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It took 100 years to bring Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars to the big screen. It took Disney Studios just ten days to declare the film a flop and lock it away in the Disney vaults. How did this project, despite its quarter-billion dollar budget, the brilliance of director Andrew Stanton, and the creative talents of legendary Pixar Studios, become a calamity of historic proportions?
Michael Sellers, a filmmaker and Hollywood insider himself, saw the disaster approaching and fought to save the project – but without success. In John Carter and the Gods of Hollywood, Sellers details every blunder and betrayal that led to the doom of the motion picture – and that left countless Hollywood careers in the wreckage.
JOHN CARTER AND THE GODS OF HOLLYWOOD examines every aspect of Andrew Stanton’s adaptation and Disney’s marketing campaign and seeks to answer the question: What went wrong? it includes a history of Hollywood’s 100 year effort to bring the film to the screen, and examines the global fan movement spawned by the film.
ASIN : B00AFCZ1S4
Publisher : Universal Media; 3.0 edition (November 28, 2012)
Publication date : November 28, 2012
Language : English
File size : 1.1 MB
Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 371 pages
Page numbers source ISBN : 0615682316
Customers say
Customers find the book well-researched and fascinating, providing a detailed history of Edgar Rice Burroughs and major studio Hollywood. Moreover, they appreciate its readability, with one customer noting it reads like an insider’s guide to Hollywood. However, the writing quality receives mixed feedback – while some find it compellingly written, others mention typos and grammar issues that distract from the material. Additionally, the editing quality is criticized for being very sloppy.
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