Adaptations
[edit] Film
Orson Scott Card released the latest of his author-written
screenplay adaptations to
Warner Bros. in May 2003.
David Benioff and
D. B. Weiss were later signed to write a new script, working closely with director
Wolfgang Petersen. Four years later, Card wrote a new script not based on any previous one, including his own.
[18] Following the departure of Petersen from the project and Card's self-described refusal to "condescend to green-screen Hollywood", Card finally completed a script for
Odd Lot Entertainment in 2009, after which they then began assembling a production team.
[19]
On April 28, 2011,
Summit Entertainment picked up the film's distribution
[20] along with
Digital Domain.
[21] They retained
Gavin Hood as director, using Hood's script adaptation,
[22][23] with filming to be done by cinematographer
Donald McAlpine.
[24] Creative producers are
Roberto Orci and
Alex Kurtzman of K/O Paper Products, with financial producers Gigi Pritzker and Linda McDonough of
Odd Lot Entertainment. The film is being co-produced by
Lynn Hendee (of her Chartoff Productions)
[25] and Card.
[26][27] In October 2011, the release date was announced as March 15, 2013, alongside several other movies for the 2013 season.
[28]
In late 2011, casting began for the project, as follows.
