Author: Michael Sellers
Video: All of the Actors Who Played Tarzan 1918-2016 in Four Minutes
Just found this. It’s by Internet Actors Database on YouTube. Some of the promo shots of the Tarzans are ones I haven’t seen before.
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Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
(Note: We are 49 days out from the release of Legend of Tarzan — and there are 52 Tarzan movies. So if I do more or less one per day, […]
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Legend of Tarzan: Check out this Excellent Margot Robbie Profile in Vogue
With two major blockbusters on the horizon, her own production company, and a take-no-prisoners approach to the world at large, Margot Robbie is summer’s brightest-burning Hollywood star. When Margot Robbie […]
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What is the Real Budget for Legend of Tarzan?
What is the actual production budget of Warner Brothers’ Legend of Tarzan? This is a big deal because it affects the breakeven point for the film, and the point at […]
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New Authorized Tarzan Novel from Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. and Michael A. Sanford
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. President James Sullos today announced a new novel, Tarzan on the Precipice, by Michael A. Sanford. Here’s the announcement: Coming Soon – The missing link between Wisconsin and Africa […]
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Cinemablend: A Good Statement of What Legend of Tarzan and WB Are Up Against
I like this as a general statement of what Legend of Tarzan is up again. It comes from Greg Wakeman’s piece in Cinemablend, originally released a while back, but they’ve […]
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Legend of Tarzan: What Does Rotten Tomatoes Tell Us About the Buzz Status?
Summer of 2016 is officially here as far as Hollywood is concerned and we’re now 50 days out from the July 1 bloodbath weekend that will see three major releases […]
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So far, WB’s Marketing of Legend of Tarzan is Far More Frugal Than Disney’s John Carter Rollout
In case you hadn’t noticed, Warner Bros’ marketing of Legend of Tarzan as of 55 days prior to release is a LOT quieter than Disney’s marketing of John Carter was at the […]
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Today is the Anniversary of My Epic Fail With Disney Marketing Executives Re John Carter
Today we are 57 days out from the release of Legend of Tarzan. And it was on the 57th day before the release of John Carter that I had my […]
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Legend of Tarzan: How a Key Change in Jane Porter’s Backstory Helped Drive the “No-Damsel” Storyline
For a few months we’ve been hearing that Margot Robbie’s head-butting “Jane” is no “damsel-in-distress” — but then again, in the trailer, we see that she’s a captive of Captain […]
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Skarsgard as Tarzan — New Photo Reinforces WB’s “Look at those abs” theme . . . .
Australia’s Who Magazine is the source for a new “abs-centric” photo of Alexander Skarsgard as Tarzan. Here’s the full photo…..abs-fans, enjoy.
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In Memoriam: An Evening With Danton Burroughs
May 1st is the 8th anniversary of the death of Danton Burroughs — one of the few very great human beings I’ve had the pleasure to know. In celebration of […]
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Waitsel Smith: Tarzan – Best Action Character Ever, but Is He the Ideal Man?
Every once in awhile my incessant googling leads me someplace interesting, and today it landed me on the website of Waitsel Smith, where he has a single pretty damned glorious […]
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NY Times Profiles Margot Robbie, Talks Tarzan and More
The New York Times has a lengthy profile piece on Margot Robbie that includes plenty of colorful background on Legend of Tarzan’s Jane — how she first came to America; […]
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NPR Summer Movie Preview’s Take on Legend of Tarzan
NPR is out with a Summer Movie Preview podcast that predicts doom and gloom for Legend of Tarzan, saying that it has the DNA of John Carter, etc….posting it here […]
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As He Started Developing Legend of Tarzan in 2003, Weintraub wanted ERB’s “Ferocious and Wild” Tarzan
Since coming across the reference to the first Legend of Tarzan script being based on Return of Tarzan and Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, I’ve been scratching around trying […]
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Tarzan as a Demigod of the Forest? ERB’s Favorite Description and What it Reveals
Much has been made of Tarzan as the prototype for what would become the Superhero in the pulps and comics. “Without Tarzan, there could be no Batman” is one way of […]
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The very first draft of Legend of Tarzan was based on . . . . .
According to IMDB’s trivia for Legend of Tarzan, the following is a true fact: The very first draft of the film was loosely based on two original Edgar Rice Burroughs novels […]
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Tarzan the Linguist?
By now it’s become pretty clear to those who follow upcoming movies that David Yates and Alexander Skarsgard’s Tarzan is not the “Me Tarzan, You Jane” character of about 70% […]
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“Tarzan and the Light of Knowledge” — by Cynthia Sheppard is just brilliant
Every once in awhile you come across something that is so right and true and beautiful that it stops you in your tracks and gives you goosebumps. That just happened […]
