Category: ERBDOM
Weekend Box Office Post Mortem : Legend of Tarzan Upgraded (Again) From $20.6M to $21.0M
Word of mouth continues to propel Legend of Tarzan to “better than estimates” outcomes — this time with the film’s weekend total upgraded from 20.6 to 21.0 after the actuals […]
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Daily Mail: Legend of Tarzan “A Brilliant Adaptation” — “Bring on the Sequel”
Daily Mail | A musclebound king of the jungle, a feisty Jane, truly terrifying gorillas (parents be warned) and – yes – a splendid rendition of that war-cry. Bring on […]
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Legend of Tarzan Posts $20.6M, Nabs Second Spot Ahead of Dory, and Passes John Carter’s Total with $81.4M Cum to Date
Toldja. The predictions of $15M for Legend of Tarzan’s second weekend lie smoldering in ruins, while the Tarzan Files’ fearless prediction of $20M looks pretty much right on target, as Legend […]
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Legend of Tarzan Has Solid $6.1M on Friday as Second Weekend Begins; Projected Weekend Total is $20M
UPDATE SAT MIDNIGHT: Tracking Deadline’s upgrades of Legend of Tarzan, they started by saying this on Saturday morning: “Warner Bros./Village Roadshow’s The Legend Of Tarzan is poised to take in a second weekend […]
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Edgar Rice Burroughs, Creator of Tarzan, Was Not The Racist Hack His Critics Claim. Here’s Proof.
An unfortunate byproduct of much of the racially focused commentary triggered by the release of David Yates’ Legend of Tarzan is the wholesale trashing of the reputation of one of the […]
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Telegraph: How did the Royal Ballet train the new Tarzan?
Telegraph | For The Legend of Tarzan, out in UK cinemas from 6 July, director David Yates wanted his leading man Alexander Skarsgård to be the most authentic and instinctive […]
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Legend of Tarzan: Best. Review. Ever. The Final Word.
Emily of Emily Writes NZ has posted the DEFINITIVE Legend of Tarzan review. Well, maybe not defnitive, but let’s call it, at a minimum, the most ENTERTAINING Legend of Tarzan […]
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Legend of Tarzan: Den of Geek Posts Lengthy Interview With David Yates and David Barron
Den of Geek | The director and producer of The Legend Of Tarzan talk to us about making the movie… The Legend Of Tarzan swings into UK cinemas this week. […]
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Re: “Your Husband’s Wildness Disturbs Me” — Turns out, Rom Kissed an Unconscious Tarzan in a Deleted Scene
In Legend of Tarzan, David Yates shot a scene which eventually got cut in which Christoph Waltz kissed an unconscious Tarzan. The scene was cut when test screening audiences were […]
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Review of Legend of Tarzan by Martin Smiddy
Martin Smiddy is a longtime UK based Edgar Rice Burroughs fan. I’ve spent almost a week reading other fans opinions of and about Legend of Tarzan. As the general concencus […]
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Review of Legend of Tarzan by Norman T. Ray
Norman T. Ray is a regular commenter on The Tarzan Files #LegendofTarzan Review of a great movie, an unexpected rebirth! The last live-action Tarzan movie was released in 1998, and […]
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Makeup Artist Magazine — Behind the Scenes with Fae Hammond, Legend of Tarzan Hair and Makeup Designer
Fascinating look into the thinking of Fae Hammond in designng the hair and makeup for Tarzan, Jane, the various tribes, and the rest of the cast of Legend of Tarzan. Some key […]
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Telegraph: Q: Was Edgar Rice Burroughs a Xenophobic Hack or Master Storyteller? A: Master Storyteller, mostly
But the most striking features of the work – the encapsulated tensions in Tarzan between civilisation and the natural world, the freewheeling Martian imagination that gave birth to so many […]
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Must-read: Sci-Fi Author Steven Barnes Offers Analysis of Legend of Tarzan
Note: “Must-read” is basically a note to myself, as it will not please everyone — but I feel it is fair and insightful, and is is among the very best cultural […]
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New Orleans Times Picayune: The Legend of Tarzan In Louisiana (featuring Al Bohl)
Al Bohl is a great friend of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and all of the ERB fan groups. His documentary Tarzan, Lord of the Louisiana Jungle, which he produced with […]
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UK Premiere of Legend of Tarzan — Updates
UK Premiere for Legend of Tarzan is happening now. Burroughs Bibliophile Laurence Dunn is there and providing us with photo coverage. Thanks Laurence! We will be adding updates from […]
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Cinemablend Breaks Down How Legend of Tarzan Differs From the Books
via Cinemablend | by Dirk Libby The following contains spoilers for The Legend of Tarzan, as well as the books the film is based on. First published in 1912, Tarzan is one […]
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Cathy Wilbanks: A Week I’ll Never Forget, Thanks to Legend of Tarzan
Guest Post by Cathy Wilbanks, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. I think I can safely speak for everyone at ERB Inc. when I say that we are absolutely thrilled with Legend […]
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A Response to The Hollywood Reporter: “Why the Tarzan Myth No Longer Works”
Jeff Esty, Vartan Gregorian Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, writing in the Hollywood Reporter, makes the case that while Jungle Book can and did shed the racist […]
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EW: Legend of Tarzan and Finding Dory “Neck and Neck” Over 4-Day Weekend
Finally! EW has come out with a Monday box office report that finally states what’s happening IN THE HEADLINE instead of buried in paragraph four. Yes — Legend of Tarzan […]
