Category: ERBDOM
MovieFone: Here’s Why Legend of Tarzan Beat Expectations at the Box Office
No wonder box office analysts expected “The Legend of Tarzan” to be a costly flop, along the lines of “The Lone Ranger” a few years ago. It’s based on an […]
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David Yates Knew Legend of Tarzan Would Get Fan Love; Can the Fan/Critic Divide Be an Asset?
I didn’t write about this at the time, but given what happened with Critics (34% Rotten) and Fans (74% Fresh, A-Cinemascore), I think it’s worth making a note of it. […]
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Legend of Tarzan Sunday Int’l Box Office Report — $18.8M as Staggered Rollout Begins
Deadline is the first with a reasonably comprehensive international box office report for Legend of Tarzan. THE LEGEND OF TARZAN Swinging into 19 international markets, the David Yates-directed spin on […]
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Legend of Tarzan Fans Start Sequel Push — Form Facebook Group, Get Organized
With first weekend box office results showing that Legend of Tarzan is exceeding expectations en route to $100M domestic and, hopefully, $300M or more foreign, fans are getting organized for […]
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Cinelinx: Is Making a Tarzan Movie Only For Tarzan Fans a Bad Idea?
From Cinelinx, by Rob Young (a longtime ERB fan) David Yates’ The Legend of Tarzan does an effective job bringing the iconic King of the Jungle back to the big […]
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A Magical Evening in Tarzana With Danton Burroughs
This originally appeared in Erbzine, and I’ve published it on The John Carter Files too — but not yet here. The LA Weekly article on the Origins of Tarzana that […]
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LA Weekly: The Origin Story of Tarzana, A Neighborhood Named After an Apeman
From LA Weekly Once, shortly after we had moved to the Ranch, Dad and I were out riding together. We paused at a high point from where we could look […]
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Legend of Tarzan Box Office Results: $8.5M Friday, Projects to $23M thru Sunday
UPDATE 2:30 PM FRIDAY. This from Deadline Hollywood — first projections based on matinees back east. Think of this as exit poll numbers. Disney/Pixar’s Finding Dory is ruling No. 1 with an […]
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Time Magazine: Legend of Tarzan “Revisionist, Anachronistic, Weird and Beautiful”
Sections of this film are so imaginative, and so lovely, that they deserve our open-heartedness, not our scorn. Excerpt So what are we supposed to do with Tarzan, now that […]
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Parade Review of Legend of Tarzan: A Rollicking Tale of Adventure, Romance, and Eye Candy
Director David Yates, who made his bones with all four movies of the Harry Potter franchise, works with all the tools in his impressive kit—and what must have been every […]
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Illinois Times: Yates’ Tarzan A Rousing, Moving Success (a reviewer who gets it)
by Chuck Koplinski Legendary film producer Darryl Zanuck once said, “The secret to success in Hollywood is giving the public what it wants before it knows it wants it.” In […]
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Houston Press Review of Legend of Tarzan — “At last, a Hollywood reimagining witha point!”
At last, a Hollywood reimagining with a point. David Yates’ two-fisted pulp-studies spree The Legend of Tarzan doesn’t just update Edgar Rice Burroughs’ white-boy jungle-bro for our age of heightened […]
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CNN: “Fresh”* Review for Legend of Tarzan
*(The review is mixed but is rated “fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes”) …. In some respects “Legend of Tarzan” is a step up from previous adaptations. It’s more fun than “Greystoke: […]
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Hollywood Reporter: Box Office Predictions for Legend of Tarzan are Inching Upward Toward $35M
Here’s a bit of good news that got buried in the Rotten Tomatoes quickstep today. A month ago the over/under index for Legend of Tarzan’s opening weekend box office was somewhere in […]
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Legend of Tarzan: Early IMDB User Ratings Give LOT 7.9; Women Love It
The early IMDB User Ratings for Legend of Tarzan have it at 7.9. Here’s the basic breakdown based on the first 424 votes, coming from people who have seen preview […]
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Grandson of Edgar Rice Burroughs: “At Last We Have a Winner”; Other ERB Fans Also Smiling
On Tuesday night in Burbank, what could be the toughest audience of all — friends, family, and lifelong fans of Edgar Rice Burroughs including John Burroughs, the grandson of ERB […]
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Hollywood Reporter Review:
By Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter After the creative and financial short-falling of numerous recent big-budget franchise films (the latest tanker, Independence Day: Resurgence) and the ill-fortune Warner Bros. has […]
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Village Voice Review: At Last, a Hollywood Reimagining With a Point
Village Voice: At last, a Hollywood reimagining with a point. David Yates’s two-fisted pulp-studies spree The Legend of Tarzan doesn’t just update Edgar Rice Burroughs’s whiteboy jungle-bro for our age of […]
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Legend of Tarzan Review: David Yates Delivers A Winner — Pulp Poetry With a Beating Heart.
There’s a moment in David Yates’ excellent and emotionally resonant Legend of Tarzan when George Washington Williams’, played by Samuel L. Jackson, goads civilized Tarzan, played by Alexander Skarsgard, just a […]
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InSing.com Review of Legend of Tarzan
A generally favorable review just appeared — a few hours ahead of the official end of the embargo on reviews. It might get taken down but I doubt it. After all […]
