Hailee Steinfeld (Petra) has officially joined the cast of Pitch Perfect 2! The actress, who turned 17 last December, is joining Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, and the rest of the Bellas in the film to be directed by Elizabeth Banks. Steinfeld made the announcement herself via Twitter on Wednesday.
https://twitter.com/HaileeSteinfeld/status/461620338871517184
We think this totally aca-awesome! Congrats Hailee!
Khylin Rhambo, who played Dink Meeker in Ender’s Game, has joined the cast of MTV’s Teen Wolf. According to E! Online, he will be playing Mason, a freshman member of the Beacon Hills lacrosse team and is described as “not your stereotypical gay character”.
Rhambo joins the cast with fellow newcomers Dylan Spayberry and Mason Dye. The new season of Teen Wolf debuts later this year.
I mentioned in my Blu-ray review that part of the featurette showed some cool footage of the kids at Space Camp and Just Jared Jr. has a video preview of that part of the featurette. Watch Gavin get in Aramis Knight’s face to show them what it’s like in the military:
Sony Entertainment is holding a contest giving away four Ender’s Game posters signed by Harrison Ford. To enter, go to their Facebook page and answer the question, “What’s the name of Harrison Ford’s character in the movie, Ender’s Game?”
The contest ends tonight at 11:59 PM Pacific time so be sure to do it ASAP!
View the full details of the contest here.
Prior to the release of Ender’s Game, Asa Butterfield sat down with Ned Ehrbar of Metro to talk about the internet, audiences, and how Glengarry Glen Ross influenced the way he chooses movie roles. Here are my favorite tidbits:
I sort of have a checklist of things. Of course you want story to be brilliant, … that’s probably No. 1 on the list. And then of course you want your character to be as interesting as possible and not just be there to fill in the gap. Then you look at the director and the crew — are they respectable, are they reputable. Yeah, if it ticks all those boxes then generally I find it’s a good project.
[O]ne of the most important parts is the character. It may be a lead, it may be a supporting part, it may just be very little. But as long as you can make your mark on the film, then you’ve sort of done your job. And one of the films I always refer to when talking about this is, do you know the “Glengarry Glen Ross” film? Alec Baldwin comes in at the start and pretty much just tells them to sharpen up. That scene, I mean that has one of the best pieces of acting I have ever seen — and it’s his only scene in the film. I think it’s definitely one of the most memorable scenes I’ve ever watched.
Read the rest of the interview HERE!
Source: Metro; photo courtesy of Zimbio
At the red carpet premiere for Ender’s Game, we got to chat with several of the cast members and got their thoughts on their favorite scene from the movie, which they’d just seen in a private screening over the weekend!
At the press junket for Ender’s Game last month, Asa Butterfield answered questions at a press conference, talking about youth and technology and some additional details about his audition for the role of Ender.
We heard that you are a gamer. What was it like to be in this ultimate gamers’ movie and how much do you feel your generation has been influenced by technology?
Asa Butterfield: That’s a good point I think. One of the really important discussions even in today’s society is how children of my generation are growing up around this technology. It has shaped their lives. My little sister who is four can work my mom’s iPhone better than she can. It’s crazy how much has changed in the last five or 10 years, and then imagine 50 years from now how that’s going to become an even bigger part of our lives. So to take that idea and making it such an important part of the story was really exciting because I do enjoy computer games. Being able to take some of that knowledge of mine and put it into my performance was something new.
Can you tell us about your audition for the movie and what you had to do?
Asa Butterfield: Well I first got the script in the summer of 2011 I think, and it really stood out to me. I’m a huge fan of science fiction so this is definitely one of my favorite scripts. I was flying around in zero gravity shooting laser guns. What more could you want? Then when I found that there was a book, I read the book and I loved that. When I Skyped with Gavin the director, we talked about the character, his view of him and where I wanted to take it. It was very interesting for me to be able to have that much of a discussion about such a complex character, and I ended up flying here to LA to audition in front of Gavin and just after that I got the role.
The full transcript can be found at We Got This Covered.
PopSugar sat down to interview Asa Butterfield and Hailee Steinfeld, talking to Asa about why he chose Ender’s Game, what part of Ender he wishes he could be like, and what he thought when he first saw the film.
With Hailee, they asked what Hailee’s relationship was like with Asa offscreen, whether it was hard for her to be the only female main character, and why she loves young adult adaptations.
Source: BuzzSugar
HitFix interviewed Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford in anticipation of the Ender’s Game’s opening today. Watch the videos below.
Asa Butterfield:
Harrison Ford:
In the last video, Ford talks about seeing several cuts of the film. Perhaps… one that was longer?
At the Ender’s Game premiere on Monday, October 28, 2013, the fansites got the chance to talk to Sir Ben Kingsley about Ender’s Game, his tattoos, and whether he’s open to sequels. He also gave us a brief message for fans.
I have to say, he’s an incredibly nice, nice man and what a difference from the time we met him on set. Last May, we were waiting in a dark Eros room which was in the process of being dismantled (which turned out to be Ender’s quarters on Eros as I found out after watching the film!) and when Sir Ben walked in that day he had this incredibly INTENSE stare that frankly terrified me.
That being said, when we met him on Monday, he was warm, friendly, and funny. It’s pretty clear to me now that we met him while he was still in Mazer Rackham mode, which just goes to show you what an amazing actor he is.
Other questions were asked by Ender News and Ender’s Ansible.
It’s the eve of NovEnder 1st, Launchies! To help celebrate the launch of a movie 28 years in the making, I’ve been offered an Ender’s Game poster to give away signed by Asa Butterfield (Ender), Hailee Steinfeld (Petra), producer Bob Orci, and producer/founder of OddLot Entertainment Gigi Pritzker!
The poster is the Dragon Army soldier poster:
To enter to win, all you have to do is go see the movie and then return and post your reaction to the film on our Fan Reactions Page. After that, return to this page to log your entry into the widget below.
I’ll say again, entering is a TWO step process. Posting your movie reaction and logging your entry in below.
This giveaway will end on November 15, 2013 and is open to the US only.
Before returning to London, Asa Butterfield made an appearance on Conan. Watch the videos below!
He talks about being introduced as “Assa” and about how the legend of In-and-Out burgers didn’t quite live up to expectations. He then gives Conan a UK cussing lesson.
In this second clip, he describes a rather amazing self-injury he sustained when he played rugby and then talks about Ender’s Game. The clip shown is the Ice Battle scene. (which I can now confirm is cut from different parts of the movie)
Thanks to Team Coco for the videos!
During their promotion of Ender’s Game in London in the beginning of October, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Harrison Ford, Sir Ben Kingsley, Gavin Hood and Bob Orci visited Film Club kids at Westminster Academy to talk about making movies. FilmClubUK just released a vid from the event.
Source: FilmClubUK’s Youtube (thanks to Tumblr user toothle55 for pointing it out)