Here’s a scan of a new image of Ender in the Battle Room in his Salamander Army flash suit. This image appeared in the print edition of Entertainment Weekly’s op-ed piece Pop Culture’s Big Gay Panic. If you’re not sure which issue it is, it’s the one with The Walking Dead on the cover.
Thanks to Ender News for the tip.
Since we are posting new stills today, check out this picture of Ender and Graff showing them shortly before Ender enters the battle room.
This image appeared in the special Comic Con edition being handed out in the San Diego Gaslamp Quarter during Comic Con.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
I know the quality sucks a bit, and we’ll try to get a better quality one as soon as possible, but we didn’t want to keep this from you. This is the first time we’ve seen Ender and Alai together in character in the movie! The picture was taken quasi by accident by the folks of Collider, who actually just wanted a photograph of the Ender’s Game Experience classroom desks. Be that as it may, this is proof that Ender and Alai’s friendship is acknowledged in the movie!
Source: Collider
Hey Launchies, Crystal from Enderwiggin.net and Kelly from EnderNews.com were on a roll during Comic Con. After Episode 22 was posted only days ago, we now get Episode 23 – Ender’s Bullies. Listen to our hosts talk to Caleb Thaggard, who plays Ender’s primary school bully Stilson, and Conor Carroll, who plays Bernard, Ender’s launch group nemesis. You won’t believe how absolutely nice these two baddies are!
Bernard and Stilson chat about
Check out the entire episode HERE!
Image Source: EnderNews
Empire Magazine has released a new behind-the-scenes still from the filming of Ender’s Game. They already put it out in print in their August 2013 issue a couple of weeks ago, but this is the first time they officially used it online. In it, we see director Gavin Hood talk to Asa Butterfield and Suraj Partha about a scene that apparently happens in the battle school corridor and in which they are wearing pyjamas. Can anyone guess which scene this is? And what are those rainbow-colored rings?
Read Empire’s accompanying article about the Ender’s Game Comic Con panel HERE!
Source: Empire
In a recent interview with Moviefone (Asa and Hailee did one, too), Harrison Ford talks about Colonel Graff, how he compares to other character’s he’s played over the years, and the Hollywood studio system. The interview is pretty standard fare, but Harrison Ford is HILARIOUS!
My favorite part has to be this:
I wanted to switch gears a bit …
[Smiles] I thought you might.[Laughs] It’s not exactly what you expect — at least I am hoping it’s not. It may start out like that but …
[Laughs] It won’t end up like that!OK, but give me a chance!
Take your best shot.Your earlier movies still make news today — “Star Wars,” “Indiana Jones,” etc. My question to you is…
[Harrison begins drumming on the coffee table in front of him][Laughs]… is there one movie of yours that you wish got more attention than those movies?
That I wish got more attention? No. Well, there were movies that I think were good movies that did not receive as much attention at the time. I don’t think I remember any… oh, the one that comes to mind is “Mosquito Coast,” which I think was a really good movie and perhaps didn’t receive as much attention as it might have.
Read the rest of the interview HERE!
Source: Moviefone
More videos from Comic-Con are being uploaded every day on youtube and various entertainment sites. Among them are a bunch of flash interviews with Asa Butterfield and Hailee Steinfeld, which apparently were all held in the same room in the same time slot. Watch interviews by Hitflix and MoviesDotComOfficial HERE and HERE!
Personaly, I love this one with CraveOnline because it asks some nerdy questions about the coolest sets and moments during the filming of Ender’s Game and how hard it was not to geek out around SciFi movie icon Harrison Ford. Watch Asa and Hailee having loads of fun answering those questions below.
Source: Youtube
In this clip from San Diego Comic Con, exclusively revealed by Yahoo Movies, Graff greets new students to battle school, introducing more of the before seen footage of the First/Second Invasion. Looks like they will indeed make the name and story of Mazer Rackham as important and ever present in the minds of the kids as it is in the books!
Read Yahoo’s accompanying article here: Harrison Ford Delivers Ender’s Game Gravitas in a Comic-Con Exclusive!
Source: Yahoo Movies
Moviefone and Fandango have exclusively revealed three new Ender’s Game character posters each. They look awesome! Click for higher resolution! (Especially the Fandango ones, i.e. Anderson, Mazer and Ender, are super hi-res.)
Which one is your favorite? Any you don’t like? Do you miss anyone? Tell us in the comments or sound off in our Forums!
The IF wants to recruit YOU! Watch the recruitment video, presented by Colonel Graff, and including all new movie scenes!
Watch the HD version HERE.
Blogger Mike Pierce (from iwatchmike.com), a.k.a. mikethemovieguy on Twitter, has made it his job to hang around the Summit booth and the Ender’s Game Interactive Experience to provide us all with footage on how everything is coming together.
Watch Mike’s socialcam video below for your very first look at the battle room stars! Look how huge they are!
Mike also talks about some interesting rumors concerning “some interactive people there who are playing the characters.” We have wondered why some of the cast members were rumored to be going to Comic Con, but weren’t listed in the official autograph signing line-ups. Could this be where they’ll be hanging out?
Follow Mike on Twitter (@mikethemovieguy)!
Source: Mike’s Twitter
Yesterday, The Digital Universe (Brigham Young University’s online news outlet) published a new interview with Orson Scott Card. None of the things he says about the book and the movie are entirely new, but the interview may clear up a few matters that people have been confused about. Here are a some excerpts:
About morality in Ender’s Game:
The novel doesn’t answer those questions, anyway — rather it raises them, and if anything it shows that the best you can do is muddle through, trying to do what’s right, as far as you can figure out what that is. That’s all that human beings can ever do. Even the great ones like Lincoln and Churchill are right only some of the time. Ender Wiggin, though fictional, is no better.
About his involvement in the movie:
My work as co-producer was all done in the early stages. Once Gavin Hood took over, my help was no longer required. […] The screenplay you see on the screen was 100 percent Gavin Hood. None of my writing was used. That was the decision that Odd Lot and Summit made; it was their money at risk, and they invested in the writer they believed in. I have no complaints.
Read the entire interview HERE.
Source: The Digital Universe
In an article on the “new wave of strong female-led sci-fi” published yesterday by the Los Angeles Times, Hailee Steinfeld speaks up about what attracted her to the role of Petra in Ender’s Game. According to the article, it wasn’t easy for her to find a challenging enough project after her highly acclaimed performance as Mattie Ross in True Grit (2010). The role of Petra Arkanian seems to have changed that.
When ‘Ender’s Game’ came along with Petra, I found that I’m really attracted to the strong female roles. Not only do you have to look harder for those parts but you have to fight for them. But fighting for what you want is the best part of the job. It’s what I love.”
The rest of the article focuses on other strong female characters in young adult franchises such as Divergent, The Mortal Instruments, and The Hunger Games. While many fans of Card’s novel are tired of Ender’s Game constantly being compared to The Hunger Games, Hailee nevertheless has something to say about which kind of impact the Hunger Games movie had on her and the rest of the young cast during the filming of Ender’s Game:
We all sat in the theater and we were all in awe. Most of us had read the book and we were excited. It was cool to see that ensemble cast just bring it 110%. It motivated us to really come together and make a great movie.
Check out the entire article HERE!
Source: LA Times