Ender's Game Movie

[DominionSeraph]

http://xkcd.com/635

But they ignored accuracy to make the joke there. In the book, Valentine/Demosthenes was Fox News. So with Valentine picking up the stupid Conservatards and Peter taking the Liberal elite, they had everyone who mattered.

 

[roguerower]

http://xkcd.com/635

Haha, well played sir.

 

[alkemyst]

Is this the one where Luke finds out Vader is his father?

 

[SKORPI0]

Just make a 4 part movie and show it in SyFy. Same with the sequels.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender's_Game

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.

• Asa Butterfield – Ender Wiggin[27]
• Hailee Steinfeld – Petra Arkanian[29]
• Brendan Meyer – Stilson[30]
• Harrison Ford – Colonel Hyrum Graff[31]
• Abigail Breslin – Valentine Wiggin[32]
• Aramis Knight – Bean[33]
• Moises Arias – Bonzo[34]
• Jimmy Pinchak – Peter Wiggin[35]
• Suraj Parthasarathy –Alai[36]
• Conor Carroll – Bernard[37]
• Khylin Rhambo – Dink[38]
• Ben Kingsley – Mazer Rackham

 

[roguerower]

Is this the one where Luke finds out Vader is his father?

Don't you have a cat to feed or a watch to buy? Maybe you should stick to Richard Scary books, they seem to be more suited for someone like you.

Hope they correctly cast for Ender's jeesh, and I'm really looking forward to Bean's character since if this expands into a series it will most likely follow the war on Earth after the 3rd Invasion.

 

[alkemyst]

they see me rollin', they hatin'

 

[Malak]

I hated the book, but based on recent experience this means I will love the movie. I didn't enjoy A Game of Thrones as a book but LOVED it as a TV show. The same is true of A Scanner Darkly.

You must hate books.

 

[SsupernovaE]

it's been a while but the book goes like this:
abuse
dullness
abuse
dullness
abuse
dullness
ender becomes child hitler
ender's abusers are rewarded

that about right?

You forgot about subtle homoeroticism and incestuous connotations.

 

[Udgnim]

it will be travesty if Justin Bieber is not casted as Ender

 

[irishScott]

But they ignored accuracy to make the joke there. In the book, Valentine/Demosthenes was Fox News. So with Valentine picking up the stupid Conservatards and Peter taking the Liberal elite, they had everyone who mattered.

I saw it more as the internet being more centralized and vital in the future. There were different levels of access, and certain levels get you into legit political debates. Basically Locke And Demosthenes got such a following they were able to gain access to the debates that actual politicians carried out online. Remember this is at least three hundred years in the future, most politicians nowadays barely know how the internet works and are confused as to why it even exists.

 

[foghorn67]

You must hate books.

yeah, seriously. Definitely a wtf moment.

 

[alkemyst]

Since this takes place on Ender....are the Ewoks going to be in it?

I love me them crazy little bears.

 

[ichy]

My biggest fear is that they'll water down the dark parts of the book. I want to see kids killing other kids!

What's the policy on spoilers in this thread BTW? I'm assuming everyone who's commented has read the book but I don't want to say specific things without checking.

Also, that interview with Orson Scott Card made it sound like he's committed to doing it right.

 

[cronos]

Is this the one where

Spoiler

Luke finds out Vader is his father?

wtf spoiler!

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

The thing about an Ender's Game movie...are the following books(sequels) really suitable to be movies themselves? Not really, right?

Spoiler

Who wants to celebrate saving Earth from the bugs then watch Ender wallowing in guilt about it?

 

[roguerower]

The thing about an Ender's Game movie...are the following books(sequels) really suitable to be movies themselves? Not really, right?

Spoiler

Who wants to celebrate saving Earth from the bugs then watch Ender wallowing in guilt about it?

There's no way you'll see movies of Speaker or any of the subsequent books about Ender. If sequels are made it'll follow the most recent story arc about Bean and the struggles on earth following the defeat of the formics (Shadow books).

 

[gorcorps]

I hated the book, but based on recent experience this means I will love the movie. I didn't enjoy A Game of Thrones as a book but LOVED it as a TV show. The same is true of A Scanner Darkly.

That's odd... because IMO A Scanner Darkly is one of the more accurate book to film adaptations I've seen. If you like one I don't see how you can't like the other unless you just don't like reading at all.

 

[kinev]

There's no way you'll see movies of Speaker or any of the subsequent books about Ender. If sequels are made it'll follow the most recent story arc about Bean and the struggles on earth following the defeat of the formics (Shadow books).

If you listen to the audio books of the Ender/Shadow series Card discusses some of the trials and tribulations he's gone through with the movie. They're really pretty interesting. Some of the things he mentions are:

Hollywood was determined to make Ender older (to capture the "teen" market), but Card was insistent that he be a child. He even mentions how one script/production company tried to "sneak" him being older by him.

Hollywood wanted a love interest for Ender (he was a "teen" afterall). They kept trying to make him fall in love (pre-Novhina).

He also mentioned that they realized that the best way to make an Ender's Game movie was to do it like a "buddy film" with Ender and Bean. That leads to them continuing on with the Shadow series instead of following Ender [makes sense]. Supposedly Bean and Ender will meet up again in Shadows in Flight/Alive

 

[Zeze]

God it's been so long I read the book.

I think Ender's Shadow (Bean) is inifintely more interesting than Ender's Game. Ender is too archtypical.

 

[roguerower]

If you listen to the audio books of the Ender/Shadow series Card discusses some of the trials and tribulations he's gone through with the movie. They're really pretty interesting. Some of the things he mentions are:

Hollywood was determined to make Ender older (to capture the "teen" market), but Card was insistent that he be a child. He even mentions how one script/production company tried to "sneak" him being older by him.

Hollywood wanted a love interest for Ender (he was a "teen" afterall). They kept trying to make him fall in love (pre-Novhina).

He also mentioned that they realized that the best way to make an Ender's Game movie was to do it like a "buddy film" with Ender and Bean. That leads to them continuing on with the Shadow series instead of following Ender [makes sense]. Supposedly Bean and Ender will meet up again in Shadows in Flight/Alive

Wow, did not know that but thanks for sharing. I'm glad Card is fighting to keep those dumb shits honest.