John Carter was a blast — but you might be waiting a long, long time for the next movie in the series, sadly. But you can help fill the gaping hole in your life by reading a new Burroughs-inspired novel, Jane Carver of Waar by Nathan Long. We've got an exclusive excerpt, in which Jane Carver tangles with a big purple…
Now this is the trailer Disney should have used to market John Carter
We've poked and prodded at the baffling marketing campaign for Disney's John Carter, which did little to tout the rich history and alien setting behind Andrew Stanton's movie. The team at the John Carter Files goes several steps further, creating a fan-cut trailer that explains just why anyone should care about…
Disney created an amazing John Carter animation — in 1957
In 1957, legendary disney animator Ward Kimball created a cartoon vision for Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom that was innovative and filled with truly bizarre alien creatures. This animated Mars only lasts for a minute, but it's a fun journey.
Some Random Theories About Why John Carter Flopped
John Carter did about as well as anybody expected this past weekend, pulling in $30.6 million domestically, versus a production budget estimated at around $250 million. (The gloating news reports have tended to mention that once you include marketing, the movie's cost is probably closer to $350 million — even though…
How John Carter's Martian Pet Woola Became the Cutest Movie Creature in …
John Carter might have Martians, flying ships and sexy young lads with long hair — but the real star of the show is his giant hound, Woola.
Michael Chabon's 17-Year Quest to Write a Mars Adventure Movie
John Carter wasn't Michael Chabon's first attempt at writing about nineteenth century heroes having swashbuckling adventures on Mars. Long before he joined up with Andrew Stanton to adapt Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic novels to the screen, Chabon wrote another Martian epic. Discover the saga of The Martian Agent, and…
Can you trademark a character from a public domain story?
Hold on to your loincloths! Last week, it was announced that Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. is suing Dynamite Entertainment over its Lord of the Jungle and Warlord of Mars comics. ERB Inc., which represents the Burroughs family, accuses Dynamite of violating the trademark for characters like Tarzan and John Carter. And…
New John Carter clips are chock full of Indiana Jones-style action!
John Carter is a swashbuckling story of adventure, based on some of the most classic pulp novels of all time. And four new clips and a featurette showcase just how hard Wall-E director Andrew Stanton will push that sense of wonder and adventure.
Why does Edgar Rice Burroughs still matter?
Edgar Rice Burroughs published his first story, "Under the Moons of Mars," a hundred years ago this month. And even forty years ago, nobody would have predicted that Burroughs' creations, like Tarzan and John Carter of Mars, would still be shaping the entertainment landscape. Why does Burroughs continue to cast such a…
Mostly naked South African man training to become real-life Tarzan
Never mind real-life superheroes, 24-year-old DeWet Du Toit of George, South Africa wants to become the flesh-and-blood incarnation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Lord of the Jungle.
