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Let’s Hear it for Tarzan of the Apes, (the 1918 Movie) On Its Centennial Today

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Legend of Tarzan Reaches 10M YouTube Trailer Views: Full Stats and Analysis of the Marketing Campaign

It’s Monday  and we’re nearing the end of Day 6 of WB’s marketing push for Legend of Tarzan.   Here’s my imaginary report to Warner Brothers marketing, based on what I’ve seen […]

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December 14, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie)

Alexander Skarsgard #1, Margot Robbie #2 on IMDB Starmeter after successful launch of Legend of Tarzan Trailer

It’s Monday morning and the weekly Internet Movie Data Base Starmeter rankings are out.  Good news for Warner Brothers and David Yates — Alexander Skarsgard and Margot Robbie have surged […]

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December 14, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie)

Disastrous $11M Opening Weekend for Ron Howard’s In the Heart of the Sea is no help to Legend of Tarzan

The timing of Warner Brothers release of the Legend of Tarzan trailer was no coincidence — the internet release on Tuesday was part of the run up to the release […]

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December 13, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie)

Racism and Imperialism in the Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs — Here’s Our Study File

With Legend of Tarzan generating buzz courtesy of its well-received teaser trailer, the long-debated issue of whether Tarzan creator  Edgar Rice Burroughs was a racist has come alive on discussion […]

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December 13, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie)

10 More Legend of Tarzan Trailer Reaction Videos — It’s Like Having Your Own Focus Group, Only Better

Here is a second batch of 10 Trailer reaction videos.  For me, these are very fascinating.  It’s like having a focus group, only better, because each has its own private viewing […]

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December 12, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie)

Slighted Crazed but Very Interesting Legend of Tarzan Trailer Review (plus a few more . . .)

This is not only pretty hilarious — the reviewer (Mike from We Watched A Movie) takes us through the whole throught process that I think a lot of people are […]

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December 12, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie)

Help Build the Legend of Tarzan Files Media List (or sign up for it)

Here is a form which I am using to build a Legend of Tarzan media list. The idea is to have a list of all bloggers, journalists, etc who have […]

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December 12, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie)

The Mary Sue: “Legend of Tarzan Trailer Can’t Hide It’s Colonial Roots”

While most websites are just playing the trailer and pasting in the promotional copy from Warner Brothers, some are offering reactions to what they’re seeing. One theme that has come […]

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December 10, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie)

Legend of Tarzan: Scott Mendelson’s Commentary on Forbes Provides Food For Thought

Scott Mendelson is one of the more astute and fair-minded observers out there.   His work on John Carter was some of the best I came across during that episode […]

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December 10, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie), Tarzan of the Apes, The Tarzan Files

Legend of Tarzan Dec 10 Media Coverage: 50 Articles (second batch)

Margot Robbie To Portray A ‘Modern’ Jane In ‘The Legend Of Tarzan‘ The Inquisitr – ?15 hours ago? The Legend of Tarzan has been trending worldwide for the past few days […]

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December 10, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie)

First Look: Legend of Tarzan Featurette

Here’s a featurette which debuted on ET tonight.

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December 9, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie), The Tarzan Files, Trailers

WB Releases Legend of Tarzan Trailer — Here it is!

WB is on a roll — first the Legend of Tarzan  stills yesterday, then the poster this morning, now the trailer.  It’s happening folks.   SYNOPSIS ETC From Warner Bros. […]

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December 9, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie)

WB Launches Social Media Accounts for Legend of Tarzan

The last 24 hours have been lively for Warner Brothers’ Legend of Tarzan. First there were two stills, then the poster, now there are social media accounts for the movie. […]

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December 9, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie)

WB Releases Legend of Tarzan Poster

Right on the heels of releasing the first stills, Warner Brothers has released the (a?) poster for Legend of Tarzan.  The poster features Alexander Skarsgard and an ape…..a very interesting […]

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December 9, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie), Tarzan of the Apes

Legend of Tarzan: Roundup of 50 Links to Online Coverage of Release of First Stills

Here are links to the English language media coverage thus far of the release of  Legend of Tarzan tills yesterday by Warner Brothers. ‘Legend of Tarzan‘: First Look at Alexander […]

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December 9, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie), The Tarzan Files

First Two Stills From Legend of Tarzan — Skarsgard, Robbie, as Tarzan and Jane

At long, long last Warner Brothers has unveiled the first two stills from the Legend of Tarzan via a USA Today article that just appeared. Both images are credited to Jonathan […]

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December 8, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie), Tarzan, The Tarzan Files

Pan is as big a disaster for WB as John Carter was for Disney; $150M film brings in $15M Opening Weekend

One would think that no marketing campaign could be as clumsy and tone deaf as Disney’s John Carter campaign, but then along comes AJoe Wright’s Pan, distributed by Warner Brothers […]

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November 12, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie), Tarzan, The Tarzan Files

At last! A Tarzan 2016 Test Screening Viewer Gives David Yates a Solid Thumbs Up and Leaks Intriguing Details [Updates]

At last, it has finally happened — someone who saw a test screening of David Yates’ TARZAN has leaked some fascinating and detailed observations. There is of course no way to 100 […]

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October 29, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie), Most Read, Tarzan, Tarzan and Hollywood, The Tarzan Files

“Very good!” — first comments on an advance viewing of the Tarzan 2016 trailer

This is pretty thin soup, but given the recent run of bad news for WB’s Tarzan, I figured this is worth sharing. On the Internet Movie Data Base message board […]

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October 23, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie), Tarzan, Tarzan of the Apes

The Box Office Tragedy of WB’s last Tarzan Movie, Plus the Pan Box Office Disaster, Define WB’s Challenge for Tarzan 2016

Pan opened with a disastrous $15.5M in Domestic U.S. Box Office.  How bad is that?  Well, Pan cost $150M to make and did $15.5M; John Carter cost $267M to make […]

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October 21, 2015 Michael Sellers Legend of Tarzan (Movie), Tarzan, The Tarzan Files

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