A big screen version of Orson Scott Card‘s epic sci-fi novel Ender’s Game has sort of been a bit of a white whale for Hollywood. Decades in on again off again development has had fans wondering if it will ever really happen. Short answer, yes and it looks really expensive. Below is the first teaser trailer for the flick and it just seems to be an endless stream of CGI money shots and Harrison Ford, two things that don’t come cheap. Check it 0ut. (more…)
Harrison Ford and Asa Butterfield took to the Internet today to announce the premiere date for the first Ender’s Game trailer. The good news for us is that it also includes a small teaser trailer with unseen footage. So, this is a thing now in Hollywood, it’s not enough to have a teaser trailer, there’s got to be an introduction by the stars and some huge Internet event.
The world premiere of the Ender’s Game trailer will happen during a Google+ Hangout on Tuesday, May 7 at 1:00 PM PT / 4:00 PM ET. The event also includes a live conversation with director Gavin Hood (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), producer Bob Orci (Star Trek Into Darkness) and star Asa Butterfield (Hugo).
Tune in Tuesday to the live Google+ Hangout using the links below:
Fans have been asked to submit their questions and get a chance to have those questions answered during the Hangout. Join in the conversation online using the #EndersGame hashtag. Click here to register for the event.
Check out the teaser trailer below, don’t be surprised that creator Orson Scott Card is not listed or mentioned in this teaser. His views and public statements concerning anti LGBT rights has been a hot Internet topic and sore marketing issue for this production.
In the near future, a hostile alien race called the Formics have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley), all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford) and the International Military are training only the best young minds to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a shy but strategically brilliant boy, is recruited to join the elite. Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult challenges and simulations, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military�s next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he�s trained by Mazer Rackham himself to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.
Via: Comingsoon
Yesterday in our Iron Man 3 roundup we shared a video of Ben Kingsley –excuse me, SIR Ben Kingsley discussing his role as The Mandarin in Iron Man 3, but he also spoke briefly about Ender’s Game. We’ve learned a little about the flick from the few released photos, but without any footage yet released we’re still in the dark about what this adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s classic will be like.
This new photo of Kingsley as Mazer Rackham doesn’t provide a whole lot more, but we do get a fantastic look at that awesome Maori tribal tattoo on his face. Make sure you click it for a bigger version.
Talking with Entertainment Weekly about his role, Kingsley said,
In the script, which I think is beautifully written, what come across is the authority and mystery. There’s quite a lot said about him in the story before you see him — by the recruits and by his fellow officers — and that’s useful as far as preparations.
And of that face tat,
Every gesture in the tattoo carries family history, family struggles – it’s your past. I was so enthralled. He’s in quite a contained, stylized uniform but then this wonderful face tells his warrior history.
The detail is enthralling, can’t wait to see what it looks like up a giant movie screen! What do you think of the look they’ve given Kingsley’s Rackham?
Ender’s Game is easily one of the most anticipated sci-fi films in years thanks to a stellar cast and ground-breaking source material. Now we have not yet seen a trailer, although it should be coming soon, and we’ll have to wait till November before we can see the movie in all its glory, but in the meantime Yahoo has some tidbits to tide us over: a teaser poster and a couple of notes from director Gavin Hood about a key set.
But first, behold the poster!
Now let’s hear what Hood has to say about the Battle Room, a massive zero-gravity mock battlefield where Ender and other Earth children recruited to be military leaders practice the maneuvers and strategies they learn in class. “This is the high school football field, only it’s in three dimensions,” Hood explained. “It’s the size of a football field in all directions: up, down, left, right. And the idea is teams jump out from opposite ends of this amazing space and play this amazing game of 3D paintball, almost.”
Hood added why he decided on a critical geometric difference between the Battle Room in the book, which is a cube, and the Battle Room in the movie, which is a sphere. “What if we could see through? What if we could see out of the space, and we’re moving around the Earth and turning at the same time?” He said, adding that he felt making the room a sphere would create “a really strange, disorienting experience.”
I guess we’ll find out for ourselves when Ender’s Game – starring Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Abigail Breslin and Viola Davis will be released on November 1st in regular and IMAX cinemas.
Source: /Film
There’s some interesting new stuff out for director Gavin Hood‘s (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) adaptation of Orson Scott Card‘s Nebula and Hugo award-winning military sci-fi novel Ender’s Game. We’ve got a new production still, some battle group logos and a look at some possible, make that probable controversy over the authors personal anti-gay rights views.
Let’s start with the easy fun stuff. Here’s the latest production still from the set of Ender’s Game, the mess hall.
We get a good look at Asa Butterfield on the right as Ender Wiggin, a first look at Hailee Steinfeld on the left as Petra Arkanian, Khylin Rhambo as Dink Meeker on the right side of the table next to Ender, and Moises Arias as Bonzo Madrid at the end of the table on the left.
Next up are the Battle Group Logos. These are the symbols used by the armies of the Battle School war games.
It’s an interesting look at some of the design work that goes into a production like this. CosPlayers will be taking careful notes for their Ender’s CosPlay costumes that we’re sure to see in the months to come at conventions everywhere.
The hiring of Orson Scott Card to write the first issue of Adventures of Superman, (Which only debuts in digital form, but is planned to appear in a collected edition in May) has become a lightning rod of controversy over at DC Comics because of Card’s well-known, highly vocal, anti-gay rights position. It sparked a petition to protest his hiring along with several comic book stores announcing they won’t carry the issues. DC Comics published this response:
“As content creators we steadfastly support freedom of expression, however the personal views of individuals associated with DC Comics are just that — personal views — and not those of the company itself.”
The question here is: Will the Card-Superman protest and boycott demonstrations carry over to Ender’s Game. There’s over $110 million invested in the production of Ender’s Game so far and the old Hollywood Celebrity saying, “Any publicity is good publicity” just doesn’t wash anymore in this age of Social Media Networking.
The Hollywood Reporter looked at this rather tricky marketing and publicity issue and said:
Now Summit faces the tricky task of figuring out how to handle Card’s involvement. The first big challenge will be whether to include him in July’s San Diego Comic-Con program. Promoting Ender’s Game without Card would be like trying to promote the first Harry Potter movie without J.K. Rowling. But having Card appear in the main ballroom in front of 6,500 fans could prove a liability if he’s forced to tackle the issue head-on during the Q&A session.
“I don’t think you take him to any fanboy event,” says one studio executive. “This will definitely take away from their creative and their property.” Another executive sums up the general consensus: “Keep him out of the limelight as much as possible.”
Ender’s insiders already are distancing themselves from the 61-year-old author. “Orson’s politics are not reflective of the moviemakers,” says one person involved in the film. “We’re adapting a work, not a person. The work will stand on its own.”
Don’t forget that Marvel faced a similar issue when one of Guardians of the Galaxy writer James Gunn‘s past online rants was dragged back from the past and into the scrutinizing light of the Internet. Gunn quickly apologized in a letter to GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), the situation cooled down, and Gunn remained on the project.
Something as simple as a sincere apology isn’t going to work with Card though, his long-held, and prolific public statements about his beliefs won’t allow that. The problem for Summit is separating Card’s beliefs and public statements from Ender’s Game the movie. That’s a tough sell with Card listed as one of the movie’s producers.
Asa Butterfield,(Hugo), Harrison Ford (You know what movies he’s done), Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit), Sir Ben Kingsley (Who recently starred with Butterfield in Hugo), Brendan Meyer, Abigail Breslin, Aramis Knight (Rendition), Moises Arias, Jimmy “Jax” Pinchak (Let Me In), Suraj Parthasarathy, Conor Carroll, Khylin Rhambo, Viola Davis, Nonso Anozie (The Grey), Stevie Ray Dallimore (Joyful Noise), Andrea Powell (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2) round out the cast in Ender’s Game which is due in theaters on November 1st.
Movie Synopsis:
In the near future, a hostile alien race (called the Formics) have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander, Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley), all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford) and the International Military are training only the best young children to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a shy, but strategically brilliant boy is pulled out of his school to join the elite.
Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult war games, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military’s next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he’s trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.
Via: GeekTyrant, THR
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There hasn’t been much marketing or publicity for director Gavin Hood‘s adaptation of Orson Scott Card‘s Ender’s Game. The “Official Production Blog” hasn’t had a new post since June 18th when principle filming completed. There’s no Facebook page, movie website, or even a poster yet. Don’t worry though, there’s still just under a year to go before the November 1st 2013 release date so I’m sure we’ll get plenty more soon. Until then, we’ll have to settle for enjoying the little things, like this still of Harrison Ford as:
Col. Hyrum Graff.
A colonel in the International Fleet and the commandant of the Battle School, Hyrum Graff pushes Ender to his limits. Graff seems cruel and overly demanding, stacking the odds against Ender at every opportunity and even putting the life of humanity’s greatest hope in danger, but he only seeks to prepare Ender for the unique situations he will have to face in the future war with the buggers.
Entertainment Weekly posted the photo and we’re happy to bring it to you.
Ender’s Game stars Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Viola Davis, Nonso Anozie, Stevie Ray Dillmore, Andrea Powell, Moises Arias, Conor Carroll, Aramis Knight, Brendan Meyer, Jimmy “Jax” Pinchak, Suraj Parthasarathy and Khylin Rhambo.
Ender’s Game synopsis:
In the near future, a hostile alien race (called the Formics) have attacked Earth. If not for the legendaryheroics of International Fleet Commander, Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley), all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford) and the International Military are training only the best young children to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a shy, but strategically brilliant boy is pulled out of his school to join the elite.
Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult war games, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military’s next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he’s trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.
I’m pretty sure that most of the people who are excited about the upcoming adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game know what the movie is going to be about. But for those of you who are unfamiliar with the source material, Summit Entertainment has released a brief synopsis to get you on board.
So without further ado:
In the near future, a hostile alien race (called the Formics) have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander, Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley), all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford) and the International Military are training only the best young children to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a shy, but strategically brilliant boy is pulled out of his school to join the elite.
Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult war games, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military’s next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he’s trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.
Yup, that’s about right. Expect Ender’s Game to end up in theaters next year, on November 1st.
Thanks to ComicBookMovie for the relay.
For the next three days Las Vegas will be home to something other then gambling and Ultimate Fighting, it’s the home of the Las Vegas Licensing Expo. Each year, exhibitors from all over the world come together to sell off the licensing rights to their hottest properties. But, this gives us a sneak peek at the coming movies for 2013.
With photos courtesy of Coming Soon, we’ve been given a glimpse into the coming year’s hottest properties through the art of the “teaser poster”. After Earth, A Good Day To Die Hard, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, R.I.P.D., Robocop, Robopocalypse, Pacific Rim and Ender’s Game - they’re all here.
Even if A Good Day To Die Hard looks like the exact same poster as the last movie, with different text and a Russian landscape in the background, the rest of these posters look pretty darn cool. Check them out in the jump:
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There have been new pictures posted on the official Ender’s Game blog, and fans of Orson Scott Card‘s books are all creaming with excitement! Especially given that the film won’t be released until November 2013, a little bit goes a long way.
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