The tale of John Carter has been iconic in the realm of science fiction novels for a long time, as it started way before Frank Herbert wrote his sci-fi epic, Dune. Unfortunately, the story hasn’t had the best fate in the world of movies, with several attempts never reaching their full potential due to development hell, but in 2012, Disney took the risk and created a film based on the Barsoom series written by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Things didn’t go well for Andrew Stanton’s adaptation, called John Carter, as it became one of the biggest box-office bombs of all time, but our close sources say that the character is set to make a comeback.
John Carter Is Making a Return
Taylor Kitsch portrayed John Carter in the film.
Disney put a lot of financial trust in the John Carter film, spending $350 million on it, which made it one...
Things didn’t go well for Andrew Stanton’s adaptation, called John Carter, as it became one of the biggest box-office bombs of all time, but our close sources say that the character is set to make a comeback.
John Carter Is Making a Return
Taylor Kitsch portrayed John Carter in the film.
Disney put a lot of financial trust in the John Carter film, spending $350 million on it, which made it one...
- 3/29/2024
- by Osama Farooq
- FandomWire
If a movie franchise can last long enough, sooner or later, it will start eating its own tail. It’s a common grumble when talking about the big boys on the block, Star Wars and Star Trek. Neither feels like it’s willing to move on into the future, pulling fans back to earlier years and rebooting iconic characters in order to refresh—read: re-market—the stories fans love. But they’re not the only adopters of the technique; some franchises get downright sneaky about where in the timeline they’re going to take us next.
For example, little about the upcoming Saw X makes it clear to average moviegoers where the movie fits into the timeline. Franchise fans are probably aware that it’s a sequel-prequel timeline pretzel, fitting itself in between the original film and Saw II, and adding new details about Jigsaw’s obsession with the doctors that failed him.
For example, little about the upcoming Saw X makes it clear to average moviegoers where the movie fits into the timeline. Franchise fans are probably aware that it’s a sequel-prequel timeline pretzel, fitting itself in between the original film and Saw II, and adding new details about Jigsaw’s obsession with the doctors that failed him.
- 9/23/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. has partnered with LA’s Tarzana International Film Festival (Sep 29– Oct 1) to honor the author best known for creating the Tarzan and John Carter Of Mars characters.
Opening night festivities will include the screening of the 2017 documentary Tarzan: The Man Behind The Legend, followed by a Q&a with the director and cast.
The festival, which takes place at the Regal Cinemas in the Sherman Oaks Galleria, will bestow the inaugural Edgar Rice Burroughs Legacy Award at the closing night gala. The award will be presented to an “iconic industry writer known for their work in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and adventure”.
This year, the event will also celebrate Warner Bros’ centennial with a screening of 2007 feature The Brothers Warner directed by Cass Warner Sperling, granddaughter of longtime studio head Jack Warner. The documentary chronicles the creation and rise of the first major Hollywood studio.
Opening night festivities will include the screening of the 2017 documentary Tarzan: The Man Behind The Legend, followed by a Q&a with the director and cast.
The festival, which takes place at the Regal Cinemas in the Sherman Oaks Galleria, will bestow the inaugural Edgar Rice Burroughs Legacy Award at the closing night gala. The award will be presented to an “iconic industry writer known for their work in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and adventure”.
This year, the event will also celebrate Warner Bros’ centennial with a screening of 2007 feature The Brothers Warner directed by Cass Warner Sperling, granddaughter of longtime studio head Jack Warner. The documentary chronicles the creation and rise of the first major Hollywood studio.
- 8/24/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Unfortunately, HBO is as good at making fans wait as they are at video game adaptations. As is prestige TV tradition, it’ll be quite some time before we see the second season of The Last of Us. While fans can always replay the first game or wade into major spoiler territory with The Last of Us Part II, you could also opt for some lo-fi post-apocalyptic stories.
Get ready to gasp, cry, and stay up all night reading six brilliant page-turners that are perfect follow-ups to The Last of Us. The end of the world features in a huge amount of novels, but we’ve sifted through bloater-sized mountains of books to find some of the most similar in theme, tone, and sometimes plot.
The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud
True Grit meets Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles in this page-turning space Western from the Shirley Jackson Award-winning author...
Get ready to gasp, cry, and stay up all night reading six brilliant page-turners that are perfect follow-ups to The Last of Us. The end of the world features in a huge amount of novels, but we’ve sifted through bloater-sized mountains of books to find some of the most similar in theme, tone, and sometimes plot.
The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud
True Grit meets Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles in this page-turning space Western from the Shirley Jackson Award-winning author...
- 4/4/2023
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
Hugh Hudson, who directed the classic Oscar winning film “Chariots of Fire,” died Friday in London. He was 86.
The Guardian said he had died after a short illness. His family released a statement saying, “Hugh Hudson, 86, beloved husband and father, died at Charing Cross hospital on 10 February after a short illness. He is survived by his wife Maryam, his son Thomas and his first wife Sue.”
As a director Hudson could be counted upon to deliver lush, beautifully designed, well-orchestrated scenes.
“Chariots of Fire” was the story of the rivalry between two British runners, one Jewish, the other a devout Christian, culminating in the 1924 Olympics. Hudson was Oscar nominated for best director in 1982, and the movie won four Academy Awards, including best picture and best score for the electronic compositions of Vangelis that somehow worked splendidly in the period film.
Hudson had brought his friend Vangelis onto the project, and...
The Guardian said he had died after a short illness. His family released a statement saying, “Hugh Hudson, 86, beloved husband and father, died at Charing Cross hospital on 10 February after a short illness. He is survived by his wife Maryam, his son Thomas and his first wife Sue.”
As a director Hudson could be counted upon to deliver lush, beautifully designed, well-orchestrated scenes.
“Chariots of Fire” was the story of the rivalry between two British runners, one Jewish, the other a devout Christian, culminating in the 1924 Olympics. Hudson was Oscar nominated for best director in 1982, and the movie won four Academy Awards, including best picture and best score for the electronic compositions of Vangelis that somehow worked splendidly in the period film.
Hudson had brought his friend Vangelis onto the project, and...
- 2/10/2023
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
Hubert G. Wells, who trained animals for films including the original Doctor Dolittle, Out of Africa, Wolf, Sheena and The Ghost and the Darkness, has died. He was 88.
Wells died on Christmas Day of age-related illnesses at his home in Thousand Oaks, fellow animal trainer Doree Sitterly told The Hollywood Reporter.
Sitterly and Wells worked together for 20 years — she doubled for Meryl Streep on Out of Africa while Wells was serving as chief animal trainer on the 1986 Oscar best picture winner — and for 10 of those they lived on a compound in the Santa Monica Mountains that was filled with trained wild animals. (They raised lion cubs in the laundry room.)
The Hungarian-born Wells got his start in Hollywood at Jungleland, a 27-acre theme park and private zoo in Thousand Oaks that was used to rent and train animals for movies, TV shows and commercials. After it closed in 1969, he created Animal Actors of Hollywood,...
Wells died on Christmas Day of age-related illnesses at his home in Thousand Oaks, fellow animal trainer Doree Sitterly told The Hollywood Reporter.
Sitterly and Wells worked together for 20 years — she doubled for Meryl Streep on Out of Africa while Wells was serving as chief animal trainer on the 1986 Oscar best picture winner — and for 10 of those they lived on a compound in the Santa Monica Mountains that was filled with trained wild animals. (They raised lion cubs in the laundry room.)
The Hungarian-born Wells got his start in Hollywood at Jungleland, a 27-acre theme park and private zoo in Thousand Oaks that was used to rent and train animals for movies, TV shows and commercials. After it closed in 1969, he created Animal Actors of Hollywood,...
- 1/11/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)
There are lots and lots of movies that have made lots and lots of money over the years of cinema's history. Heck, as of writing this (December 2022), there are 51 different movies that have made at least 1 billion at the box office, with "Jurassic World: Dominion" serving as the most recent addition to that coveted list. But only one movie gets to claim the top spot as the highest-grossing movie of all time: James Cameron's 2009 sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar." In a list dominated by reboots, sequels, and adaptations, an original sci-fi film from the most commercially successful director of all time reigns supreme.
Frankly, for many years, it wasn't even all that close. Only five movies have ever crossed 2 billion in ticket sales...
There are lots and lots of movies that have made lots and lots of money over the years of cinema's history. Heck, as of writing this (December 2022), there are 51 different movies that have made at least 1 billion at the box office, with "Jurassic World: Dominion" serving as the most recent addition to that coveted list. But only one movie gets to claim the top spot as the highest-grossing movie of all time: James Cameron's 2009 sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar." In a list dominated by reboots, sequels, and adaptations, an original sci-fi film from the most commercially successful director of all time reigns supreme.
Frankly, for many years, it wasn't even all that close. Only five movies have ever crossed 2 billion in ticket sales...
- 12/10/2022
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
The Asylum is known for their mockbuster movies, and when James Cameron‘s Avatar was released in 2009 they released the Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptation Princess of Mars with a note on the poster: “The classic story that inspired James Cameron’s Avatar“. A sequel to Avatar is heading to theatres this month, and this time The Asylum has a mockbuster that is even more obvious in its attempt to draw in viewers who are anxious to see something Avatar-esque. Coinciding with the release of Avatar: The Way of Water is the release of The Asylum’s Battle for Pandora! You can watch the trailer for Battle for Pandora in the embed above.
Battle for Pandora is now available to watch on VOD, and is showing in the following theatres:
Laemmle Town Center 5 – Los Angeles, CA
Hickory Ridge Cinemas – Brunswick, Oh
Trylon Cinema – Minneapolis, Mn
O Cinema South Beach – Miami Beach,...
Battle for Pandora is now available to watch on VOD, and is showing in the following theatres:
Laemmle Town Center 5 – Los Angeles, CA
Hickory Ridge Cinemas – Brunswick, Oh
Trylon Cinema – Minneapolis, Mn
O Cinema South Beach – Miami Beach,...
- 12/5/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
For “Strange World” director, Don Hall, creating the film’s incredible realms was definitely a challenge but one he saw as a beautiful challenge. “We did a lot of research into different biomes and living systems. Ultimately, what I really wanted is just to kind of create a blank space,” he tells Gold Derby during our recent Meet the Experts: Film Animation panel (watch the exclusive video interview above).
He brought the blank canvas to the animators over at Disney and they let their imaginations go wild. “I was just sort of the cheerleader, you know, ushering them to go weirder, go stranger and just embrace the limits of their creativity, which was boundless. It led to a really unique, specific and beautiful world.”
See Oscar Best Animated Feature Gallery: Every Winner in Academy Awards History
“Strange World,” which is currently in theaters, focuses on the Clade family which is made up of legendary explorers.
He brought the blank canvas to the animators over at Disney and they let their imaginations go wild. “I was just sort of the cheerleader, you know, ushering them to go weirder, go stranger and just embrace the limits of their creativity, which was boundless. It led to a really unique, specific and beautiful world.”
See Oscar Best Animated Feature Gallery: Every Winner in Academy Awards History
“Strange World,” which is currently in theaters, focuses on the Clade family which is made up of legendary explorers.
- 11/28/2022
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
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Andrew Stanton is returning to the world of live-action moviemaking.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker, known for helming Pixar classics Wall-e and Finding Nemo, is set to direct In the Blink of Eye, a sci-fi drama for Searchlight Pictures.
Jared Ian Goldman, who counts indie Ingrid Goes West and heady TV series Russian Doll among his credits, is producing.
Stanton is known for working expansively, be it thematically or budgetarily. And while Searchlight isn’t known for its big purse, Blink seems to have the Stanton hallmark of an epic scope.
Written by Colby Day, the project seeks to explore no less than the entire history of the world and tackle the nature of life, love, hope and connection, doing so by focusing on three intersecting storylines. Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia are the watchwords.
Andrew Stanton is returning to the world of live-action moviemaking.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker, known for helming Pixar classics Wall-e and Finding Nemo, is set to direct In the Blink of Eye, a sci-fi drama for Searchlight Pictures.
Jared Ian Goldman, who counts indie Ingrid Goes West and heady TV series Russian Doll among his credits, is producing.
Stanton is known for working expansively, be it thematically or budgetarily. And while Searchlight isn’t known for its big purse, Blink seems to have the Stanton hallmark of an epic scope.
Written by Colby Day, the project seeks to explore no less than the entire history of the world and tackle the nature of life, love, hope and connection, doing so by focusing on three intersecting storylines. Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia are the watchwords.
- 10/7/2022
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sony Pictures has acquired film rights to Tarzan in a deal with the estate of original book author Edgar Rice Burroughs, Deadline has confirmed.
Plans are in the earliest of stages we hear, with no writer, director or producer attached to what would be a full reinvention of the popular character first created by Burroughs in 1912; the author continued to write Tarzan books into the 1940s.
Tarzan was the son of English nobility who was raised by apes in the African jungle after his parents were marooned there and died. He had no contact with Western culture until he was grown and “King of the Apes.”
Screen adaptations go back almost as far as Hollywood itself, with the first, Tarzan of the Apes, appearing in 1918. Since then, the franchise has seen long runs on the big and small screen with stars such as Olympian Jonny Weissmuller and Ron Ely, as...
Plans are in the earliest of stages we hear, with no writer, director or producer attached to what would be a full reinvention of the popular character first created by Burroughs in 1912; the author continued to write Tarzan books into the 1940s.
Tarzan was the son of English nobility who was raised by apes in the African jungle after his parents were marooned there and died. He had no contact with Western culture until he was grown and “King of the Apes.”
Screen adaptations go back almost as far as Hollywood itself, with the first, Tarzan of the Apes, appearing in 1918. Since then, the franchise has seen long runs on the big and small screen with stars such as Olympian Jonny Weissmuller and Ron Ely, as...
- 10/1/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan is well over 100 years old, but the iconic character seems to be due for another reinvention. THR has reported that Sony Pictures have picked up the screen rights to Tarzan from the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs and are looking to do a “total reinvention” of the character.
Sony Pictures had no comment, and no writers, filmmakers, or producers are attached to the Tarzan project, but it seems that we’ll see the character back on the big screen. The first Tarzan novel was serialized in the pulp magazine The All-Story in 1912. It proved so successful that Burroughs wrote dozens more, and Tarzan has been brought to life in movies, TV, radio, and comics for nearly as long as the character has existed. As for what this “total reinvention” might entail, it’s not hard to imagine what they’re getting at. The Tarzan stories have...
Sony Pictures had no comment, and no writers, filmmakers, or producers are attached to the Tarzan project, but it seems that we’ll see the character back on the big screen. The first Tarzan novel was serialized in the pulp magazine The All-Story in 1912. It proved so successful that Burroughs wrote dozens more, and Tarzan has been brought to life in movies, TV, radio, and comics for nearly as long as the character has existed. As for what this “total reinvention” might entail, it’s not hard to imagine what they’re getting at. The Tarzan stories have...
- 9/30/2022
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Sony Pictures has picked up the film rights to “Tarzan” from Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc., according to an individual with knowledge of the project.
The studio is looking to do a total reimagining of the intellectual property for modern audiences.
No producer, writer or director were thus far attached to the property Friday.
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According to an insider with knowledge of the property, “Tarzan” has been in the public domain since January 2020.
Written and created by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912, “Tarzan” centered on the son of a British lord, who was marooned in the African jungle and raised by apes. Tarzan would grow up and discover civilization, only to reject it and return back to the jungle as a heroic adventurer.
The book spawned numerous sequels and the property would go on to dominate...
The studio is looking to do a total reimagining of the intellectual property for modern audiences.
No producer, writer or director were thus far attached to the property Friday.
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According to an insider with knowledge of the property, “Tarzan” has been in the public domain since January 2020.
Written and created by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912, “Tarzan” centered on the son of a British lord, who was marooned in the African jungle and raised by apes. Tarzan would grow up and discover civilization, only to reject it and return back to the jungle as a heroic adventurer.
The book spawned numerous sequels and the property would go on to dominate...
- 9/30/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
“Atlantis: The Lost Empire” producer Don Hahn had an anecdote about the ethos that drove that 2001 animated Disney film’s production. If other Disney animated films, the ones concerned with princesses and magic kingdoms, represent the Fantasyland area of a Disney theme park, the one you reach after passing through the castle, then he wanted “Atlantis” to be the Adventureland movie. This would be one where you turn left.
For “Strange World,” Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 61st (!) feature, they have decided to turn left again. “It’s funny, every time I walk down Main Street, I turn left,” said “Strange World” producer Ron Conli.
“Strange World” is the story of the Clades, led by the rugged adventurer Jaeger Clade (Dennis Quaid). After Jaeger goes missing on an expedition, his son Searcher (Jake Gyllenaal) grows up, maintaining the family name in a different way: he farms a powerful crop that has...
For “Strange World,” Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 61st (!) feature, they have decided to turn left again. “It’s funny, every time I walk down Main Street, I turn left,” said “Strange World” producer Ron Conli.
“Strange World” is the story of the Clades, led by the rugged adventurer Jaeger Clade (Dennis Quaid). After Jaeger goes missing on an expedition, his son Searcher (Jake Gyllenaal) grows up, maintaining the family name in a different way: he farms a powerful crop that has...
- 9/21/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Walt Disney Animation Studios's 61st animated feature, "Strange World," is posed to bring a breath of fresh air to the nearly 100-year-old studio. The film feels unlike what the studio has been producing in recent years, a straight sci-fi adventure influenced by pulpy sci-fi novels by the likes of Jules Verne and Edgar Rice Burroughs. It feels in many ways like a second attempt at an "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" or "Treasure Planet" movie, which once offered a bright and different path for the studio.
"Strange World" comes to us from Oscar-winning director Don Hall, who previously helmed the last 2D Disney film, "Winnie the Pooh," and the studio's first fantasy adventure in decades, "Raya and the Last Dragon." The film boasts a great cast that includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Dennis Quaid, Jaboukie Young-White, and Lucy Liu. "Strange World" follows the Clades, a Swiss Family Robinson-like family of explorers on...
"Strange World" comes to us from Oscar-winning director Don Hall, who previously helmed the last 2D Disney film, "Winnie the Pooh," and the studio's first fantasy adventure in decades, "Raya and the Last Dragon." The film boasts a great cast that includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Dennis Quaid, Jaboukie Young-White, and Lucy Liu. "Strange World" follows the Clades, a Swiss Family Robinson-like family of explorers on...
- 9/21/2022
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
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With Disney’s animated sci-fi adventure “Strange World” (opening theatrically November 23), the studio leans into its legacy just as it prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2023. In fact, legacy is the theme of this film about a racially mixed family of explorers venturing into uncharted territory. The Clade clan centers on legendary patriarch Jaeger (Dennis Quade); his farmer son, Searcher (Jake Gyllenhaal); Searcher’s wife, the expert pilot Meridian; and their restless teenage son, Ethan (Jaboukie Young-White).
When director Don Hall (the Oscar-winning “Big Hero 6”) introduced a 30-minute sneak peek last week at Disney, he mentioned that “Strange World” was influenced by pulp magazines of the ’30s, authors Jules Verne and Edgar Rice Burroughs, and some of his favorite action-adventure movies. He even likened it to “Raiders of the Lost Ark” — but with a wacky family right out of “National Lampoon’s Vacation.” He acknowledged that “Strange World” looks...
With Disney’s animated sci-fi adventure “Strange World” (opening theatrically November 23), the studio leans into its legacy just as it prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2023. In fact, legacy is the theme of this film about a racially mixed family of explorers venturing into uncharted territory. The Clade clan centers on legendary patriarch Jaeger (Dennis Quade); his farmer son, Searcher (Jake Gyllenhaal); Searcher’s wife, the expert pilot Meridian; and their restless teenage son, Ethan (Jaboukie Young-White).
When director Don Hall (the Oscar-winning “Big Hero 6”) introduced a 30-minute sneak peek last week at Disney, he mentioned that “Strange World” was influenced by pulp magazines of the ’30s, authors Jules Verne and Edgar Rice Burroughs, and some of his favorite action-adventure movies. He even likened it to “Raiders of the Lost Ark” — but with a wacky family right out of “National Lampoon’s Vacation.” He acknowledged that “Strange World” looks...
- 9/21/2022
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The Disney Renaissance was a time of great experimentation for the Mouse House — one that saw its animation division tackling all sorts of challenging material, from ancient legends spanning cultures around the world to decidedly dark and mature literary classics by Victor Hugo and Edgar Rice Burroughs. But with great daring comes the risk of committing equal-sized blunders, and that's just what the studio did when it decided to turn the tale of the real-life Indigenous American woman Pocahontas (a nickname passed down by her father) into an animated musical extravaganza.
That's not just the hindsight talking. "Pocahontas" earned a lackluster critical reception upon its theatrical release in 1995, with reviews arguing it was stunningly animated but otherwise lacking in personality. The film's reputation has only worsened over the decades thanks to its soft-peddling of the violence perpetuated by European colonialism, along with its rehashing of Indigenous American stereotypes. Adding insult to injury,...
That's not just the hindsight talking. "Pocahontas" earned a lackluster critical reception upon its theatrical release in 1995, with reviews arguing it was stunningly animated but otherwise lacking in personality. The film's reputation has only worsened over the decades thanks to its soft-peddling of the violence perpetuated by European colonialism, along with its rehashing of Indigenous American stereotypes. Adding insult to injury,...
- 8/22/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
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Next week, writer and artist Jim Starlin will celebrate 50 years in the comic book industry with a panel at San Diego Comic-Con. Ahead of meeting fans for a panel on Thursday, July 21, the creator known for Marvel’s Thanos, Gamora and Drax is revisiting one of his indie creations, Dreadstar.
On Tuesday, Starlin launches an Indiegogo campaign that will include trading cards focused on Dreadstar, a property he introduced in 1982 and centers on Vanth Dreadstar, leader of a rag-tag crew who go on galaxy-spanning missions. The 40-card set feature different characters and moments from the mythos. Dynamite, the comic book compnay known for The Boys, is behind the set.
With the campaign, Starlin is also tackling the work of John Carter author Edgar Rice Burroughs for the first time. He has penciled a cover featuring the character Dejah Thoris, the John Carter character...
Next week, writer and artist Jim Starlin will celebrate 50 years in the comic book industry with a panel at San Diego Comic-Con. Ahead of meeting fans for a panel on Thursday, July 21, the creator known for Marvel’s Thanos, Gamora and Drax is revisiting one of his indie creations, Dreadstar.
On Tuesday, Starlin launches an Indiegogo campaign that will include trading cards focused on Dreadstar, a property he introduced in 1982 and centers on Vanth Dreadstar, leader of a rag-tag crew who go on galaxy-spanning missions. The 40-card set feature different characters and moments from the mythos. Dynamite, the comic book compnay known for The Boys, is behind the set.
With the campaign, Starlin is also tackling the work of John Carter author Edgar Rice Burroughs for the first time. He has penciled a cover featuring the character Dejah Thoris, the John Carter character...
- 7/12/2022
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dennis Quaid, Lucy Liu, Gabrielle Union and Jaboukie Young-White have joined the key voice cast of “Strange World,” the upcoming adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios that is scheduled for released on Nov. 23. They join Jake Gyllenhaal, who was announced last week.
Directed by “Big Hero 6” helmer Don Hall, rolling off the success of “Raya and the Last Dragon,” and written and co-directed by Qui Nguyen, who co-wrote “Raya,” “Strange World” follows three generations of the Clade family, legendary explorers, who arrive at a dazzling land full of mysterious phenomena – shoals of flying fish, walking rock columns, and octopus-looking monsters, a recent trailer suggests.
Narrated in a retro visual style of ‘50s sci-fi B movies, “Strange World” will have granddad Jaeger Clade voiced by Quaid. Young-White voices the grandson, Ethan. Union voices Meridian, who is married to son Searcher, played by Gyllenhaal. Liu is Callisto Mal, head of Avalonia,...
Directed by “Big Hero 6” helmer Don Hall, rolling off the success of “Raya and the Last Dragon,” and written and co-directed by Qui Nguyen, who co-wrote “Raya,” “Strange World” follows three generations of the Clade family, legendary explorers, who arrive at a dazzling land full of mysterious phenomena – shoals of flying fish, walking rock columns, and octopus-looking monsters, a recent trailer suggests.
Narrated in a retro visual style of ‘50s sci-fi B movies, “Strange World” will have granddad Jaeger Clade voiced by Quaid. Young-White voices the grandson, Ethan. Union voices Meridian, who is married to son Searcher, played by Gyllenhaal. Liu is Callisto Mal, head of Avalonia,...
- 6/17/2022
- by Ben Croll and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
In September of 2014 I was able to visit the set of Warner Bros. Pictures' big-budget Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptation, "The Legend of Tarzan." On those huge soundstages at Leavesden Studios in England, filmmaker David Yates had meticulously recreated jungles, African plains, and even a train where stars Alexander Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson fought off bad guys. With so many resources and the "Harry Potter" helmer behind it, why did "The Legend of Tarzan" not spawn the franchise that the studio was clearly hoping for?
During our discussion with Skarsgård for his latest shirtless action outing, Focus Features' Viking epic "The Northman," we were able to ask...
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During our discussion with Skarsgård for his latest shirtless action outing, Focus Features' Viking epic "The Northman," we were able to ask...
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- 4/22/2022
- by Max Evry
- Slash Film
The 2012 Disney blockbuster “John Carter” was always meant to be the start of a new franchise, with co-writer and director Andrew Stanton having mapped out where two sequels would take the characters before the first film even hit theaters. Unfortunately, the disastrous box office performance of the $307 million epic put a halt to franchise plans before they could even begin. “John Carter” was the first and last adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs book series from Disney.
But 10 years later, Stanton is ready to reveal where he would have taken John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) and Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins) in the first sequel, which would have been called “Gods of Mars.”
While speaking with TheWrap for our complete and untold history of the development, production and release of “John Carter,” Stanton revealed the planned story for the follow-up that he was working on with co-writer Mark Andrews.
“It was going...
But 10 years later, Stanton is ready to reveal where he would have taken John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) and Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins) in the first sequel, which would have been called “Gods of Mars.”
While speaking with TheWrap for our complete and untold history of the development, production and release of “John Carter,” Stanton revealed the planned story for the follow-up that he was working on with co-writer Mark Andrews.
“It was going...
- 3/9/2022
- by Adam Chitwood and Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Written by Sergio Aragones, Mark Evanier | Art by Sergio Aragones, Thomas Yeates | Published by Dark Horse Comics
After reviewing a lot of very good, but very mainstream, superhero books I was looking for something a little different to cast my eyes over this review. Someone upstairs must have been listening, as you don’t get much more removed from Superman or Moon Knight than Groo and Tarzan. Tarzan of course has a massive literary pedigree. Groo doesn’t, but he probably thinks he does.
I’ve been a fan of both characters for some years, I collected the Marvel Tarzan run a few decades back and loved it. Tarzan has, of course, been around in magazines and novels since the 1910’s, created by the great Edgar Rice Burroughs. He’s got quite the pedigree in comics too, not only starring in quite a few runs, but also inspiring characters like Ka-Zar.
After reviewing a lot of very good, but very mainstream, superhero books I was looking for something a little different to cast my eyes over this review. Someone upstairs must have been listening, as you don’t get much more removed from Superman or Moon Knight than Groo and Tarzan. Tarzan of course has a massive literary pedigree. Groo doesn’t, but he probably thinks he does.
I’ve been a fan of both characters for some years, I collected the Marvel Tarzan run a few decades back and loved it. Tarzan has, of course, been around in magazines and novels since the 1910’s, created by the great Edgar Rice Burroughs. He’s got quite the pedigree in comics too, not only starring in quite a few runs, but also inspiring characters like Ka-Zar.
- 8/3/2021
- by Dean Fuller
- Nerdly
Blame Johnny Depp.
I mean, listen, feel free to blame the actor for any number of things, if you want. But specifically, in terms of riot-act reading, let’s go back to 2003, when Mr. Depp slapped on a head scarf, trotted out his best Keef Richards wobble and slur, and turned what felt like a Disney Hail-Mary I.P. cash-in into a cash cow. No one expected a movie based on an amusement park ride based on creaky, age-old seafaring stories to give birth to a popular franchise; no one...
I mean, listen, feel free to blame the actor for any number of things, if you want. But specifically, in terms of riot-act reading, let’s go back to 2003, when Mr. Depp slapped on a head scarf, trotted out his best Keef Richards wobble and slur, and turned what felt like a Disney Hail-Mary I.P. cash-in into a cash cow. No one expected a movie based on an amusement park ride based on creaky, age-old seafaring stories to give birth to a popular franchise; no one...
- 7/30/2021
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Although their "John Carter" feature tanked at the box office in 2012, Disney still controls screen rights to the series by "Tarzan" author Edgar Rice Burroughs, as development continues for a reboot adaptation of Burroughs' second book in his 'Barsoom' (Mars) series, "The Gods of Mars":
"The Gods of Mars" was first published in the pulp magazine "All-Story" as a five-part serial, January-May 1913, then published as a complete novel by A. C. McClurg, September, 1918.
At the end of the first book, "A Princess of Mars', 'John Carter' is unwillingly transported back to Earth. "...'The Gods of Mars' begins with Carter's arrival back on 'Barsoom' (Mars) after a ten-year separation from his wife 'Dejah Thoris', his unborn child and the 'Red Martian' people of the nation of 'Helium'.
"Unfortunately, Carter materializes in the one place on Barsoom from which nobody is allowed to depart: the 'Valley Dor', aka the 'Barsoomian' afterlife.
"The Gods of Mars" was first published in the pulp magazine "All-Story" as a five-part serial, January-May 1913, then published as a complete novel by A. C. McClurg, September, 1918.
At the end of the first book, "A Princess of Mars', 'John Carter' is unwillingly transported back to Earth. "...'The Gods of Mars' begins with Carter's arrival back on 'Barsoom' (Mars) after a ten-year separation from his wife 'Dejah Thoris', his unborn child and the 'Red Martian' people of the nation of 'Helium'.
"Unfortunately, Carter materializes in the one place on Barsoom from which nobody is allowed to depart: the 'Valley Dor', aka the 'Barsoomian' afterlife.
- 6/2/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Spoiler Alert: Do not read until you’ve seen the film!
Director Adam Wingard’s “Godzilla vs. Kong,” the latest entry in the long-running Godzilla franchise, takes the reptilian kaiju king in some bold new directions, and offers many spectacular sights that have never been seen before in a Godzilla movie. But it also pays sly homage to several previous entries in the giant monster series with a number of visual references, familiar story echoes, inside jokes, and clever Easter eggs that will reward keen-eyed fans. Though by no means a complete list, here are 10 hidden gems that you may have missed the first time around, whether in a theater or on HBO Max.
Kong Flies in Style
In Toho Studios’ 1967 kaiju classic “King Kong Escapes,” a nefarious scientist named Dr. Who captures Kong from his home on Mondo Island and transports him to the North Pole to mine a radioactive substance called Element X.
Director Adam Wingard’s “Godzilla vs. Kong,” the latest entry in the long-running Godzilla franchise, takes the reptilian kaiju king in some bold new directions, and offers many spectacular sights that have never been seen before in a Godzilla movie. But it also pays sly homage to several previous entries in the giant monster series with a number of visual references, familiar story echoes, inside jokes, and clever Easter eggs that will reward keen-eyed fans. Though by no means a complete list, here are 10 hidden gems that you may have missed the first time around, whether in a theater or on HBO Max.
Kong Flies in Style
In Toho Studios’ 1967 kaiju classic “King Kong Escapes,” a nefarious scientist named Dr. Who captures Kong from his home on Mondo Island and transports him to the North Pole to mine a radioactive substance called Element X.
- 4/1/2021
- by Matthew Chernov
- Variety Film + TV
Even though it tanked some years ago at the box office, Disney still controls screen rights to the "John Carter" books by Edgar Rice Burroughs, with ongoing development to reboot Burroughs' second book in his 'Barsoom' (Mars) series, "The Gods of Mars":
"The Gods of Mars" was first published in the pulp magazine "All-Story" as a five-part serial, January-May 1913, then published as a complete novel by A. C. McClurg, September, 1918. At the end of the first book, "A Princess of Mars', 'John Carter' is unwillingly transported back to Earth. "...'The Gods of Mars' begins with Carter's arrival back on 'Barsoom' (Mars) after a ten-year separation from his wife 'Dejah Thoris', his unborn child and the 'Red Martian' people of the nation of 'Helium'.
"Unfortunately, Carter materializes in the one place on Barsoom from which nobody is allowed to depart: the 'Valley Dor', aka the 'Barsoomian' afterlife.
Click the images to enlarge.
"The Gods of Mars" was first published in the pulp magazine "All-Story" as a five-part serial, January-May 1913, then published as a complete novel by A. C. McClurg, September, 1918. At the end of the first book, "A Princess of Mars', 'John Carter' is unwillingly transported back to Earth. "...'The Gods of Mars' begins with Carter's arrival back on 'Barsoom' (Mars) after a ten-year separation from his wife 'Dejah Thoris', his unborn child and the 'Red Martian' people of the nation of 'Helium'.
"Unfortunately, Carter materializes in the one place on Barsoom from which nobody is allowed to depart: the 'Valley Dor', aka the 'Barsoomian' afterlife.
Click the images to enlarge.
- 3/24/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
In Lovecraft Country, Atticus “Tic” Freeman is a Korean war vet, who went to war to escape the physical abuse he received at the hands of his father. But before that, he escaped into the imagined worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs, H.P. Lovecraft, and countless others. Reading stories wasn’t just something he did to pass the time; reading stories was survival.
Commercial books, film, and television, what we call popular culture, are gateways to the world outside of the small spaces we each occupy. We connect to each other across the globe through shared experiences in the media we consume. The stories that serve this function best, transcend genre. As Lovecraft Country’s Courtney B. Vance puts it to us in relation to HBO’s new radical horror: “I’m not a big horror film person because I’m a scaredy cat. I’m a story person. If you...
Commercial books, film, and television, what we call popular culture, are gateways to the world outside of the small spaces we each occupy. We connect to each other across the globe through shared experiences in the media we consume. The stories that serve this function best, transcend genre. As Lovecraft Country’s Courtney B. Vance puts it to us in relation to HBO’s new radical horror: “I’m not a big horror film person because I’m a scaredy cat. I’m a story person. If you...
- 8/27/2020
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
This Lovecraft Country review contains spoilers.
Lovecraft Country Season 1, Episode 1
We’re introduced to Atticus “Tic” Freeman (Jonathan Majors) in a dream sequence. What begins as a straightforward black and white scene of Tic in the trenches morphs into a colorful panorama of the fantastical, a smorgasbord of sci-fi hors d’oeuvres. Overhead, flying saucers hover, while creatures of unknown origin fly about the sky. A red woman (Jamie Chung) descends from a spaceship, and alerts our hero to the imminent threat of a rising Cthulhu. Before the Elder God can raise hell, Jackie Robinson smashes it to shit with a single swing of his bat. Tic abruptly awakens.
In real life, Tic is on the back of a greyhound. As the bus crosses yet another bridge named after a dead racist, Tic flips the bridge the bird, a final fuck you to the Jim Crow South. Unfortunately, the bus breaks down.
Lovecraft Country Season 1, Episode 1
We’re introduced to Atticus “Tic” Freeman (Jonathan Majors) in a dream sequence. What begins as a straightforward black and white scene of Tic in the trenches morphs into a colorful panorama of the fantastical, a smorgasbord of sci-fi hors d’oeuvres. Overhead, flying saucers hover, while creatures of unknown origin fly about the sky. A red woman (Jamie Chung) descends from a spaceship, and alerts our hero to the imminent threat of a rising Cthulhu. Before the Elder God can raise hell, Jackie Robinson smashes it to shit with a single swing of his bat. Tic abruptly awakens.
In real life, Tic is on the back of a greyhound. As the bus crosses yet another bridge named after a dead racist, Tic flips the bridge the bird, a final fuck you to the Jim Crow South. Unfortunately, the bus breaks down.
- 8/17/2020
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
Disney Plus has a huge back catalogue of the Mouse House’s biggest and best movies, and they’re adding more all the time. Case in point: this coming week will see the arrival of 1999’s Tarzan on the streaming service for the first time, as well as its sequel, Tarzan II.
Based on the novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan stars Tony Goldwyn as the legendary Ape-Man, a human orphan raised by gorillas in the depths of the African rainforest. Minnie Driver plays Jane Porter, the English explorer who discovers Tarzan and his tribe along with her father Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (Nigel Hawthorne). Also on board are Brian Blessed as John Clayton, the blood-thirsty hunter, and Glenn Close and Lance Henriksen, who voice Tarzan’s adoptive gorilla parents.
Considered the final film of the so-called Disney Renaissance era (1989-99), Tarzan was also the last movie for a while...
Based on the novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan stars Tony Goldwyn as the legendary Ape-Man, a human orphan raised by gorillas in the depths of the African rainforest. Minnie Driver plays Jane Porter, the English explorer who discovers Tarzan and his tribe along with her father Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (Nigel Hawthorne). Also on board are Brian Blessed as John Clayton, the blood-thirsty hunter, and Glenn Close and Lance Henriksen, who voice Tarzan’s adoptive gorilla parents.
Considered the final film of the so-called Disney Renaissance era (1989-99), Tarzan was also the last movie for a while...
- 6/21/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
The Walt Disney Company has recently hit something of a stride when it comes to the unpredictable art of remodeling its own animated catalogue into live-action movies (though some of their projects stretch the meaning of the phrase “live-action”) marketed toward the now-adult audiences who fell in love with those original films. In between modest performers like last year’s Dumbo and the-year-before’s Christopher Robin, the studio has released bona-fide blockbuster remakes of Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King, following in the tradition of their 2010 live-action version of Alice in Wonderland (whose own 2016 sequel experienced a considerably less successful run).
Whether they broke into the billion-dollar club or not, all of Disney’s remakes have shared at least one trait in common: they’ve all earned the relatively tame PG rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. But this year’s retelling of the Ballad...
Whether they broke into the billion-dollar club or not, all of Disney’s remakes have shared at least one trait in common: they’ve all earned the relatively tame PG rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. But this year’s retelling of the Ballad...
- 2/19/2020
- by Anthony Fuchs
- We Got This Covered
I came of age (whatever that means) in the ’80s, so I’m always very interested in what Severin Films re-releases from that era; some I’ve seen and some I haven’t, and others I’ve never even heard of before. The two new releases from Severin I’ll be looking at today fit in that middle category—ones I know of very well, but yet remained unseen. Until now, that is; Severin has seen fit to load up the fantasy/actioner/softcore Gwendoline (1984) and the harrowingly violent The Boys Next Door (1985) with everything a viewer could want to know.
Gwendoline (1984): Otherwise known as The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak, this film is goofy, immature, leering, and has stunning set design. Yes, it’s French; how’d you guess? Writer/director Just Jaeckin (Lady Chatterley’s Lover) has concocted an almost unwieldy mix of Raiders of the Lost Ark,...
Gwendoline (1984): Otherwise known as The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak, this film is goofy, immature, leering, and has stunning set design. Yes, it’s French; how’d you guess? Writer/director Just Jaeckin (Lady Chatterley’s Lover) has concocted an almost unwieldy mix of Raiders of the Lost Ark,...
- 1/13/2020
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Disney+ is off to a hot start so far. Fans are loving the combination of classic movies and shows as well as the debut of new original material, like The Mandalorian. The intergalactic series takes place in the Star Wars universe and has been a huge hit since its first episode, which is causing executives to consider introducing yet another TV show set in outer space as well.
This time, however, Disney wouldn’t rely on the public’s love of one of their biggest franchises. Instead, they’d be trying to resurrect one of their most disappointing projects ever.
According to our sources – the same ones who told us Ewan McGregor was returning as Obi-Wan, that an Aladdin sequel was in the works and that a She-Hulk show was happening, all of which turned out to be true – the company is looking into rebooting John Carter as a TV series.
This time, however, Disney wouldn’t rely on the public’s love of one of their biggest franchises. Instead, they’d be trying to resurrect one of their most disappointing projects ever.
According to our sources – the same ones who told us Ewan McGregor was returning as Obi-Wan, that an Aladdin sequel was in the works and that a She-Hulk show was happening, all of which turned out to be true – the company is looking into rebooting John Carter as a TV series.
- 12/4/2019
- by Evan Lewis
- We Got This Covered
2012’s John Carter has gone down in history as a misfire for Disney, who banked on Pixar’s Andrew Stanton to deliver the goods with his first live-action movie. The result was a flop, and a major blow to the star credentials of lead Taylor Kitsch. Seven years on, though, and John Carter has built a cult following, with Kitsch defending the film as being better than originally given credit for. Furthermore, he’s pointed to Netflix’s streaming of the movie as a key reason for why audiences are now finding the picture.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Kitsch had this to say about how Netflix has boosted John Carter‘s profile:
“I think it got another life when it went on Netflix not long ago, maybe a year ago or something, but, yes, to be blunt. People stop me all the time for that, especially in Europe. It’s had a little mini-resurgence.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Kitsch had this to say about how Netflix has boosted John Carter‘s profile:
“I think it got another life when it went on Netflix not long ago, maybe a year ago or something, but, yes, to be blunt. People stop me all the time for that, especially in Europe. It’s had a little mini-resurgence.
- 12/1/2019
- by Jessica James
- We Got This Covered
Dynamite Entertainment's hardcover collection "The Art of Dejah Thoris and the Worlds of Mars" Volume 2, now available, showcases 280 pages of full color artwork from Dynamite's "Warlord of Mars" and "Dejah Thoris" comic book series, adapting the works of author Edgar Rice Burroughs, including painted cover illustrations by Joe Jusko, J. Scott Campbell, Frank Cho, Lucio Parillo, Tula Lotay, Mike McKone and a whole lot more:
'Dejah Thoris' debuted in Burroughs' "A Princes of Mars" (1917) as the ruler of 'Martian' city-state/empire 'Helium'.
She is the wife of Earthman 'John Carter' and mother of their son 'Carthoris' and daughter 'Tara'.
She is a competent and capable adventurer, fully capable of defending herself and surviving on her own in the wastelands of Mars.
"'Dejah Thoris' has long been a core and treasured part of our comic book and merchandise lineup." said Nick Barrucci, Dynamite publisher.
"We've been fortunate to work...
'Dejah Thoris' debuted in Burroughs' "A Princes of Mars" (1917) as the ruler of 'Martian' city-state/empire 'Helium'.
She is the wife of Earthman 'John Carter' and mother of their son 'Carthoris' and daughter 'Tara'.
She is a competent and capable adventurer, fully capable of defending herself and surviving on her own in the wastelands of Mars.
"'Dejah Thoris' has long been a core and treasured part of our comic book and merchandise lineup." said Nick Barrucci, Dynamite publisher.
"We've been fortunate to work...
- 11/30/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
After a string of sequels that have failed to hit the mark, James Cameron may be turning to strong women to rescue the franchise. Will it work?
The pages of Hollywood history are littered with failed attempts to propel movies towards box office and critical success. To pinpoint the basic construct of a film that is likely to appeal to audiences and critics alike is a virtually impossible task. Just ask the Disney executives who chose to remove the “of Mars” suffix from the big-budget 2012 adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic planetary romance novel John Carter of Mars, (ostensibly because previous movies mentioning the red planet had bombed), only to see a perfectly decent fantasy flick lose more than $200m at the box office. Or the executives who felt Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi masterpiece, Blade Runner, was so confusing that it needed a tacked-on happy ending and Harrison Ford voiceover...
The pages of Hollywood history are littered with failed attempts to propel movies towards box office and critical success. To pinpoint the basic construct of a film that is likely to appeal to audiences and critics alike is a virtually impossible task. Just ask the Disney executives who chose to remove the “of Mars” suffix from the big-budget 2012 adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic planetary romance novel John Carter of Mars, (ostensibly because previous movies mentioning the red planet had bombed), only to see a perfectly decent fantasy flick lose more than $200m at the box office. Or the executives who felt Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi masterpiece, Blade Runner, was so confusing that it needed a tacked-on happy ending and Harrison Ford voiceover...
- 9/12/2019
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
It’s only August and Disney has already released three – count ‘em, three – live-action remakes in theaters this year, and that’s not even counting the Maleficent sequel or The Lady and the Tramp Disney Plus movie heading our way in the latter half of 2019. Love them or hate them, it sounds like the live-action re-imaginings are here to stay, and the House of Mouse seems to be mining every possible IP to bring back to the big screen.
Not only that, but now we’re hearing that they’re hoping to bring a popular A-list star along for the ride. According to our source – the same one who told us an Aladdin sequel was happening last month before it was confirmed this week – Disney is in the process of developing a live-action remake of their 1999 animated classic Tarzan, and Ryan Reynolds is said to be one of several big...
Not only that, but now we’re hearing that they’re hoping to bring a popular A-list star along for the ride. According to our source – the same one who told us an Aladdin sequel was happening last month before it was confirmed this week – Disney is in the process of developing a live-action remake of their 1999 animated classic Tarzan, and Ryan Reynolds is said to be one of several big...
- 8/13/2019
- by Mike Lee
- We Got This Covered
By John M. Whalen
After making six Tarzan films, the last two,“Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure” (1959) and “Tarzan the Magnificent” (1960), considered among the best ever made, actor Gordon Scott hung up the loin cloth to star in movies in Italy. Producer Sy Weintraub, who had taken Tarzan out of the back lots of Hollywood and filmed on location in Africa, wanted to continue the series and put the ape man in even more exotic locations. He had India in mind for the next Tarzan adventure, but now suddenly he had to find a new Lord of the Jungle. He didn’t have to look very far. “Tarzan the Magnificent” had featured stunt man turned actor, Jock Mahoney as villain Coy Banton, in a performance that was every bit as physically demanding as it was for Scott.
Even at age 41, when “Magnificent” was made, Mahoney was in incredible shape. At six foot four,...
After making six Tarzan films, the last two,“Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure” (1959) and “Tarzan the Magnificent” (1960), considered among the best ever made, actor Gordon Scott hung up the loin cloth to star in movies in Italy. Producer Sy Weintraub, who had taken Tarzan out of the back lots of Hollywood and filmed on location in Africa, wanted to continue the series and put the ape man in even more exotic locations. He had India in mind for the next Tarzan adventure, but now suddenly he had to find a new Lord of the Jungle. He didn’t have to look very far. “Tarzan the Magnificent” had featured stunt man turned actor, Jock Mahoney as villain Coy Banton, in a performance that was every bit as physically demanding as it was for Scott.
Even at age 41, when “Magnificent” was made, Mahoney was in incredible shape. At six foot four,...
- 4/6/2019
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
By John M. Whalen
If you’ve ever read one of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan novels, you know that there has always been a big difference between Tarzan as he is in the movies versus Tarzan in the books. For some reason Hollywood has never really been able to get the character exactly right. As much fun as the Johnny Weissmuller and Lex Barker Tarzan movies are, for example, they really didn’t get close to Burroughs’ concept of the ape man. The real Tarzan didn’t speak Pidgin English for one thing. He actually spoke fluent English and French. He was as at home in an English Tea Room as the son of a British Lord, as he was in the prehistoric land of Pal-ul-don. While the movies showed Tarzan as protector of the animals, and friends with cute chimpanzees, in the books Burroughs present a world where death usually came on four feet,...
If you’ve ever read one of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan novels, you know that there has always been a big difference between Tarzan as he is in the movies versus Tarzan in the books. For some reason Hollywood has never really been able to get the character exactly right. As much fun as the Johnny Weissmuller and Lex Barker Tarzan movies are, for example, they really didn’t get close to Burroughs’ concept of the ape man. The real Tarzan didn’t speak Pidgin English for one thing. He actually spoke fluent English and French. He was as at home in an English Tea Room as the son of a British Lord, as he was in the prehistoric land of Pal-ul-don. While the movies showed Tarzan as protector of the animals, and friends with cute chimpanzees, in the books Burroughs present a world where death usually came on four feet,...
- 2/11/2019
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Dynamite Entertainment's hardcover collection "The Art of Dejah Thoris and the Worlds of Mars" Volume 2, available April 2019, showcases 280 pages of full color artwork from Dynamite's "Warlord of Mars" and "Dejah Thoris" comic book series, adapting the works of author Edgar Rice Burroughs, including illustrators Joe Jusko, J. Scott Campbell, Frank Cho, Lucio Parillo, Tula Lotay, Mike McKone and a whole lot more:
'Dejah Thoris', debuting in Burroughs' "A Princes of Mars" (1917) is the ruler of 'Martian' city-state/empire 'Helium'.
She is the wife of Earthman 'John Carter' and mother of their son 'Carthoris' and daughter 'Tara'.
She is a competent and capable adventurer, fully capable of defending herself and surviving on her own in the wastelands of Mars.
"'Dejah Thoris' has long been a core and treasured part of our comic book and merchandise lineup." said Nick Barrucci, Dynamite publisher.
"We've been fortunate to work with some...
'Dejah Thoris', debuting in Burroughs' "A Princes of Mars" (1917) is the ruler of 'Martian' city-state/empire 'Helium'.
She is the wife of Earthman 'John Carter' and mother of their son 'Carthoris' and daughter 'Tara'.
She is a competent and capable adventurer, fully capable of defending herself and surviving on her own in the wastelands of Mars.
"'Dejah Thoris' has long been a core and treasured part of our comic book and merchandise lineup." said Nick Barrucci, Dynamite publisher.
"We've been fortunate to work with some...
- 12/20/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Exciting news! Tarzan’S Greatest Adventure (1959) is now available on Blu-ray from Warner Archives! Ordering information can be found Here
After Lex Barker carried the mantle clear of Weissmuller’s long shadow, Gordon Scott was free to claim the crown of King of the Jungle. His Tarzan was keen, intelligent, and literate – much as Tarzan’s creator, Edgar Rice Burroughs, had envisioned – and in the aptly named Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure, Scott’s run as the jungle lord reached a peak in what is widely regarded as one of the best entries in the prodigious series of action adventure classics. Tarzan is on a deadly trail, determined to find the diamond hunters (including Anthony Quayle and Sean Connery) who brought terror and death to a peaceful village. But as much as Tarzan is a tracker and avenger, he’s also a protector. An irresponsible gadfly from the so-called civilized world...
After Lex Barker carried the mantle clear of Weissmuller’s long shadow, Gordon Scott was free to claim the crown of King of the Jungle. His Tarzan was keen, intelligent, and literate – much as Tarzan’s creator, Edgar Rice Burroughs, had envisioned – and in the aptly named Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure, Scott’s run as the jungle lord reached a peak in what is widely regarded as one of the best entries in the prodigious series of action adventure classics. Tarzan is on a deadly trail, determined to find the diamond hunters (including Anthony Quayle and Sean Connery) who brought terror and death to a peaceful village. But as much as Tarzan is a tracker and avenger, he’s also a protector. An irresponsible gadfly from the so-called civilized world...
- 11/19/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Tarzan got a new lease on life when a film company finally went to Africa to pit the excellent ‘Lord of the Jungle’ Gordon Scott against a formidable phalanx of villains. Anthony Quayle, Sean Connery and Niall MacGinnis are perfect Dastards of the Darkest Continent. Also top-flight are the women in this jungle combat, wicked Scilla Gabel and naughty Sara Shane. Fun for adult kids of all ages!
Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1959 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 87 min. / Street Date November 13, 2018 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Gordon Scott, Anthony Quayle, Sara Shane, Niall MacGinnis, Sean Connery, Al Mulock, Scilla Gabel.
Cinematography: Edward Scaife
Film Editor: Bert Rule
Original Music: Douglas Gamley
Written by Les Crutchfield, Berne Giler, John Guillermin from the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Produced by Harvey Hayutin, Sy Weintraub
Directed by John Guillermin
Of all the big-screen Tarzans — Johnny Weissmuller, Lex Barker, Jock Mahoney,...
Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1959 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 87 min. / Street Date November 13, 2018 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Gordon Scott, Anthony Quayle, Sara Shane, Niall MacGinnis, Sean Connery, Al Mulock, Scilla Gabel.
Cinematography: Edward Scaife
Film Editor: Bert Rule
Original Music: Douglas Gamley
Written by Les Crutchfield, Berne Giler, John Guillermin from the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Produced by Harvey Hayutin, Sy Weintraub
Directed by John Guillermin
Of all the big-screen Tarzans — Johnny Weissmuller, Lex Barker, Jock Mahoney,...
- 11/10/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Netflix’s 11th hour purchase of “Mowgli” has been hailed as a coming-of-age moment for the streaming service and as a sign that changing tastes have left some big-budget studio films struggling to justify a traditional theatrical release.
But it’s also an acknowledgement that a certain kind of franchise hunting has only resulted in diminishing returns. For a time, Warner Bros., the studio that sold off “Mowgli,” had banked heavily on exploiting intellectual property that had drifted into the public domain. The hope was that classic fantasy stories could be re-imagined for modern audiences, inspiring epic films that could lead to sequels and that would hit multiplexes with built-in “brand awareness.” They also had the added benefit of having creators that were long dead. That meant that studios wouldn’t have to engage in elaborate author appeasement (see: E.L. James) or become embroiled in long-standing litigation over rights (see: the Tolkien estate).
At Warners,...
But it’s also an acknowledgement that a certain kind of franchise hunting has only resulted in diminishing returns. For a time, Warner Bros., the studio that sold off “Mowgli,” had banked heavily on exploiting intellectual property that had drifted into the public domain. The hope was that classic fantasy stories could be re-imagined for modern audiences, inspiring epic films that could lead to sequels and that would hit multiplexes with built-in “brand awareness.” They also had the added benefit of having creators that were long dead. That meant that studios wouldn’t have to engage in elaborate author appeasement (see: E.L. James) or become embroiled in long-standing litigation over rights (see: the Tolkien estate).
At Warners,...
- 7/30/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Simon Brew May 29, 2019
The box office disappointments of somewhat-liked films John Carter, The Lone Ranger, and Tomorrowland had big ramifications for Disney…
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
Pretty much every movie studio in town is currently trying to follow the model that’s delivering year after year massive box office success for Disney. The company has streamlined radically over the past 20 years the number of theatrical releases it puts out and has instead centered its slate on expensive, thoroughly mitigated risks.
It’s well known now that the annual Disney slate will consist of fewer than 10 films. One will be a Star Wars project (minus the ocassional PR-necessitated gap), two or three will be Marvel movies, one from Pixar and one from Walt Disney Animation Studios. Add in one or three live-action remakes of animated movies, and that’s generally eight or nine of the compnay's cinematic...
The box office disappointments of somewhat-liked films John Carter, The Lone Ranger, and Tomorrowland had big ramifications for Disney…
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
Pretty much every movie studio in town is currently trying to follow the model that’s delivering year after year massive box office success for Disney. The company has streamlined radically over the past 20 years the number of theatrical releases it puts out and has instead centered its slate on expensive, thoroughly mitigated risks.
It’s well known now that the annual Disney slate will consist of fewer than 10 films. One will be a Star Wars project (minus the ocassional PR-necessitated gap), two or three will be Marvel movies, one from Pixar and one from Walt Disney Animation Studios. Add in one or three live-action remakes of animated movies, and that’s generally eight or nine of the compnay's cinematic...
- 5/18/2018
- Den of Geek
One of my friends was very excited about John Carter, as he was a fan of the Edgar Rice Burroughs novels that inspired the movie as a kid. Burroughs is of course, most famous for creating Tarzan, but John Carter of Mars, and the dozen or so books in that series have their own cult following in sci-fi circles. According to him, with the exception of bringing in a character named Edgar Rice Burroughs (Daryl Sabara) who’s told of this story from his Uncle’s will, after his passing, the movie was fairly accurate to the book. That maybe so, but all I really saw was a lot of special effects and noise. Lotta sound, a lotta fury, and it really didn’t mean much of anything. The first twenty or thirty minutes happen in the same pattern. John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) get caught, John Carter then escapes from whomever caught him,...
- 4/1/2018
- by David Baruffi
- Age of the Nerd
Dynamite Entertainment's "Dejah Thoris #2, now available, based on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is written by Amy Chu and illustrated by Pasquale Qualano, with covers by Mike McKone, Stephane Rous and Sergio Davila:
"...Dejah Thoris is on a secret mission to save her planet, but first she and the battle scarred 'Red Martian' warrior 'Sajad Surma' must keep the scientific team alive as they trek through the dangerous deserts of 'Barsoom'.
"Then the 'Princess of Mars' learns some hard leadership lessons after a deadly encounter with a white ape..."
Dynamite Entertainment's "Dejah Thoris" #1, is written by Amy Chu and illustrated by Pasquale Qualano, with covers by J. Scott Campbell, Frank Cho, Mike McKone, and Sergio Davila.
"...'Dejah Thoris', obsessed with finding the legendary 'Gardens of Mars'...
"...recruits her own expedition team of scientists.
"But once outside the palace walls, things don't go as planned...
"...and the Princess learns the hard way,...
"...Dejah Thoris is on a secret mission to save her planet, but first she and the battle scarred 'Red Martian' warrior 'Sajad Surma' must keep the scientific team alive as they trek through the dangerous deserts of 'Barsoom'.
"Then the 'Princess of Mars' learns some hard leadership lessons after a deadly encounter with a white ape..."
Dynamite Entertainment's "Dejah Thoris" #1, is written by Amy Chu and illustrated by Pasquale Qualano, with covers by J. Scott Campbell, Frank Cho, Mike McKone, and Sergio Davila.
"...'Dejah Thoris', obsessed with finding the legendary 'Gardens of Mars'...
"...recruits her own expedition team of scientists.
"But once outside the palace walls, things don't go as planned...
"...and the Princess learns the hard way,...
- 3/7/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Review by Roger Carpenter
Based upon the classic first novel of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ seven-book Pellucidar series and produced by British genre film company Amicus Productions, At the Earth’s Core (1976) is a star-studded tale of science fantasy complete with dinosaurs, a psychic master race of pteranodon-like monsters, and a caste-like civilization featuring a monkey-faced race who have enslaved the humans who populate the prehistoric land found inside the Earth.
Directed by Kevin Connor (The Land That Time Forgot; The People That Time Forgot; Warlords of the Deep; Motel Hell) and starring Doug McClure (The Land That Time Forgot; The People That Time Forgot; Roots; Humanoids from the Deep), the gorgeous Caroline Munro (The Spy Who Loved Me; Starcrash; Maniac), and the inimitable Peter Cushing, At the Earth’s Core is a fun, kid-oriented special effects extravaganza, with the emphasis on kid-oriented.
Though Amicus is best known for its portmanteau...
Based upon the classic first novel of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ seven-book Pellucidar series and produced by British genre film company Amicus Productions, At the Earth’s Core (1976) is a star-studded tale of science fantasy complete with dinosaurs, a psychic master race of pteranodon-like monsters, and a caste-like civilization featuring a monkey-faced race who have enslaved the humans who populate the prehistoric land found inside the Earth.
Directed by Kevin Connor (The Land That Time Forgot; The People That Time Forgot; Warlords of the Deep; Motel Hell) and starring Doug McClure (The Land That Time Forgot; The People That Time Forgot; Roots; Humanoids from the Deep), the gorgeous Caroline Munro (The Spy Who Loved Me; Starcrash; Maniac), and the inimitable Peter Cushing, At the Earth’s Core is a fun, kid-oriented special effects extravaganza, with the emphasis on kid-oriented.
Though Amicus is best known for its portmanteau...
- 2/15/2018
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The latest big-screen superhero story is a subversive and uproarious action-adventure, in which African stereotypes are upended and history is rewritten
Director Ryan Coogler and co-screenwriter Joe Robert Cole tackle the superheroes of colour question with this surreal and uproarious movie version of Marvel’s Black Panther legend, in which the sheer enjoyment of everyone involved pumps the movie with fun. It’s an action-adventure origin myth which plays less like a conventional superhero film and more like a radical Brigadoon or a delirious adventure by Jules Verne or Edgar Rice Burroughs. Those were the colonial-era mythmakers whose exoticism must surely have influenced Stan Lee and Jack Kirby when they devised the comic books in the 1960s, supplying the Afro- in the steely afrofuturism of Black Panther that generations of fans have treasured and reclaimed as an alternative to the pop culture of white America. But it’s the –futurism...
Director Ryan Coogler and co-screenwriter Joe Robert Cole tackle the superheroes of colour question with this surreal and uproarious movie version of Marvel’s Black Panther legend, in which the sheer enjoyment of everyone involved pumps the movie with fun. It’s an action-adventure origin myth which plays less like a conventional superhero film and more like a radical Brigadoon or a delirious adventure by Jules Verne or Edgar Rice Burroughs. Those were the colonial-era mythmakers whose exoticism must surely have influenced Stan Lee and Jack Kirby when they devised the comic books in the 1960s, supplying the Afro- in the steely afrofuturism of Black Panther that generations of fans have treasured and reclaimed as an alternative to the pop culture of white America. But it’s the –futurism...
- 2/6/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Dynamite Entertainment's "Dejah Thoris #0, available January 10, 2018, is written by Amy Chu and illustrated by Pasquale Qualano, with covers by Jay Anacleto, Sergio Davila and J. Scott Campbell:
"...after learning of the legendary 'Gardens of Mars' from her grandfather, 'Dejah Thoris', 'Princess of Helium', sets off on a dangerous scientific expedition to save her dying planet.
"But things don't go the way she planned when she encounters a mysterious 'Green Martian' prisoner, in a prequel to author Edgar Rice Burroughs' "A Princess of Mars".
Dynamite's "Dejah Thoris" #1, written by Amy Chu and illustrated by Pasquale Qualano, with covers by J. Scott Campbell, Frank Cho, Mike McKone, and Sergio Davila, is available February 8, 2018.
"...'Dejah Thoris', obsessed with finding the legendary 'Gardens of Mars'...
"...recruits her own expedition team of scientists.
"But once outside the palace walls, things don't go as planned...
"...and the Princess learns the hard way, just how dangerous 'Barsoom' really is.
"...after learning of the legendary 'Gardens of Mars' from her grandfather, 'Dejah Thoris', 'Princess of Helium', sets off on a dangerous scientific expedition to save her dying planet.
"But things don't go the way she planned when she encounters a mysterious 'Green Martian' prisoner, in a prequel to author Edgar Rice Burroughs' "A Princess of Mars".
Dynamite's "Dejah Thoris" #1, written by Amy Chu and illustrated by Pasquale Qualano, with covers by J. Scott Campbell, Frank Cho, Mike McKone, and Sergio Davila, is available February 8, 2018.
"...'Dejah Thoris', obsessed with finding the legendary 'Gardens of Mars'...
"...recruits her own expedition team of scientists.
"But once outside the palace walls, things don't go as planned...
"...and the Princess learns the hard way, just how dangerous 'Barsoom' really is.
- 1/9/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Although Star Wars today has become much more than just a movie, there was a time when it was nothing more than a risky business proposition. This is a look at how classic film and cultural changes helped that original film blossom into the most popular and profitable film-based franchise in history.
Let me take you back to a time before midichlorians and Gungans. Before lightsabers and tie fighters. This is a time when Death Star could have referred to a Shuriken, and Skywalker was the nickname for future NBA Hall of famer David Thompson. It was 1973 and George Lucas began writing the script for what would become Star Wars, later Episode IV: A New Hope. At this time, Lucas had completed filming his second feature film, American Graffiti, which would become a hit. His first feature film was 1971’s Thx-1138, a dystopian sci-fi, and a flop in theaters. However,...
Let me take you back to a time before midichlorians and Gungans. Before lightsabers and tie fighters. This is a time when Death Star could have referred to a Shuriken, and Skywalker was the nickname for future NBA Hall of famer David Thompson. It was 1973 and George Lucas began writing the script for what would become Star Wars, later Episode IV: A New Hope. At this time, Lucas had completed filming his second feature film, American Graffiti, which would become a hit. His first feature film was 1971’s Thx-1138, a dystopian sci-fi, and a flop in theaters. However,...
- 12/13/2017
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (G.S. Perno)
- Cinelinx
Eat your heart out, moviegoers. Everyone loves a good love story whether they admit it or not, and the 21st century has brought us more than a few couples worth rooting for: Clementine and Joel, Ennis and Jack, Joaquin and his computer. Often these unions are unconventional or hidden in the guise of something more high-concept — straightforward romances are so 20th century — but at the end of the day, we all want to see a happy ending for our smitten lovers.
Our list goes all over the map, from the mainstream maestro Nancy Meyers to international masters like Wong Kar-Wai. Some were blockbuster hits (“Twilight,” “The Proposal”); others have hardly been seen stateside at all (Lee Chang-dong’s 2002 “Oasis”). However, all of them illustrate some essential element of love, from falling to longing and all the sticky bits in between.
While the zeitgeist has skewed toward the melancholy, that’s...
Our list goes all over the map, from the mainstream maestro Nancy Meyers to international masters like Wong Kar-Wai. Some were blockbuster hits (“Twilight,” “The Proposal”); others have hardly been seen stateside at all (Lee Chang-dong’s 2002 “Oasis”). However, all of them illustrate some essential element of love, from falling to longing and all the sticky bits in between.
While the zeitgeist has skewed toward the melancholy, that’s...
- 7/7/2017
- by Michael Nordine and Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
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