John Carter (movie)

Hollywood reacts to death of visual effects guru Ray Harryhausen

2013-05-07 12:04:00

Directors, actors and animation fans of all stripes saluted Ray Harryhausen on Tuesday as news of the visual effects pioneer's death reached Hollywood. Harryhausen, the stop-motion animator of such classics as 1955's "It Came From Outer Space," 1958's...

Disney's profit and revenue soar on "Oz," parks, ESPN

2013-05-07 14:17:00

Walt Disney Co. reported a massive jump in net income for its fiscal second quarter, lifted by the performance of its media networks, movie studio and theme parks. The Burbank company posted net income of $1.51 billion for the quarter that ended March...

Hollywood bets big on blockbusters, starting with 'Iron Man 3'

2013-05-03 07:49:00

Summer is the season for blockbusters at the box office, and this year Hollywood is going all in. Midway through a year of declining attendance and ticket sales, the major studios are betting heavily on big-budget spectacles that can fatten the bottom...

Disney welcomes its 'Oz' as biggest 2013 debut

2013-03-10 20:45:00

What a difference a year makes. On March 9, 2012, Walt Disney Pictures released "John Carter," the sci-fi adventure film that promptly bombed, taking in about $40 million en route to a $73-million domestic gross that precipitated the resignation of Walt...

'Oz' poised to find box-office gold. Horn has cool hand at Disney.

2013-03-08 08:26:00

After the coffee. Before deciding if I'll see 'Oz' this weekend. The Skinny: After seeing "Being Flynn" on HBO last night, I've decided that "Silver Linings Playbook" was over-hyped. Friday's headlines include a preview of the weekend box office, a look...

'Jack the Giant Slayer': Five lessons from a box-office bomb

2013-03-04 07:00:00

If it's March, it must be an effects-driven dud. Nearly a year after Disney's "John Carter" crashed to earth, bringing an executive down with it, a different fantasy-heavy film fell mightily at the box office this weekend. Nominally based on the myth of...

'Jack the Giant Slayer' director faced some towering challenges

2013-02-27 05:00:00

When screenwriter Darren Lemke first proposed the idea of contemporizing the Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale with CG technology, it was 2005. Tim Burton had not yet jumped into the rabbit hole with "Alice in Wonderland." Amanda Seyfried had yet to don...

Valentine’s Day super love [Photos]

2013-02-14 15:12:58

40th Annie Award nominees and winners list

2013-02-02 22:00:00

Disney's�"Wreck-It Ralph"�was named best animated film of 2012 at the 40th Annie Awards on Saturday evening at UCLA's Royce Hall. Rich Moore also was named best director for the animated comedy about a video game villain who dreams of being a hero, and�...

Working Hollywood: Tattoo artist Dickcherry has lasting influence

2013-01-26 07:45:00

The artist and graphic designer known as Dickcherry doesn't sport any real tattoos, but he makes temporary ones for characters in the supernatural thriller "Mama," the action movie "The Last Stand," and "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters." "I can't even...

Studios relying more on outside funding to make award contenders

2013-01-14 09:13:00

For this awards season, Hollywood came through with a bumper crop of movies that were critical and fan favorites. But in many cases, the big studios themselves can't take much of the credit. Among the films basking in Oscar nominations — and...

Mark Andrews is up to the task for 'Brave'

2012-06-21 16:51:00

EMERYVILLE, Calif. — It takes a fearless sort of man to wear a skirt to the office — even when the office is a den of art school grads, the boss is an avuncular guy with a Hawaiian shirt fetish and the skirt is a stylish plaid number...

Well, it worked on the printed page: An ex-Confederate officer is transported to Mars, where he finds himself possessed of great power. What's not box-office boffo about this?

2012-12-27 10:57:04

"John Carter" is one of the movies currently promoted on Disney Movies Online, a service that will end Dec. 31.

2012-11-20 07:58:00

Widely considered one of the biggest box-office flops of all time, "John Carter" has failed to attract enough ticket-buyers to earn back its budget of $350 million to make and market.

2012-04-20 00:00:00