection of exclusive concept art […]
John Carter News | January 30, 2012
Tweet Page 2: Social Network, Star Wars, Muppets, Drive, John Carter, Woody Allen … – /FILM (blog) – slashfilm.com 01/30/2012 Page 2: Social Network, Star Wars, Muppets, Drive, John Carter, Woody Allen […]
Milestone: The First 1000 People have downloaded A Princess of Mars from JCF APOM page as of today
TweetWe just hit a milestone — 1000 people have downloaded (or read online) A Princess of Mars from our APOM page here on John Carter Files. When we started, it […]
Andrew Stanton tweets that there WILL be a new FULL TRAILER of John Carter
TweetThis is the first news I’ve seen in awhile that caused me to go “Oh wow” out loud. Check it out. Andrew Stanton has tweeted that there WILL be a […]
Reading Barsoom: How Edgar Rice Burroughs became the father of modern science fiction
TweetiO9 has a nice article about how Edgar Rice Burroughs became the father of modern science fiction which I think is worth sharing. The piece is written by John […]
John Carter News | January 29, 2012
Tweet Upcoming Disney Sci-Fi 3D Film, John Carter, Hitting Theaters in March – 3D TV (blog) – 3dtv.com 01/29/2012 3D TV (blog)Upcoming Disney Sci-Fi 3D Film, John Carter, Hitting Theaters in March3D […]
John Carter News | January 29, 2012
Tweet Upcoming Disney Sci-Fi 3D Film, John Carter, Hitting Theaters in March – 3D TV (blog) – 3dtv.com 01/29/2012 3D TV (blog)Upcoming Disney Sci-Fi 3D Film, John Carter, Hitting Theaters […]
Disney Promo for the Super Bowl Commercial and Sweepstakes is Released
TweetDisney has just released a promo spot that invites readers to watch the John Carter Super Bowl commercial this year and “find the hidden code”, then enter to win a […]
Video: Teen Readers Voice Opinions on the book that is the basis for Disney’s John Carter– A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
TweetI reported previously on the Thursday night meeting and press coverage in the Long Beach Press Telegram of the John Carter Reading Group — our group of teen readers who […]
Confirmed: Disney offering free advance screenings of John Carter (and why that’s important)
TweetStitch Kingdom is reporting that it’s confirmed that Disney is offering free advanced screenings of John Carter at Disney World on March 3 and 4 — a total of 6 […]