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From Cathy Wilbanks — Wishing Happy Birthday to ERB! (plus an Update From ERB Inc.)
by Cathy Wilbanks, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc Happy Birthday ERB! Of all the days, today is a good day to stop and take a look at our progress in spreading the […]
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Legend of Tarzan Cast Answer Question: Are Tarzan Stories Inherently Racist?
Very interesting — a UK interviewer asks the same question of all the cast members. It’s interesting to see how they respond. The question is posed succinctly, and fairly: “The […]
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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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Sunday Box Office Update: Legend of Tarzan Exceeds Expectations; Will Reach at least $38.1M Fri-Sun and $44M Fri-Mon — This is a WIN!
THIRD UPDATE: 2PM. Some more coverage. Entertainment Weekly puts it this way: Defying expectations by a mile at No. 2, The Legend of Tarzan pulled in a solid estimated $38.1 million ($10,709 […]
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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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Hollywood Reporter: The Trouble With the Tarzan Characters
Graeme McMillian has in interesting article in The Hollywood Reporter in which he puts forward the thesis that “troubling” aspects of the Tarzan story are difficult to escape or successfully […]
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Want to Help Boost Legend of Tarzan? Here are 10 Things You Can Do
Edgar Rice Burroughs was never the darling of the critics — and Legend of Tarzan is following in that “grand” tradition. And like ERB’s original works (it took him two […]
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Tarzan Surprises at the Box Office — Now Projected to Reach $42.6M for 4 Day Weekend
This is YUGE. The experts got it wrong. Forget the $8.5M for opening day Friday they were projecting after the matinees — LOT did $13.2M on Friday. That’s 50% over […]
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Legend of Tarzan — Analysis by Demos Sachlas
The Legend of Tarzan: Analysis by Demos Sachlas In the original novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, it was Tarzan’s father who was commissioned by the British Colonial Office to travel […]
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NY Times Gives Legend of Tarzan a Favorable Review
“The Legend of Tarzan” has a whole lot of fun, big-screen things going for it — adventure, romance, natural landscapes, digital animals and oceans of rippling handsome man-muscle. Its sweep […]
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Legend of Tarzan and the Critics: Welcome to Life in the Arena
Fans of Edgar Rice Burroughs had a grand moment Tuesday night when they screened David Yates’ Legend of Tarzan at Warner Bros. Studios and discovered that after the longest of waits, […]
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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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Full Report: Legend of Tarzan Premiere and After Party
The embargo is still in effect on any reviews of the movie, but here’s the full scoop on the World Premiere last night of Legend of Tarzan at the Dolby […]
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Variety: Legend of Tarzan, BFG, Not Generating Much Box Office Heat?
Brent Lang at Variety is out with an article which puzzles over the fact that, according to the tracking so far, neither The BFG nor Legend of Tarzan are getting […]
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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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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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Uh oh, here it comes: The Tarzan Negativity Narrative has begun. What will WB do to Counter It?
Here comes that sinking feeling again. In a flash, it suddenly looks like Warner Brothers’ efforts to have calm and positive rollout of Tarzan have just taken a significant hit with the […]
