Category: Tarzan and Hollywood
Let’s Hear it for Tarzan of the Apes, (the 1918 Movie) On Its Centennial Today
The folks at ERB Inc. are celebration, as well they should, because one hundred years ago today, the 1918 movie Tarzan of the Apes starring Elmo Lincoln and Enid Markey, […]
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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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Comic Book Resources: “Legend of Tarzan, the Saturday Matinee I’ve Been Wanting Forever” (Must Read)
Tbere’s a wonderful, lengthy post by Greg Hatcher and Comic Book Resources that any Edgar Rice Burroughs fan is going to love. It takes the reader through Hatcher’s first introduction […]
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As Legend of Tarzan Opens, Greystoke Director Hugh Hudson Looks Back on his 1984 take on Tarzan
Hollywood Reporter | The Secrets Behind That Other Tarzan Movie — The One That Earned a Dog a Screenwriting Oscar Nomination Writer Robert Towne so hated the finished ‘Greystoke: The […]
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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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Legend of Tarzan: Six Minutes of Behind the Scenes
WB Studios has distributed six minutes of B-Roll behind the scenes footage for broadcasters to use in putting together their own TV and web stories about Legend of Tarzan. Here […]
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Legend of Tarzan: First Real Featurette Is Released …. For Korea?
This s really buried away so deeply that as of now, when I’m posting it, it only has 74 views — and yet it’s the most interesting and complete featurette […]
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Forget the Tarzan You Know — Lengthy Interview of Alexander Skarsgard
Excellent interview of Alexander Skarsgard in which he talks in a bit more detail than we’ve seen to date about the character and his experience as Tarzan. Some high points: […]
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New Discovery Series “American Tarzan” to Debut on July 6
From Channel Guide: Right around the time that the feature film The Legend of Tarzan hits theaters, Discovery Channel will be debuting a new series of its own to determine who can […]
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Collider: Alexander Skarsgard is Putting a New Spin on an Iconic Character
No matter what generation you grew up in, if you watched movies, you probably had a Tarzan. From Johnny Weissmuller‘s iconic run as the character to the 1999 Disney Animated […]
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ComingSoon.net Takes a Trip Into the Jungle for Legend of Tarzan
It’s September 9, 2014 and we are at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden in the Hertfordshire area of southeastern England to visit the set of The Legend of Tarzan, Warner’s fresh […]
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Slashfilm: Legend of Tarzan Set Visit — A Passionate Attempt to Reboot an Iconic Character
[There are a flurry of set visit reports coming out today. More later.] After four straight Harry Potter movies, you’d think David Yates would be done with sequels. With The […]
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ERB Inc Up and Running at At Phoenix Comic-con — Stop by and Visit!
(Pictured above — ERB Inc. President Jim Sullos, Archivist Cathy Wilbanks, and Author of Tarzan on Film and Tarzan The Centennial Celebration, Scott Tracy Griffin.) Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. is […]
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Panthan Press: Margot Robbie’s Jane Reacts to Various Tarzan Yells
Our ERB pals at Panthan Press have come up with this video clip of Margot Robbie as Jane Porter reacting to various Tarzan yells. Fun! While you’re at it, check out […]
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Another Legend of Tarzan Poster (2nd One Today)!
This is similar (but not really) to the one released earlier today. Here it is again, full-size. This is good– although not as interesting to me as the earlier one […]
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Inverse: Why Tarzan Should Go Full Superhero
Zebbie Watson, writing in Inverse, asks: “Legend of Tarzan looks cool, but why stop there?” — and then goes on to pose some interesting observations about Tarzan and his superhero […]
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WB Debuts Two 30 Second Spots for Legend of Tarzan: “Evil Spirit” and “He is Tarzan”
Warner Bros. has two 30 second TV spots that are up on the internet now. Have not seen them on television. Here they are. Two quick initial thoughts: It’s about […]
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Scott Tracy Griffin’s “Tarzan on Film” is a Pure Delight
In 2012 Scott Tracy Griffin gave us the exceptional Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration — which set the bar for handsome, coffee-table books about Edgar Rice Burroughs’ jungle hero. Now Tracy is […]
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The Romance of Tarzan (1918)
This second Tarzan film is the continuation of Tarzan of the Apes. It was produced by the National Film Corporation of America and released September 16, 1918, 96 minutes in […]
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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.
