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Hollywood Accounting 101: An Actual Profit and Loss Statement for John Carter is Revealing
TweetImagine you’re a profit participant in John Carter. You’re not going to see any money, but you are entitled to “Participant Statements” from Disney. What do those statements look like? What […]
Legend of Tarzan: Christoph Waltz, Samuel Jackson to play compelling real world historical characters
Tweetby Rick Barry From what we know about director David Yates’ new Tarzan film (due in 2016), we have every right to expect that he and his team are making […]
Seeing the Martian in Theaters Is Like Flying in a One-Man Flier Over the Dead Sea Bottoms of Barsoom
TweetI was expecting The Martian to be a visual treat, but what I hadn’t anticipated was the technique that Ridley Scott used on almost all of the scenes on exterior […]
At last! A Tarzan 2016 Test Screening Viewer Gives David Yates a Solid Thumbs Up and Leaks Intriguing Details [Updates]
TweetAt last, it has finally happened — someone who saw a test screening of David Yates’ TARZAN has leaked some fascinating and detailed observations. There is of course no way to 100 […]
Uh oh, here it comes: The Tarzan Negativity Narrative has begun. What will WB do to Counter It?
TweetHere comes that sinking feeling again. In a flash, it suddenly looks like Warner Brothers’ efforts to have calm and positive rollout of Tarzan have just taken a significant hit with the […]
Another Iger Interview: Wonder where the preordained flop narrative came from? Read this.
TweetDisney CEO is starting to talk about John Carter and what he has to say, first in a Fortune/CNN Money article, and now in Bloomberg, is extremely interesting, particularly coming […]
Special Report: John Carter, the Flop that Wasn’t a Turkey (Part 3)
TweetThis is Part 3 of the Series: John Carter, the Flop that Wasn’t a Turkey. If you missed them, here are links to Part One and Part Two. January 2011: […]
Special Report: John Carter, the Flop that Wasn’t a Turkey (Part 2)
TweetThis part two of a three part series entitled John Carter, the Flop that Wasn’t a Turkey. You can read Part One here. by Michael D. Sellers John Carter: The […]
Special Report: John Carter, The Flop that Wasn’t a Turkey — How did it happen? (Part 1)
TweetWhen a wannabe blockbuster turns out to be a turkey of a film and flops miserably, we don’t need any explanations — it’s clear what just happened. A bad movie […]
Hunger Games vs John Carter Marketing: Time for some tough love for Disney
TweetThe news is in – Lion’s Gate’s Hunger Games brought in a whopping $155m at the domestic box office in this, its debut weekend, making it the third highest opening […]
John Carter: An Open Letter to Walt Disney Studios Chairman Richard Ross
TweetThe following is an open letter to Rich Ross, Chairman of Walt Disney Studios, regarding John Carter. It is a sincere request for Disney senior management to address in a […]
Our view: It’s now clear, after yesterday’s announcement – Disney viewed John Carter as a hospice case all along
TweetWe didn’t react immediately when Disney announced yesterday, with John Carter 11 days into its theatrical run, that it will be booking a $200m writedown, making the Andrew Stanton film […]
Huffington Post: Remembering Frank Frazetta, John Carter and Edgar Rice Burroughs
TweetThis is a historical fable to be watched for its imagery and not analyzed for its plot. John Carter deserves and merits respect. by Carole Mallory for Huffington Post: Frank Frazetta rotoscoped me […]
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 […]
10 Things John Carter Fans Can Do Right Now to Help The Movie
TweetPeople ask us — what can we do, aside from joining “Take me back to Barsoom!” on Facebook? We have given various answers at various times. Here is our top […]
John Carter: Fans, film crew form “Take Me Back to Barsoom” Facebook group to lobby for a sequel
TweetJohn Carter may have encountered serious headwind in its opening weekend at the US Domestic box office (foreign sale were better, though), but that has only served to motivate a […]
The Morning After: What can fans do?
TweetThe last 4-5 days, starting with March 7 when the reviews started to come out, and ending with the posting of weekend estimates for domestic and international box office on […]
John Carter and big-budget Schadenfreude, or how 100M gross in the first 3 days gets instantly labeled an iconic Hollywood flop
TweetSpecial Report by Michael D. Sellers for The John Carter Files on the accuracy and curious psychology of much of the reporting on Disney’s John Carter since its release on […]
Join the John Carter Teen Reading Project
TweetDear Students, Why not join our Teen Reading Project? A Princess of Mars — a novel that was the Harry Potter of its day –was a massive worldwide hit that has been translated […]
The John Carter Files Fan Trailers and Videos
TweetQuite a few new visitors are dropping by here, now that John Carter is in theaters, and some are still not sure whether or not they will see John Carter […]
What did you think of John Carter? Join the conversation.
TweetTake a minute and tell us what you thought of John Carter.
AICN Review: “JOHN CARTER was amazing! I have not felt so genuinely surprised in a movie theater since seeing the original MATRIX.”
TweetAin’t it Cool News has posted a review by Copernicus, who attended the same LA Times Hero Complex Screening we did, (and who is thus not bound by any embargo). […]
John Carter Musings: What, exactly, is Disney’s marketing strategy?
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 […]
Kim Newman Full John Carter Review: “I was won over by its heart.”
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 […]
New John Carter Review: “Unlike Avatar, there is some real meat to this story. 9/10”
TweetNOTE: This John Carter review was just posted on a movie message board and the author, in subsequent postings, revealed details of the film that make it clear he did […]
Further Reading: Edgar Rice Burroughs
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 […]
Will the Andrew Stanton/Lynn Collins "Warrior Princess" version of Dejah Thoris win hearts?
TweetFor Edgar Rice Burroughs enthusiasts, few issues in the screen depiction of Barsoom bear more scrutiny than the choice of how to portray “the incomparable Dejah Thoris”, Princess of Helium. […]