Taylor Kitsch’s Walt Disney Pictures movie “John Carter” is releasing to Blu-ray and DVD on June 5, 2012. The movie didn’t do very well in theaters, but maybe it will recoup a lot of its production budget with the sale of Blu-rays and DVDs? Do YOU plan on adding this movie to your collection?
If you saw “John Carter” at the theater, be sure to leave your review in the comments section!
Thanks To Disney Publishing Worldwide we are giving away an amazing “John Carter” novel collection! Here are the three books you will receive if you win the contest:
John Carter: The Movie Novelization
By Stuart Moore and Edgar Rice Burroughs
Disney Editions
Paperback $9.99
“This adaptation will not only give readers an amazing novelization of the upcoming John Carter film, but also the original text of A Princess of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars was the first book to feature John Carter, led to an eleven-book series featuring his adventures, and was also the basis for the 2012 movie! First published in serial form 1912 and as a novel in 1917, A Princess of Mars is not only just the inspiration for John Carter, it is also a keystone in the pop-culture mindset. You can find pieces of the characters and world of John Carter in everything from Star Wars to Superman
Stuart Moore has been a writer, a book editor, and an award-winning comics editor. His current writing includes Namor: The First Mutant (Marvel Comics), The 99 (Teshkeel) and crossover series JLA/99 (DC Comics), and the original graphic novel SHADRACH STONE (Penny-Farthing Press). He has also written Firestorm (DC Comics), the original science-fiction series Earthlight (Tokyopop) and PARA (Penny-Farthing Press), and the prose novels American Meat and Reality Bites (Games Workshop). He was a founding editor of DC’s Vertigo imprint, and has also edited the Marvel Knights and Virgin Comics/SciFi Channel comics lines. Stuart lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife, author Liz Sonneborn, and two of the most spoiled cats on the planet.”
The Collected John Carter of Mars
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Paperback $16.99 each
“Book Two of the John Carter of Mars collections contains the original text from the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh of Edgar Rice Burrough’s world-famous novels. Originally published between 1916 and 1930, Thuvia, Maid of Mars; The Chessmen of Mars; The Master Mind of Mars; and A Fighting Man of Mars are science fiction classics which introduce new characters and adventures to the dangerous martian landscape.
Book Three of the John Carter of Mars collections contains the original text from the eighth, ninth, tenth, and the two short stories and make up the eleventh of Edgar Rice Burrough’s world-famous novels. Originally published between 1934 and 1943, Swords of Mars; Synthetic Men of Mars; Llana of Gathol; John Carter and the Giant of Mars; and Skeleton Men of Jupiter are science fiction classics!”
Enter below for your chance to win this book collection!
Yikes! The Walt Disney Company expects to lose $200 million dollars on the Walt Disney Pictures film “John Carter” staring Taylor Kitsch. The film cost around $350 million to make and market and it hasn’t been doing well at the box office.
Do you think movies should start being made with lesser budgets? Or should Disney have just known this would be a flop from the beginning and stopped production?
P.S. Taylor Kitsch wants a “John Carter” sequel!
Actor Taylor Kitsch, from Walt Disney Pictures’ “John Carter,” says that even though the movie isn’t doing well at the box office he wants to do a sequel! Here’s what Taylor told Entertainment Weekly:
I would do ‘John Carter’ again tomorrow. I’m very proud of ‘John Carter’. Box office doesn’t validate me as a person, or as an actor. I’d love to go do ‘John Carter 2.’ I really would. It’s just s***ty I don’t get to work with the ['John Carter'] family. It really was a special thing.
Do YOU think Disney should make a “John Carter” sequel?
While Walt Disney Pictures’ movie “John Carter” isn’t doing as well as expected at the box office, there are fans of the movie who are already petitioning Disney to make a sequel film. The petition was started on Facebook and has about 2,000 members urging Disney to create another movie starring “John Carter” actor Taylor Kitsch. Take the poll below to let us know if YOU want to see a “John Carter” sequel!
