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* ChekovsGun: Tarzan's ability to mimic mating calls.


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* VitriolicBestBuds: Tarzan and Dr. Williams become this over the course of the film.
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The film was released


'''''The Legend of Tarzan''''' is an upcoming film in the ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'' franchise created by Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs, directed by Creator/DavidYates. Produced by Creator/WarnerBrothers, it is due for a July 2016 release. It stars Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Tarzan and Creator/MargotRobbie as Jane. The cast also includes Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/DjimonHounsou, and Jim Broadbent.

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'''''The Legend of Tarzan''''' is an upcoming a film in the ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'' franchise created by Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs, directed by Creator/DavidYates. Produced by Creator/WarnerBrothers, it is due for a was released in July 2016 release.2016. It stars Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Tarzan and Creator/MargotRobbie as Jane. The cast also includes Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/DjimonHounsou, and Jim Broadbent.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Both Tarzan goes barefoot after returning to the jungle.

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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Both Tarzan goes barefoot after returning to the jungle.
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* WickedCultered: Léon Rom

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* WickedCultered: WickedCultured: Léon Rom
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* WickedCultered: Léon Rom
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* GreaterScoopeVillain: King Leopold of Belgium; TruthInTelevision, unfortunately.

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* GreaterScoopeVillain: GreaterScopeVillain: King Leopold of Belgium; TruthInTelevision, unfortunately.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Both Tarzan and Jane go barefoot after returning to the jungle.

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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Both Tarzan and Jane go goes barefoot after returning to the jungle.
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* GreaterScoopeVillain: King Leopold of Belgium; TruthInTelevision, unfortunately.
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* MightyWhitey: Tarzan is on good terms with one of the local tribes and near the end [[ seemingly establishes a DefeatMeansFriendship relationship with the antagonistic tribe]].

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* MightyWhitey: Tarzan is on good terms with one of the local tribes and near the end [[ [[spoiler: seemingly establishes a DefeatMeansFriendship relationship with the antagonistic tribe]].
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* MightyWhitey: Tarzan is on good terms with one of the local tribes and near the end [[ seemingly establishes a DefeatMeansFriendship relationship with the antagonistic tribe]].
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* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese version of the film uses "Nawe, Nawe" by Alexandros as its theme song.

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Porter never appears in the film


'''''The Legend of Tarzan''''' is an upcoming film in the ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'' franchise created by Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs, directed by Creator/DavidYates. Produced by Creator/WarnerBrothers, it is due for a July 2016 release. It stars Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Tarzan and Creator/MargotRobbie as Jane. The cast also includes Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/DjimonHounsou, Creator/JohnHurt and Jim Broadbent.

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'''''The Legend of Tarzan''''' is an upcoming film in the ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'' franchise created by Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs, directed by Creator/DavidYates. Produced by Creator/WarnerBrothers, it is due for a July 2016 release. It stars Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Tarzan and Creator/MargotRobbie as Jane. The cast also includes Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/DjimonHounsou, Creator/JohnHurt and Jim Broadbent.



* TheProfessor: John Hurt plays Professor Archimedes Porter, Jane's father.
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[[caption-width-right:350:He's Tarzan, you're Jane. He'll come for you.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:He's [[caption-width-right:350:''"He's Tarzan, you're Jane. He'll come for you.]]"'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]][[caption-width-right:350:He's Tarzan, you're Jane. He'll come for you.]]
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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj7ty6sViiU Trailer 1.]]

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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj7ty6sViiU Trailer 1.]]1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLmKio67pVQ Trailer 2]].



* KillerGorilla: Based on the trailers, in this version (just like in the book) the tribe of great apes kill Tarzan's father.

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* KillerGorilla: Based on the trailers, in this version (just ([[TruerToTheText just like in the book) book]]) the tribe of great apes kill Tarzan's father.
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'''''The Legend of Tarzan''''' is an upcoming film in the ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'' franchise created by Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs, directed by Creator/DavidYates. Produced by Creator/WarnerBrothers, it is due for a July 2016 release. It stars Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Tarzan and Creator/MargotRobbie as Jane. The cast also includes Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/DjimonHounsou, Creator/JohnHurt and, Jim Broadbent.

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'''''The Legend of Tarzan''''' is an upcoming film in the ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'' franchise created by Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs, directed by Creator/DavidYates. Produced by Creator/WarnerBrothers, it is due for a July 2016 release. It stars Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Tarzan and Creator/MargotRobbie as Jane. The cast also includes Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/DjimonHounsou, Creator/JohnHurt and, and Jim Broadbent.
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* KillerGorilla: Based on the trailers, in this version (just like in the book) the tribe of great apes kill Tarzan's father.
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** Christoph Waltz plays Captain [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Rom Léon Rom]], a Belgian officer in the [[UsefulNotes/DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo Congo Free State]] who is speculated to have been the inspiration for Kurtz in Creator/JosephConrad's ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness''.

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** Christoph Waltz plays Captain [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Rom org/wiki/Léon_Rom Léon Rom]], a Belgian officer in the [[UsefulNotes/DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo Congo Free State]] who is speculated to have been the inspiration for Kurtz in Creator/JosephConrad's ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness''.
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* MythologyGag: In a display of [[GenreSavvy genre-savviness]], Rom tells Jane: "''He's Tarzan, you're Jane.'' He'll come for you."

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* MythologyGag: In a display of [[GenreSavvy genre-savviness]], Rom tells Jane: "''He's Tarzan, you're Jane.'' He'll come for you."
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'''''The Legend of Tarzan''''' is an upcoming film in the ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'' franchise created by Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs, directed by Creator/DavidYates. Produced by Creator/WarnerBrothers, it is due for a July 2016 release. It stars Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Tarzan and Creator/MargotRobbie as Jane. The cast also includes Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/DjimonHounsou, Creator/JohnHurt and Creator/JimBroadbent.

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'''''The Legend of Tarzan''''' is an upcoming film in the ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'' franchise created by Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs, directed by Creator/DavidYates. Produced by Creator/WarnerBrothers, it is due for a July 2016 release. It stars Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Tarzan and Creator/MargotRobbie as Jane. The cast also includes Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/DjimonHounsou, Creator/JohnHurt and Creator/JimBroadbent.
and, Jim Broadbent.
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* LoinCloth: In flashback scenes, but in present-day jungle scenes Tarzan wears pants.

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* LoinCloth: In flashback scenes, but in present-day jungle scenes Tarzan wears pants.knee-length pants (breeches).
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Tarzan goes barefoot after returning to the jungle.

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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Both Tarzan goes and Jane go barefoot after returning to the jungle.
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* BlueBlood: Tarzan is also Lord Greystoke.
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Ten years have passed since Tarzan, the man raised by apes, left the African jungle for his ancestral home England. He has since married his discoverer Jane Porter and adopted his birth name and hereditary title: John Clayton, Lord Greystoke. Now he has been sent back to Africa by the British Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a larger conspiracy. When evil forces endanger his old home and those he loves, he becomes the legendary Lord of the Jungle again.

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Ten years have passed since Tarzan, the man raised by apes, left the African jungle for his ancestral home England. He has since married his discoverer Jane Porter and adopted his birth name and hereditary title: John Clayton, Lord Greystoke. Now he has been sent back to Africa by on a mission for the British Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a larger conspiracy. When evil forces endanger his old home and those he loves, he becomes the legendary Lord of the Jungle again.
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* HistoricalFiction: Unlike most Tarzan media, this incarnation plays it up by linking the story to real events. The colonial affairs of the Congo Free State, a precursor to the Belgian Congo personally owned by the king of Belgium, forms a backdrop to the film.

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* HistoricalFiction: Unlike most Tarzan media, this incarnation plays it up by linking the story to real events. The colonial affairs of the Congo Free State, a precursor to the Belgian Congo personally owned by the king of Belgium, forms a form the backdrop to the film.
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* HesBack: Basically the film's premise. Tarzan returns to his Ape Man roots after years of being civilized.
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** Christoph Waltz plays Captain [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Rom Léon Rom]], a Belgian officer in the Congo Free State who is speculated to have been the inspiration for Kurtz in Creator/JosephConrad's ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness''.
** Samuel L. Jackson plays [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Williams George Washington Williams]], an American journalist and statesman who brought the abuses in the colonial Congo to worldwide attention.

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** Christoph Waltz plays Captain [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Rom Léon Rom]], a Belgian officer in the [[UsefulNotes/DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo Congo Free State State]] who is speculated to have been the inspiration for Kurtz in Creator/JosephConrad's ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness''.
** Samuel L. Jackson plays [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Williams George Washington Williams]], an American journalist and statesman sometime public servant who brought the abuses in the colonial Congo to worldwide attention.
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'''''The Legend of Tarzan''''' is an upcoming film in the ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'' franchise created by Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs, directed by Creator/DavidYates. Produced by Creator/WarnerBrothers, it is due for a July 2016 release. It stars Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Tarzan and Creator/MargotRobbie as Jane. The cast also includes Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/DjimonHounsou, Creator/JohnHurt and Creator/JimBroadbent.

Ten years have passed since Tarzan, the man raised by apes, left the African jungle for his ancestral home England. He has since married his discoverer Jane Porter and adopted his birth name and hereditary title: John Clayton, Lord Greystoke. Now he has been sent back to Africa by the British Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a larger conspiracy. When evil forces endanger his old home and those he loves, he becomes the legendary Lord of the Jungle again.

Shares its name with [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan a animated TV series]], a SpinOff of the [[Disney/{{Tarzan}} 1999 Disney film.]]

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj7ty6sViiU Trailer 1.]]
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!!Tropes in the film include:

* BarbarianLonghair: Tarzan has long unkempt hair in flashback scenes, but it's downplayed in present-day scenes after he becomes a English gentleman, as his hair is slightly trimmed to shoulder-length.
* DamselInDistress: At some point Jane is taken captive by Captain Léon Rom (Waltz) and his mercenaries.
* DarkestAfrica: Naturally.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Tarzan goes barefoot after returning to the jungle.
* FamedInStory: Tarzan and Jane.
* HesBack: Basically the film's premise. Tarzan returns to his Ape Man roots after years of being civilized.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter:
** Christoph Waltz plays Captain [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Rom Léon Rom]], a Belgian officer in the Congo Free State who is speculated to have been the inspiration for Kurtz in Creator/JosephConrad's ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness''.
** Samuel L. Jackson plays [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Williams George Washington Williams]], an American journalist and statesman who brought the abuses in the colonial Congo to worldwide attention.
* HistoricalFiction: Unlike most Tarzan media, this incarnation plays it up by linking the story to real events. The colonial affairs of the Congo Free State, a precursor to the Belgian Congo personally owned by the king of Belgium, forms a backdrop to the film.
* LoinCloth: In flashback scenes, but in present-day jungle scenes Tarzan wears pants.
* MythologyGag: In a display of [[GenreSavvy genre-savviness]], Rom tells Jane: "''He's Tarzan, you're Jane.'' He'll come for you."
* TheProfessor: John Hurt plays Professor Archimedes Porter, Jane's father.
* SpotOfTea: Tarzan is drinking tea with his pinkie out when Williams meets with him.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Tarzan after returning to the jungle.

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