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Episode One - John Carter (2012)
Failure to Franchise
English - August 18, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBFilm History TV & Film Film Reviews hollywood boxoffice f2fpod failure film filmcriticism franchise franchises moviefranchises moviereviews Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode Zero - Introductions
Next Episode: Episode Two - Ghostbusters (2016)
An iconic character that influenced 100 years of storytelling. An award-winning, critically-acclaimed filmmaker. A rising star in the lead role. All in the hands of the biggest movie studio in the world. When Disney's JOHN CARTER arrived in 2012, it seemed to have a lot going for it. And yet, it ended up arguably the most infamous bomb in recent cinematic history. So what happened? In our first episode, we investigate the behind-the-scenes decisions that may have sunk the film fans had been waiting a century for.