Will a sequel to Ender's Game ever see the big screen? It's not a question with a definitive answer. The first film didn't live up to financial expectations, but it got decent critical praise, meaning a life on home video and On Demand could generate interest in a theatrical follow-up. In the past, producers admitted…
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Shorter crops aren't coming in the form of the perfectly styled looks anymore. Instead, things are looking a whole lot more casual
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Briefly: 'Tis the season for the corporate earnings call, and we're getting a lot of interesting news out of a couple of these conferences between execs and shareholders. Disney had its call yesterday, and opened the day by announcing four new Marvel shows and an "event miniseries" on Netflix -- a good way to keep…
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I won't go into full-on Ender's Game spoilers here above the fold, but many have wondered whether or not the film would earn a sequel, and if so how the story would work out. See, the film Ender's Game retains the basic ending of the original novel by Orson Scott Card, and that leads into…
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Dave and Devindra discuss the possibility of a Joe Cornish Star Trek film, Paramount's dwindling franchise slate, the ballad of Damon Lindelof, and Vincenzo Natali's latest film Haunter. Special guest Jordan Hoffman joins us for this episode. Be sure to check out the long history of Ender's Game, Damon Lindelof's spoiler-filled response to Breaking Bad, and why movies open overseas before they open here. You can…
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It is difficult to believe that a big-budget version of Ender's Game is finally going to be playing at your local multiplex this weekend. It's taken 28 years for a film to finally be made based upon the beloved book. After many, many aborted attempts, false starts, and different scripts, I questioned whether the version of the…
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Good news for fans of Ender's Game who don't want their movie ticket dollars lining the pockets of notorious homophobe: They won't. After all that controversy over author Orson Scott Card's extreme conservative views, a new report indicates that Card doesn't actually stand to make any money off of Gavin Hood's film, and never did.…
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3D printing could revolutionize the commercial world. Almost anything you can imagine can be reproduced in a 3D printer and Hollywood has begun to notice. For example, on the set of Ender's Game, many of the film's props were created in a 3D printer, likely saving money in terms of industrial and labor-intensive individual production.…
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Ender's Game fans have waited decades to see Orson Scott Card's classic sci-fi film on screen. Now it's less than two weeks away. Gavin Hood's adaptation, starring Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin and Harrison Ford, opens November 1. The film features beautiful visual effects and plenty of practical effects as well,…
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Mondo has announced that they will be releasing limited edition Ender's Game screen-printed posters created by Martin Ansin. The regular edition will be $50 and an edition of 340, while the variant will be on sale for $75 with an edition of only 160. Both posters are 24" x 36", with the regular edition opting for…
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When meeting Harrison Ford isn’t the highlight of your day, that’s a day for the ages. On the New Orleans set of Ender’s Game, the man who played Han Solo, Indiana Jones and Rick Deckard was there and I shook his hand. Incredibly, though, that moment was topped when I realized director Gavin Hood had…
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Make no mistake, there's a lot of action in Ender's Game. In the book, young kids fly around in zero gravity blasting each other with guns to simulate war strategy. Later, they man what's basically the universe's largest video game simulation to do the same thing. Plus, the whole reason the International Fleet is recruiting…
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Another trailer that debuted at Comic-Con is set to come online this week. The latest action-packed trailer for Gavin Hood's Ender's Game will be released at 9 a.m. PST on Tuesday August 6, and you can check out a teaser for it below. Thanks to Facebook for this tease. Read more about the trailer from…
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A cinematic adaptation of Ender's Game has been in development for so long, plenty of fans figured they'd never actually get to see the sci-fi classic come to life. But not only has it come together for real this time, the premiere date is now just around the corner. Close enough that we have today…
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While I'd like to say the highlight of Thursday's San Diego Comic-Con panel for Gavin Hood's Ender's Game was new footage from the film, that would be a falsity. The footage - a new trailer that sells the movie as an epic action extravaganza - was suitably impressive, even if it's not exactly representative of…
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San Diego residents may be curious as to what the huge, black tent sitting in the middle of their city is all about. That's just Battle School. Summit Entertainment teamed up with HGTV to created The Ender's Game Fan Experience, a massive construct outside the Hilton Gaslamp that literally takes you through the sets Gavin…
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For some, separating the views of author Orson Scott Card and the content of work has become impossible. Card wrote Ender's Game, one of the most revered sci-fi novels, which is finally the subject of a big budget movie adaptation hitting theaters later this year. However, Card is also a vocal detractor of gay rights and…
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Orson Scott Card is best known for his sci-fi writing, but over the years he's also attracted a lot of attention for his staunchly conservative political views. Among other things, he's been vocal about his opposition to same-sex marriage -- and as public opinion evolves on that issue, Card's position is increasingly becoming a problem. Earlier…
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And so it begins. The schedule for Wednesday night and Thursday at San Diego Comic Con 2013 has been revealed kicking off four days of scheduling madness. There are several early highlights on what's traditionally the second slowest day of the Con, but one standout is a Hall H conversation between Alfonso Cuaron, Marc Webb…
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Fans who travel to San Diego Comic-Con in July will be able to take a flight to Battle School. Summit Entertainment has revealed they'll be bringing their sci-fi adaptation Ender's Game to the convention in full force. It starts Thursday July 18 with a Hall H panel featuring stars Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld and…
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The Ender's Game viral site I.F. Sentinel has been updated to include three brand new posters. They're propaganda posters for the International Fleet, and the images take us through the three stages of their approach. Those just so happen to be three major stages of the film. First is fear, and a poster promising "The…
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Briefly: Earlier this year, we reported James Horner would be scoring Gavin Hood's sci-fi adaptation, Ender's Game. Turns out, that isn't true. Steve Jablonsky, the composer behind the Transformers films as well as Pain & Gain, has the gig. The trailer for Ender's Game is out now and it opens November 1. [Ender News via…
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A day Ender's Game fans never thought would happen has arrived. The first teaser trailer for the film adaptation of Orson Scott Card's landmark sci-fi novel is finally here. For years, Hollywood told fans the age of the characters and the complicated action sequences made the story unfilmable. Enter director Gavin Hood who, along with producers…
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As trailer teases go, this first brief bit of footage from Gavin Hood's adaptation of Orson Scott Card's sci-fi novel Ender's Game is pretty good. It shows the major cast members: Asa Butterfield as young military student Ender; Harrison Ford as his teacher Colonel Graff, and Ben Kingsley as war hero Mazer Rackham. It also gives you a…
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This weekend people will be talking about Ben Kingsley, whose work in Iron Man 3 gives the film some of its most surprising and entertaining moments. (No spoilers in the comments, please.) After that, the actor will be seen in writer/director Gavin Hood’s much anticipated adaptation of Orson Scott Card's sci-fi novel Ender’s Game. The first trailer…
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One of the biggest questions about Gavin Hood's adaptation of Ender's Game involves the battle room. Any fan of Orson Scott Card's classic sci-fi novel knows much of the book's excitement, character development and action takes place in a massive zero-gravity chamber where students of Battle School wage war and practices the techniques they learn about in class.…
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Ender's Game is still nine months away, but Summit has slowly begun to crank up their marketing machine. A brand new still from the film was released today, along with the logos of the four Battle School armies. "Battle School armies," you say? Well yes. Directed by Gavin Hood and based on a book by…
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