Now a contented Earl living in “civilized” society, he has misgivings, but prompted by his spirited wife Jane (Robbie), with whom he fell in love in the Congo, he decides to return with her by his side. He has not travelled to the Congo since he grew up there, raised by the apes and given the name Tarzan. Set in the late 19th century, the film picks up the action as the nobleman John Clayton III (Skarsgård) is asked to travel to the Congo to be the British representative overseeing the development of African lands by European nations. But while the studio will be praying that audiences’ evergreen fondness for Tarzan can overcome potentially poor reviews, word-of-mouth should be modest at best. Jackson and Christoph Waltz add marquee value, and the film’s vague resemblance to hits like the Planet Of The Apes reboots and Peter Jackson’s King Kong remake could help initially. The Legend Of Tarzan, which comes to the US on July 1 and the UK on July 6, may well be a theatrical underperformer, hurting Warner Bros’ hopes of establishing a new franchise. The film’s lack of inventiveness extends to a crop of unconvincing performances by good actors
A talented cast led by Alexander Skarsgård scowls through the film, held hostage by a solemn script and ghastly amounts of CG. This ungainly and glum tale of the man famously known as Tarzan - who returns to the Congo, reconnecting with his past in the process - slavishly adheres to contemporary blockbuster convention, offering not a single spark of inspiration or real daring. Yates has made a proper visual epic and with the film hitting DVD shelves on Monday (you can pre-order it on the right-hand side of the page), we caught up with stars Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie and Djimon Honsou, as well as director David Yates, producer David Barron, the film's African advisor Josh Ponte and singer-songwriter Hozier, who contributed to the film's soundtrack.A muddle in the jungle, The Legend Of Tarzan transforms Edgar Rice Burroughs’ iconic character into a cinematic superhero - but certainly not a memorable one. Originally the brainchild of legendary Hollywood producer, the late Jerry Weintraub (the man who put Elvis on the road and basiclaly invented the stadium concert tour), The Legend of Tarzan has been a long time in the making and takes a different angle on Burroughs' famous story, not only setting the action after Tarzan has grown to become the more civilised Viscount Greystoke, but also tackling the political issues surrounding the Belgian King Leopold II's rule in the Congo. Since the early 20th century, not long after the first publication of Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel Tarzan of the Apes, the story of what has become Africa's most famous jungle-dwelling human has been adapted for the screen, one way or another, on around 200 occasions, making him one of the most screened fictional characters in the history of cinema.īut there's something a little bit special about his latest incarnation, in a new film helmed by Harry Potter director David Yates. Hmv.com talks to the cast and director of The Legend of Tarzan
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