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‘John Carter’ Leaving Netflix, Coming to Disney+

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For almost a year, Netflix has streamed Disney’s 2012 movie, ‘John Carter’. However, the movie, based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ “A Princess of Mars” of his Barsoom series of novels, will be leaving Netflix and moving to Disney+ on May 2. Because this is a Disney movie it should be expected that the Disney Company would want it on its new streaming television platform that went live in November of last year. After all, Disney’s been buying up so many un-Disney properties, so why would it leave one of its own movies behind? This regardless of “John Carter” being one of its biggest flops? 


While the movie did poorly at the box office, it’s one of Disney’s most underrated films. It had a lot of good things that went into it such as its creature designs, cinematography and special effects. Eric Francisco says in his article at Inverse that “the movie is colorful in ways so few modern blockbusters are . . .”

So if you’re like me, and have Netflix but not Disney+ in your package of streaming services, you have until May 1 to watch “John Carter”. After that, it will be on Disney+. If you have Disney+ but not Netflix, well then lucky, lucky you! You may have been waiting for this one. If you haven’t, I suggest checking it out. And if you haven’t read the book that it’s based on, I recommend checking that out as well. They’re both really good. (Read my Book-To-Movie on it for details!) The book, along with the rest of the series, can be considered a milestone for today’s adventurous science fiction in both books and on the screen. It’s said to have directly influenced George Lucas’s ‘Star Wars’ as well as several science fiction writers of the 20th century such as Ray Bradbury and Arthur C. Clarke. 

What fantasy or science fiction movies based on books do you want to see streamed?

Until next time . . .



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  1. Alex J. CavanaughApril 26, 2020 at 5:42 AM

    Fortunately we own the DVD because we thought it was an excellent film that got a bum rap. Disney promoted it all wrong.

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    1. Steven Arellano Rose Jr.April 27, 2020 at 5:49 PM

      Yeah, a lot of the bad ratings were due to poor promotion on Disney's part.

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