John Carter

Hail Caesar! What's Good & Bad About the New Sword & Sandal Movies

Jason Apuzzo | Posted 06.04.2012
Jason Apuzzo

The Sword & Sandal movie -- known for its gladiatorial games, pagan orgies, depraved emperors, and the occasional snarling cyclops -- may represent the most colorful and enduring movie genre of all time.

PHOTOS: 12 Infamous Box Office Disasters

The Huffington Post | Christopher Rosen | Posted 03.22.2012

Maybe Disney should forget Mars altogether. Almost one year to the day that the studio released the high-budgeted "Mars Needs Moms" to some terrible b...

Weekend Box Office 21 Jump Street Tops, John Carter Crashes, Casa de Mi Padre Scores in Limited Release

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.18.2012
Scott Mendelson

There isn't anything too surprising about a well-marketed and well-reviewed mainstream comedy opening well on its debut weekend. Still, 21 Jump Street topped the box office this weekend with a whopping estimated $35 million.

'21 Jump Street's' Kicks 'The Lorax' Out Of No. 1

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.18.2012

LOS ANGELES — Audiences headed back to school for the TV update "21 Jump Street," which opened as the No. 1 weekend movie with $35 million. Son...

Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: John Carter

Dan Persons | Posted 05.13.2012
Dan Persons

Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, James Kirk, Luke Skywalker. Bleep those guys; as an interplanetary adventurer, John Carter has 'em all beat by at least ten years.

Weekend Box Office: John Carter Bombs in America But Is Saved Overseas... Somewhat

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.12.2012
Scott Mendelson

Years from now, marketing schools will teach John Carter as an example of where the Disney team did everything wrong, at least in America.

'John Carter': Job Creator, Economy Stimulator

Posted 03.12.2012

"John Carter" may have turned into a multi-million-dollar mess for Disney, but not everyone involved with the film came out in the red. Take, fo...

Weekend Box Office: 'Lorax' Beats Down 'John Carter'

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.11.2012

LOS ANGELES — "Dr. Seuss' the Lorax" has easily beaten Edgar Rice Burroughs' "John Carter" at the weekend box office. Studio estimates Sunday p...

Lynn Collins Cried While Reading The 'John Carter' Script (In A Good Way)

The Huffington Post | Mike Ryan | Posted 03.09.2012

After conducting three interviews with the principal players from "John Carter" -- with this one, Lynn Collins, being the third -- it's hard to not co...

Shirtless 'John Carter' & The Sexiest Sci-Fi Characters

Posted 03.09.2012

In Disney's "John Carter," a Civil War soldier is mysteriously whisked away to the red planet of Mars, and stuck in the middle of an inter-species bat...

Going Broke Chasing Boys: Why Disney Ditched Princesses for John Carter

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.09.2012
Scott Mendelson

Disney is so desperate to not only chase the young male demos that is willing to risk alienating the young female demos that has netted it billions of dollars over the many decades.

Will The John Carters Of Earth See 'John Carter'?

Mike Ryan | Posted 05.08.2012
Mike Ryan

This weekend, the movie once titled John Carter of Mars -- but now simply titled John Carter -- arrives in theaters. John Carter is a very common na...

'John Carter' Tracking Gets Worse; Could Finish No. 2 Behind 'The Lorax'?

Posted 03.07.2012

"I don't check any of that stuff," director Andrew Stanton told Moviefone when confronted with the poor box-office tracking for "John Carter," his upc...

Andrew Stanton On The Trials And Tribulations Of Bringing 'John Carter' To Life

The Huffington Post | Mike Ryan | Posted 03.07.2012

It probably wasn't the best time to speak with "John Carter" director Andrew Stanton. Hours earlier, Deadline.com had posted a story about the trouble...

Taylor Kitsch On 'John Carter' And 'Battleship': 'I Don't Mind Being The Underdog'

The Huffington Post | Mike Ryan | Posted 03.05.2012

"I don't mind being the underdog." That's an interesting statement coming from Taylor Kitsch, the star of two films in the next four months --"John Ca...

Review: Confusing and Unengaging, John Carter Makes Avatar Look Like, Well... Avatar.

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.02.2012
Scott Mendelson

Andrew Stanton's John Carter is neither the next step in grand-scale franchise filmmaking nor an unmitigated disaster. I appreciated the sheer weirdness of the prologue, while in turn wanting the film to 'just get on with it.'

How To Fix The 'John Carter' Marketing Campaign

Mike Ryan | Posted 04.23.2012
Mike Ryan

Disney's John Carter gets released in 16 days. If tracking numbers are to believed, John Carter may be in some serious trouble at the box office. M...

Taylor Kitsch Jumps Off A Cliff In New 'John Carter' Clip

Posted 02.14.2012

If this newest clip from the film "John Carter" teaches you anything, it's that only one man can evade a group of 12-foot barbarians by jumping off a ...

Watch The Super Bowl Trailer For 'John Carter'

Posted 02.05.2012

Whether "John Carter" ends up being the start of the next big Disney franchise, or a washout along the lines of "Sucker Punch" remains to be seen, but...