Tarzan in Television, Movies and Animation
As the most filmed character in movie history, Tarzan has been the subject of 52 movies (including animantion features), 7 television series, 2 Broadway plays and thousands of publications and licensed products.
The Legend of Tarzan
On July 1, 2016 Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures released the action adventure, The Legend of Tarzan® with Alexander Skarsgård as the legendary Lord of the Jungle. The film also stars Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou and two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz. Directed by David Yates and adapted from a screenplay by Adam Cozad and Craig Brewer.
Synopsis
It has been years since the man once known as Tarzan left behind the jungles of Africa for a gentrified life as John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, with his beloved wife, Jane at his side. Now, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the Belgian, Captain Leon Rom.
Walt Disney's Tarzan
The Tarzan animated film, released by Disney in 1999, grossed nearly $450 million worldwide (fifth-highest grossing film of 1999) with an additional $1.5 billion in licensing and merchandising.
Synopsis
Walt Disney Animation Studios' magnificent adaption of Edgar Rice Burrough's story follows the extraordinary adventures of an orphaned infant raised by a family of gorillas and ultimately accepted as one of their own. Together with his wisecracking ape buddy Terk and neurotic elephant pal Tantor, Tarzan learns how to "surf" and swing through the trees and survive in the jungle. As Tarzan matures into a young man, his life changes forever when he finally meets other humans, with whom he feels an immediate and irresistible bond.
Each generation identifies with its own iteration of Tarzan and the actor who portrayed him!
Tarzan in Television, Movies and Animation
As the most filmed character in movie history, Tarzan has been the subject of 52 movies (including animantion features), 7 television series, 2 Broadway plays and thousands of publications and licensed products.
The Legend of Tarzan
On July 1, 2016 Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures released the action adventure, The Legend of Tarzan® with Alexander Skarsgård as the legendary Lord of the Jungle. The film also stars Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou and two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz. Directed by David Yates and adapted from a screenplay by Adam Cozad and Craig Brewer.
Synopsis
It has been years since the man once known as Tarzan left behind the jungles of Africa for a gentrified life as John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, with his beloved wife, Jane at his side. Now, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the Belgian, Captain Leon Rom.
Walt Disney's Tarzan
The Tarzan animated film, released by Disney in 1999, grossed nearly $450 million worldwide (fifth-highest grossing film of 1999) with an additional $1.5 billion in licensing and merchandising.
Synopsis
Walt Disney Animation Studios' magnificent adaption of Edgar Rice Burrough's story follows the extraordinary adventures of an orphaned infant raised by a family of gorillas and ultimately accepted as one of their own. Together with his wisecracking ape buddy Terk and neurotic elephant pal Tantor, Tarzan learns how to "surf" and swing through the trees and survive in the jungle. As Tarzan matures into a young man, his life changes forever when he finally meets other humans, with whom he feels an immediate and irresistible bond.
Each generation identifies with its own iteration of Tarzan and the actor who portrayed him!
Tarzan in Television, Movies and Animation
As the most filmed character in movie history, Tarzan has been the subject of 52 movies (including animantion features), 7 television series, 2 Broadway plays and thousands of publications and licensed products.
The Legend of Tarzan
On July 1, 2016 Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures released the action adventure, The Legend of Tarzan® with Alexander Skarsgård as the legendary Lord of the Jungle. The film also stars Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou and two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz. Directed by David Yates and adapted from a screenplay by Adam Cozad and Craig Brewer.
Synopsis
It has been years since the man once known as Tarzan left behind the jungles of Africa for a gentrified life as John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, with his beloved wife, Jane at his side. Now, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the Belgian, Captain Leon Rom.
Walt Disney's Tarzan
The Tarzan animated film, released by Disney in 1999, grossed nearly $450 million worldwide (fifth-highest grossing film of 1999) with an additional $1.5 billion in licensing and merchandising.
Synopsis
Walt Disney Animation Studios' magnificent adaption of Edgar Rice Burrough's story follows the extraordinary adventures of an orphaned infant raised by a family of gorillas and ultimately accepted as one of their own. Together with his wisecracking ape buddy Terk and neurotic elephant pal Tantor, Tarzan learns how to "surf" and swing through the trees and survive in the jungle. As Tarzan matures into a young man, his life changes forever when he finally meets other humans, with whom he feels an immediate and irresistible bond.
Each generation identifies with its own iteration of Tarzan and the actor who portrayed him!
