John Carter and the Gods of Hollywood

by Sellers, Michael D.

  241 Michael D. Sellers, “Poll: John Carter Trailer Survey,” The John Carter Files, 7 Feb 2012, 4 Nov 2012

  242 Nikki Finke, “‘John Carter’ Tracking Shockingly Soft: “Could Be Biggest Writeoff of All Time,” Deadline Hollywood 16 Feb 2012, 5 Sep 2012 http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/john-carter-early-tracking-shockingly-soft-could-be-biggest-writeoff-of-all-time/

  243 Chris Lee, “‘John Carter’: Disney’s Quarter-Billion Dollar Movie Fiasco,” The Daily Beast, 21 Feb 2012, 5 Sep 2012 http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/21/john-carter-disney-s-quarter-billion-dollar-movie-fiasco.html

  244 Kevin Jagernauth, “Andrew Stanton Says Rumors That ‘John Carter’ Cost $300 Million is a “Complete and Utter Lie,” Indiewire, 17 Feb 2012, 5 Sep 2012 .

  245 Jordan Zakarin, “‘John Carter’ Producers on Budget Rumors and Creating Mars,” Huffington Post, 22 Feb 2012, 5 Sep 2012 < http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/22/john-carter-producers-on-budget-rumors-creating-mars_n_1293248.html?ref=entertainment>.

  246 Andrew Stanton Official Twitter Account, @AndrewStanton, 23 Apr 2009, 5 Sep 2012 .

  247 John Carter Files Youtube Channel, “Fan Trailer - The John Carter Files.com”, Youtube, 5 Feb 2012, 5 Sep 2012 .

  248 Michael D. Sellers, “Yes, There Is a Path To Success For John Carter,” The John Carter Files, 19 Feb 2012, 5 Sep 2012 .

  249 Daniel Quesnel, “Letter From a John Carter Fan: What Disney Needs to Do,” The John Carter Files, 19 Feb 2012, 5 Sep 2012

  250 Brendan Connelly, “Fan Film Fanfare -- Akira, John Carter, and Mass Effect,” Bleeding Cool, 20 Feb 2012, 5 Sep 2012 .

  251 Live For Films Staff, “Epic John Carter Trailer is Fan Made,” Live For Film, 20 Feb 2012, 5 Sep 2012 .

  252 Adam Chitwood, “New Fan-made Trailer for JOHN CARTER Sells the Movie Better Than the Film’s Previous Trailers,” Collider, 21 Feb 2012, 5 Sep 2012 .

  253 Nordling, “A Fan-Made Trailer for JOHN CARTER sells the Movie Better Than Any Other Trailer So Far,” Ain’t it Cool News, 21 Feb 2012, 5 Sep 2012

  254 Russ Fischer, “The Best John Carter Trailer Yet,” Slashfilm, 21 Feb 2012, 5 Sep 2012 http://www.slashfilm.com/fanmade-trailers-john-carter-trailer-liveaction-akira/

  255 Neil Miller, “Movie News After Dark: John Carter, Doctor Who . . . ,” Film School Rejects, 21 Feb 2012, 5 Sep 2012 .

  256 Angela Watercutter, “Fan Trailer For John Carter Tops Studio’s Best Efforts,” Wired, 22 Feb 2012, 5 Sep 2012 .

  257 Mike Ryan, “John Carter: 6 Ways To Fix the Poor Marketing Campaign,” Fox Moviefone, 22 Feb 2012
  258 Boris Kit, “Fan-Made Trailer for ‘John Carter’ Could be Better Than Official One (Video),” The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb 2012, 6 Sep 2012 < http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/john-carter-fan-trailer-disney-293944>.

  259 Dawn Chmielewski, “Fans create unofficial new trailer for Disney’s John Carter’, LA Times, 24 Feb 2012, 6 Sep 2012 < http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2012/02/fan-creates-new-trailer-for-disneys-john-carter.html

  260 Henry Hanks, “Fans Create Their Own Trailer for John Carter,” CNN Geek-out, 27 Feb 2012, 6i Sep 2012

  261 Sandy Schaefer, “‘John Carter’: Fan-Made Trailer, Mondo Poster, and Early Reviews,” ScreenRant, 22 Feb 2012, 4 Nov 2012 .

  262 Michael D. Sellers, “How Motivated Fans Can Make a Difference,” The John Carter Files, 21 Feb 2012, 6 Sep 2012 < http://thejohncarterfiles.com/2012/02/john-carter-can-motivated-fans-actually-make-a-difference/>.

  263 Michael D. Sellers, “Announcement: The #GoBarsoom digital grassroots media campaign for John Carter,” The John Carter Files, February 22, 2012, http://thejohncarterfiles.com/2012/02/announcement-the-gobarsoom-digital-grassroots-media-campaign-for-john-carter/

  264 ComingSoon.Net Staff, “Extended John Carter Clip and Sizzle Reel,” ComingSoon.net, 24 Feb 2012, 6 Sep 2012 .

  265 Brad Brevett, “Is ‘John Carter’ this Year’s Waterworld?” Rope of Silicon, 27 Feb 2012, 7 Sep 2012 < http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/is-john-carter-this-years-waterworld/>.

  266 DisneyMovieTrailers Staff, “John Carter - Trailer 3,” Youtube Disney Movie Trailers Channel, 29 Feb 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  267 IWatchStuff Stuff, “Final ‘John Carter’ Trailer Shows You Its Nonspecific CGI Things One Last Time,” IWatchStuff.com, 28 Feb 2012, 7 Sep 2012

  268 John Podhoretz, “Buzz in the Air,” The Weekly Standard, 25 Feb 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  269 The conversion of Zodanga into a mobile city was a deviation, and one which I thought must have been suggested by the fact that Burroughs, who went so far as to give latitude and longitude coordinates for the city states of Barsoom, had inadvertently given two different locations for Zodanga in two different books.

  270 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orGXOMqi8yo

  271 Rotten Tomatoes Staff, “Finding Nemo,” Rotten Tomatoes, Accessed 7 Sep 2012, ; Rotten Tomatoes Staff, “Wall-E,” Rotten Tomatoes, Accessed 7 Sep 2012 .

  272 Jon Favreau, who was the last director attached to direct the failed Paramount version of John Carter of Mars, was a staunch ally of the project and a ‘Twitter Hound” with more than 1.5 million followers.

  273 Chris Lee, “‘John Carter’: Disney’s Quarter-Billion-Dollar Movie Fiasco,” The Daily Beast, 21 Feb 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  274 Michael D. Sellers, “John Carter ‘Rotten Tomatoes’ rating currently at 80% Fresh,” The John Carter Files, 2 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  275 Drew McWeeny, “Review: ‘John Carter’ does pulp science-fiction right and on a grand scale,” Hitfix, 2 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  276 Simon Miraudo, “Barsoom brawl -- John Carter Review,” Quickflix, 2 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  277 Martin Roberts, “Film Review: John Carter,” Fan The Fire, 2 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  278 Bloomberg Staff, “Disney Hopes ‘John Carter’ Doesn’t Become ‘John Doe,’” Bloomberg Businessweek, 2 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  279 Rotten Tomatoes Staff, “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax,” Rotten Tomatoes, Accessed 7 Sep 2012 .

  280 Michael D. Sellers, “John Carter Fan Trailer 2 ‘Heritage’,” Yo
utube JohnCarterFiles Channel, 2 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  282 David Denby, “John Carter Review,” New Yorker, 9 Mar 2012, 5 Sep 2012 .

  283 Ann Hornaday, “John Carter Review,” Washington Post, 9 Mar 2012, 4 Sep 2012 .

  284 Stephen Whitty, “John Carter Review,” Newark Star Ledger, 9 Mar 2012, 5 Sep 2012
  285 Betsy Sharkey, “John Carter Review,” Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar 2012, 5 Sep 2012 .

  286 Rob Vaux, “John Carter Review,” Mania.com, 9 Mar 2012 4 Nov 2012 .

  287 Luke Y. Thompson, “John Carter Sends a Red Stater to the Red Planet,” Nerdist, 9 Mar 2012, 4 Nov 2012 .

  288 Matthew DeKinder, “John Carter: Sci-Fi Fun From the Age of Pulp,” 9 Mar 2012, 4 Nov 2012

  289 Robert Levin, “Box Office Be Damned, John Carter is a Cinematic Wonder,” Film School Rejects, 9 Mar 2012, 5 Nov 2012 .

  290 Andrew Stanton Official Twitter, “Andrew Stanton @andrewstanton,” 8 Oct 2009, 7 Sep 2012 .

  291 Nikki Finke, “101.2M Worldwide: But ‘John Carter’s $30.6M Weak Domestic Weekend Lags #1 ‘The Lorax’; Eddie Murphy Bombs Again,” Deadline Hollywood, 9 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  292 Nikki Finke, “$101.2M Worldwide: But ‘John Carter’s $30.6M Weak Domestic Weekend Lags #1 ‘The Lorax’; Eddie Murphy Bombs Again,” Deadline Hollywood, 11 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  293 Pamela McClintock, “Box Office Report: ‘John Carter’ Earns Weak $30.6 Mil domestically, $101.2 Mil Globally,” The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  294 Andrew Stanton Official Twitter, “Andrew Stanton @andrewstanton,” 8 Oct 2009, 7 Sep 2012 .

  295 Michael D. Sellers, “John Carter and Big Budget Schadenfreude, or how 100M gross in the first 3 days gets instantly labeled an iconic Hollywood flop,” The John Carter Files, 11 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  296 James Shenton, “Box Office Flops -- More Than Meets the Eye?” Ezine Articles, Accessed 11 Mar 2012 .

  297 N.T. Feather, “Envy, Resentment, Schadenfreude, and Sympathy: Reactions to Deserved and Undeserved Achievement and Subsequent Failure,” SAGE Journals, Accessed 11 Mar 2012 .

  298 Michael D. Sellers, “Readers Describe How They Discovered John Carter: Some great stories, would love to hear more,” The John Carter Files, 19 Jul 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  299 Erik Jessen, “Take Me Back To Barsoom! I Want a John Carter Sequel!”, Facebook Group, 14 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  300 Michael D. Sellers, “John Carter Fans and Film Crew Form Facebook Group,” The John Carter Files, March 14, 2012, http://thejohncarterfiles.com/2012/03/john-carter-fans-film-crew-form-take-me-back-to-barsoom-facebook-group-to-lobby-for-a-sequel/

  301 Mark Hughes, “John Carter Fans Start Facebook Group Calling for Sequel,” Forbes, March 14, 2012, http://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2012/03/14/john-carter-fans-start-facebook-group-calling-for-sequel/

  302 Germain Lussier, “‘John Carter’ Fans Demand a Sequel, Launch Facebook Campaign,” Slashfilm, 15 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  303 Prince of Persia opened on May 28, 2010, and earned $30.1M on its opening weekend (John Carter earned $30.2M) en route to a domestic total of 90.8M and global total of $335M -- both figures slightly higher than John Carter.

  304 Author Unknown, “Give Us a Sequel of Prince of Persia Movie,” Facebook, 27 Nov 1910, 7 Sep 2012 .

  305 Author Unknown, “Universal Studio! We need Van Helsing 2,” Facebook, 29 Oct 2010, 7 Sep 2012 .

  306 The Deadline Team, “Disney Expects $200M Loss For John Carter,” Deadline Hollywood, 19 Mar 2012 5 Nov 2012, < http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/disney-expects-200m-loss-for-john-carter/>.

  307 Brooks Barnes, “$200 Million Write-Down for ‘John Carter,” Disney Says,” The New York Times, 19 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012

  308 CBS Staff Report, “Disney Set to Lose $200M on John Carter,” CBS Los Angeles, 19 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012< http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/03/19/disney-set-to-lose-200m-on-john-carter/>.

  309 Paul Bond, “‘John Carter’ Will Cost Disney $200 Million in Operating Losses,” The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  310 Sharon Waxman, “Rich Ross and the ‘John Carter’ Debacle -- Disney Takes It on the Chin,” The Wrap, 20 March 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  311 Walt Disney Company Staff, “The Walt Disney Company Q2 FY 2011 Earnings Conference Call,” The Walt Disney Company Presentations and Events, 10 May 2011, 8 Sep 2012 .

  312 Brooks Barnes, “Disney’s Earnings Better Than Expected,” New York Times, 11 Aug 2011, 11 Sep 2012 .

  313 John Erlichman, “Disney’s Iger on Fourth Quarter Results, Outlook,” Bloomberg News, 8 Nov 2012, 9 Nov 2012 < http://bloom.bg/VJvNF9; http://www.bloomberg.com/video/disney-s-iger-on-fourth-quarter-results-outlook-l93Ju5jvQQG29VW1T3fn2Q.html; http://thejohncarterfiles.com/2012/11/bob-iger-interviewed-on-bloomberg-talks-hasbro-and-lucasfilm/>

  314 Walt Disney Company Staff, “The Walt Disney Company Q2 FY 2012 Earnings Conference Call,” The Walt Disney Company Presentations and Events, 8 May 2012, 8 Sep 2012 .

  315 Dawn Chmielewski, “Disney expects $200-million loss on John Carter,” LA Times, 20 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012, .

  316 David Lieberman, “Disney Analysts Remain Unshaken by ‘John Carter’ $200M Write Down,” Deadline Hollywood, 20 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  317 Brooks Barnes, “Ishtar Lands on Mars,” New York Times, 13 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012, .

  318 George Noory, “Mars, Ancient Life, and John Carter,” Coast to Coast Radio, 2 Apr 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  319 David S. Zondy, “Who killed John Carter?” Reel Ranting, 12 June 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  320 David Lieberman, “Disne
y Analysts Remain Unshaken by ‘John Carter’ $200M Write Down,” Deadline Hollywood, 20 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012 .

  321 David Lieberman, “Disney Analysts Remain Unshaken by ‘John Carter’ $200M Write Down,” Deadline Hollywood, 20 Mar 2012, 7 Sep 2012 . The practice of using one film to cover losses from others, just like the practice of burying an individual film’s performance in aggregate quarterly studio financial reporting, is well-established in Hollywood.

  322 The Hunger Games, “@TheHungerGames,” Twitter, Accessed 12 Sep 2012 ; The Hunger Games, “@TheCapitolIPN,” Twitter, 29 Aug 2011, 12 Sep 2012

  323 John Carter, “@JohnCarter,” Twitter, 15 Jun 2011, 7 Sep 2012