Tag: edgar rice burroughs
BBC: Ray Bradbury talks about Edgar Rice Burroughs and John Carter in his final interview
TweetThis is a lovely article from the BBC’s Matt Novak, who interviewed Ray Bradbury in his Los Angeles home close to the end. He asks Bradbury if he was thinking […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. President Jim Sullos and Cathy Willbanks interviewed
TweetFrom TheReelBits.com June 1, 2012 This morning, we were delighted to be invited to be a part of a virtual roundtable to celebrate the DVD and Blu-ray release of Disney’s John […]
Investors Business Daily: Burroughs Turned Tarzan into Multi-Media Sensation
TweetFrom Investor Business Daily At 35, Edgar Rice Burroughs had a resume full of failure. He flunked the West Point entrance exam and then was booted out of the Army […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs Poignantly Hilarious Bullet Point Outline of his failures
TweetEdgar Rice Burroughs, who wrote “A Princess of Mars” which forms the basis for Disney’s “John Carter”, was famously “selling pencil sharpeners” at the time he wrote this, his first […]
Kellen Lutz and Spencer Locke are the new Tarzan and Jane
TweetFrom Hollywood Reporter The Twilight star and Resident Evil actress will topline what will be a performance-capture 3D adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs jungle story. Kellan Lutz, co-star of […]
Thomas Bertonneau: Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Masculine Narrative
TweetAs many of you know, I’ve got my head down writing a book that is now tentatively entitled “Hollywood vs Mars”, about the recent John Carter debacle and what path, […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1930 on “The Purpose of Entertainment Fiction”
TweetI just love this article, and most of the others that Burroughs wrote. His sly self-effacement is, for me, a cover for the fact that he knows he’s one up […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs Trivia Game — Fun!
TweetSomeone on the Facebook John Carter Sequel Group found this Edgar Rice Burroughs Trivia game which is pretty fun stuff. I took the one for A Princess of Mars and […]
An Evening with Danton Burroughs, Keeper of the Flame for Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc
TweetAs an “Army brat” teenager I truly fell in love with the fantastic tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ stories, which in those days were being reissued on paperback by ACE […]
Just how popular were Edgar Rice Burroughs "John Carter" Novels? Think Harry Potter and then some…..
TweetIn 1945 more than 30,000, 000 copies of his novels in 58 languages and dialects made him the most widely read author on earth. In the July 14 edition of […]
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 […]
WETA Sponsors “Writer’s Quest with Edgar Rice Burroughs” Writing Contest
TweetWETA, the PBS Station in Washington, DC, is sponsoring an Edgar Rice Burroughs writing contest that runs through May 4, 2012. Here is the announcement — please help spread the […]
Our Documentary: The Life and Mind of Edgar Rice Burroughs
TweetAs some of you know, John Carter Files, while a fan site for sure, happens to be run by a fan whose also an indie film-maker. We have had fun […]
John Carter Files Presents a documentary film: “The Life and Mind of Edgar Rice Burroughs”
TweetHere’s some news some of you may know a bit about — but has not been officially announced until now: The John Carter Files guys who cut the now somewhat […]
The Influence of Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of John Carter, on science and popular culture
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 […]
John Carter: “We Still Live!” so don’t count JC out–don’t even think about it!
Tweet“Then my old-time spirit reasserted itself. The fighting blood of my Virginian sires coursed hot through my veins. The fierce blood lust and the joy of battle surged over me. […]
New Very Extensive Interview with John Carter director Andrew Stanton
TweetAin’t it Cool News has a new and very long (and interesting) interview with Andrew Stanton that provides the most detailed insights yet into Stanton’s thought process in adapting Edgar […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs and “The Damphool Species of Narrative”
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 […]
John Picacio illustrates “Under the Moons of Mars”
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. […]
Could Disney’s John Carter help inspire a comeback of classic adventure lit for kids and young adults?
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Puhlease! Stop it with the “John Carter is ripping off Star Wars” nonsense…..
TweetNever has a movie release created such a need to stamp out stupid brushfires as John Carter — precisely because this is a situation where the source material for half […]
Puhlease! Stop it with the "John Carter is ripping off Star Wars" nonsense…..
TweetNever has a movie release created such a need to stamp out stupid brushfires as John Carter — precisely because this is a situation where the source material for half […]
Just how popular were Edgar Rice Burroughs “John Carter” Novels? Think Harry Potter and then some…..
TweetIn 1945 more than 30,000, 000 copies of his novels in 58 languages and dialects made him the most widely read author on earth. In the July 14 edition of […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs' hilarious bullet-point outline of his failures tells much about the author of A Princess of Mars
TweetEdgar Rice Burroughs, who wrote “A Princess of Mars” which forms the basis for Disney’s “John Carter”, was famously “selling pencil sharpeners” at the time he wrote this, his first […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ hilarious bullet-point outline of his failures tells much about the author of A Princess of Mars
TweetEdgar Rice Burroughs, who wrote “A Princess of Mars” which forms the basis for Disney’s “John Carter”, was famously “selling pencil sharpeners” at the time he wrote this, his first […]
Cameron: The idea with Avatar was for it to be "like John Carter of Mars — a soldier goes to Mars"
TweetAs the countdown continues to the March 9 release of Disney’s John Carter, directed by Andrew Stanton, an issue that won’t seem to go away is that of casual observers […]
Cameron: The idea with Avatar was for it to be “like John Carter of Mars — a soldier goes to Mars”
TweetAs the countdown continues to the March 9 release of Disney’s John Carter, directed by Andrew Stanton, an issue that won’t seem to go away is that of casual observers […]
The John Carter Files Experiment: Will today’s 10-15 year olds react to "A Princess of Mars" with the same delight that previous generations did?
TweetUPDATE: This focus group experiment is happening. If you’re interested in joining, follow the link to the reading project in the sidebar. If you’re between 10-17 you can join. […]