Enders Game Movie!!!!

[YourNeverThere]

Hey everyone, there making an Enders Game Movie, holy cow
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Ender's Game Director and Studio

Since Ain't It Cool News is carrying the story, we're certainly not going to deny it here. The director of Ender's Game is Wolfgang Petersen. The studio that is developing it is Warner Brothers. OSC is really happy about both.

The upshot is that all are agreed on a fairly detailed outline of a film that combines Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow in a way that will combine the most important elements of both. Together, the stories make one terrific film.

To fans of the book, OSC offers this reminder: "The movie can't show everything from either book, let alone both. So there will almost certainly be scenes and even plot threads that you cared about which are not present in the film. Fortunately, the books still exist, and so readers will be able to experience those scenes for many years in the future.

"The most important thing for the film, though, is that it be a marvelous movie in its own right, whether you've read the books or not. And I can promise you: If the film we settled on in the past few days' meetings is the film that actually gets made, fans of the books will be very, very happy with it - and so will those who go see the movie without ever having read or even heard of the books."

We will not release details of the film story, however. Not ever. Not nohow. All we'll say is this: Ender is the main character. Bean is also very important and will be a point of view character, too. Both Col. Graff and Mazer Rackham will be major adult roles, and major children's roles will definitely include Petra, Alai, and Bonzo. There will, of course, be many other lesser roles for adults and children.

However, nothing whatsoever will be done about casting or hiring until after the script is finished. The film's release will not be scheduled until the script is fully agreed upon AND the director has finished his next film. So it will certainly be at least two years and more likely three, maybe even four years before the film is released.

Be patient. The longer it takes, the better it's going to be. And in the meantime, we'll try to get some firstrate Ender's Game computer games out on the market so that some of you, at least, can get inside the battle room before the movie is released.

[burgerdog]

When I heard years ago that this was being shopped around I was worried. Nice to wee Wolfgang Peterson onboard. I'd like to see him make something awesome again.

[Prophecy]

Great books, i hope they don't mess up the book to movie conversion. I hope they use OSC in the screenplay writers.

[Pellaz]

/me shakes his fist at the sky.

Bad idea, that's my answer, and I'm sticking to it.

[wondash]

That page was last updated in November 2002.

There's no way they could do a movie that would live up to the book.

[Jasmar]

If they mess this up I will personally track down the ppl who made the movie and give them slow painful deaths, those are such good books, probably my favorites

[Johnny Rotten]

It's nice to see that some people in Hollywood think sci-fi is worth more than backdrop material for what's usually just an action movie in diguise.

I see Haley Joel Osment! And the kid who played the son in Unbreakable. Those would be my picks for Ender and Bean.

[hfw01]

They've been talking about doing a movie for a while. I hope that they do the books justice. I know there is no way to include the information in the books, so the only hope is that they don't deviate too much from the book.

If Card is involved in the screen play it should be a good film. He is one of the great science fiction writers...

[XenuHubbard]

This will not happen.

10 year olds + Violence and death = R-rating = Risky investment = Buy the rights and shelve them so no other company has a chance to get lucky.

[YourNeverThere]

Ya XenuHubbard thats what I said, that's why it seems insane. I figure eather they just put it out, and make it 18A, or tone it down and ruin the movie.

[LadyLanceALout]

i said it elswhere, and i'lll say it here.... NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! grrr grr.... if they screw it up i really will kill them. personally. in the most sadistic manner possible...

i see the doom hanging over us!!

[filtherton]

I want Micheal Keaton as Ender, all the way!

[Jonsgirl]

ummm, GOD NO! This sounds more like and act of war than anything close to good film making.

[bennyb]

Lol, its probably gonna be like haley joel osmet as ender, and gary colmen as bean... I always imagined Graff as John Clease though... that would be nice to see

[tinger]

I think it'll be very easy for them to make a mess of it, but no matter how bad it is they'll get my $10 when they release it.

[preluder]

the book will always be much better than any movie, the imagination is king. that being said, i hope it turns out great. with enough vision, they could do pretty well, look at the lord of the rings movies.

[TheClarkster]

Wow I haven't read those books in a while. I hope the movie will live up to the stories though. How many books were there? I only read the 1st I guess.

[username]

Seven:
- Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind
- Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets

The first 4 follow Ender, and the last 3 follow Bean.

[BubblegumTeflon]

Hmm I haven't read the Shadow books, I would like to check them out. Oh and I remember Card saying that Haley Joel Osmond is too old now, the actor would have to be someone even younger.