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  • Bob Orci Talks ‘Ender’ Sequels with Crave Online

    Bob Orci Talks ‘Ender’ Sequels with Crave Online

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    While the fate of any Ender sequels is still up in the air, Crave Online spoke with Ender’s Game producer Roberto Orci and discussed possible sequels to the film.

    “They have rights to certain of the books,” Orci said. “I’m not sure which ones, and it’s two companies so I’m not sure who controls it. Or it could be potentially original because in Speaker for the Dead you pick him up when he’s already a man. There might be an in between step if that happens.”

    The article speculates the possibility of Ender in Exile, but the problem with that is the only Battle School cadet from the previous film would be Ender himself, with a wealth of new characters and, let’s face it, a wholly different tone. With the type of film Ender’s Game was, any interested people who haven’t read the book may end up disappointed in what is simply a political jockeying for power of a faraway colony with few familiar faces.

    “That’s why I think the rights that they worked out is it could either be one of the books or it could be original or a mix so that you can do what you need to do for a movie,” Orci said.

    What do you think, Launchies? Should there be an original sequel or should they recast the entire thing and head straight for Speaker?

    Read the full article at Crave Online.

  • GIVEAWAY: Ender’s Game Poster Signed by Asa, Hailee, and Producers

    GIVEAWAY: Ender’s Game Poster Signed by Asa, Hailee, and Producers

    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:

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    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.

    a Rafflecopter giveaway

  • VIDEO: Ender’s Game Cast and Crew Visit Westminster Academy

    VIDEO: Ender’s Game Cast and Crew Visit Westminster Academy

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    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)

  • VIDEOS: Ender’s Game Press Junket London

    VIDEOS: Ender’s Game Press Junket London

    As you remember, some of the cast and crew of Ender’s Game did a press tour through Europe earlier this month. While in London, they gave a number of interviews, some of which have now surfaced online. Since they all have the same sort of setup, it can be quite confusing and hard to tell which interview is which just by looking at it, so here is a comprehensive list of all London press junket interview vids I could find. Enjoy!

     
    1. Joe Michalczuk for Sky News Entertainment

    Joe basically asks all interviewees very similar questions, so the real treat here is how much they sometimes differ in their answers. Asa, Hailee, Harrison and Bob, Sir Ben and Gavin talk about

    • Ender’s Game being an independent movie
    • the book, the script, and the movie
    • the potential of SciFi and the themes of the movie
    • working with the greats/being greats working with kids
    • sequels

    Watch the other interviewees here:

    Hailee Steinfeld…………Harrison Ford and Bob Orci…………Sir Ben Kingsley

     
    2. Rory Cashin for Entertainment.ie

    Now, these are probably the best ones of the lot. The Interviewer asks interesting and insightful questions and you can actually tell that the interviewees enjoy not having to talk about the same things over and over again for once. Unfortunately, these are not on Youtube, and there is no embed code available on the site. So you’ll just have to do with links!

    • Asa and Hailee on their chemistry, reading the source material when doing adaptations, physical challenges and Harrison Ford: HERE
    • Harrison and Bob on the book, SciFi, Harrison returning to space, models for Graff, the younger actors and upcoming projects: HERE
    • Sir Ben on what attracted him to the role, parallels between the story and the shooting experience, Asa, and telling stories: HERE
    • Gavin on his history with the novel, Graff vs. Anderson, challenges of adaptation, and how he works with different actors: HERE

     
    3. James Kleinmann for HeyUGuysUK and NerdyUK

    These are run-of-the-mill interviews with some interesting tidbits. Gavin Hood, for instance, talks about why he decided to play the Giant in the Ender’s Game video game sequences.

    Here is the rest:

    • Asa and Hailee on their characters and their relationship, the pressure of playing an iconic lead character, and what’s special about the movie: HERE
    • Bob and Harrison on the book, what attracted Harrison, casting Ender, Asa, and their hopes for the movie: HERE
    • Sir Ben on what he likes about the book, lead vs. supporting roles, and wearing the tattoo: HERE

     
    4. The Showbiz 411

    So far, they have only published their interview with Hailee and Asa. It’s refreshingly light-hearted and probably geared towards younger viewers. The two young stars talk about hitting it off right away, space camp, boot camp, fun on set, tight flash suits and their ideal planet.

     
    5. Cel Spellman, CBBC Friday Download

    And last but not least, the most fun video of them all. Kiddy program “Friday Download” (CBBC) presenter Cel not only interviewed Asa, Hailee, Sir Ben, Bob and Harrison, he also challenged them to a match of Rock-Paper-Scissors. The whole thing is hilarious!

    Note: It’s out of sync, so if that bothers you, just download it and play it with an audio delay of 2,1 seconds in VLC or Windows Media Player. Thanks to Tumblr users ceolwaerc and toothle55 for making it available.

     
    Sources: Youtube, Youku, Entertainment.ie

  • VIDEO: IGN’s Extended Interview with Gavin Hood and Bob Orci

    VIDEO: IGN’s Extended Interview with Gavin Hood and Bob Orci

    Watch IGN’s extended 17 minute interview with Ender’s Game director Gavin Hood and producer Roberto Orci. A lot of what they talk about we’ve heard already, but it’s still a good interview to watch.

    Gavin Hood talks a bit more about why he eliminated Locke and Demosthenes, explaining that writing on the computer isn’t visually exciting and early on he made the decision to make the entire movie about Ender and cutting away to an Earth storyline would create a disconnect between the audience and Ender.

    They also get asked the question: Are you afraid the fans will hate the movie?

    Source: IGN

  • EnderCast Episode #34 with Guest Asa Butterfield

    EnderCast Episode #34 with Guest Asa Butterfield

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    It’s obvious we’ve wanted to have Asa Butterfield as a guest on our show for forever and yesterday we finally got our wish with EnderCast Episode 34, Ender Wiggin Ender Wiggin.

    Listen as we try to get him to do his American accent, which he says Hailee’s said needs work, and as we ask him what it’s like to see his face plastered all over London and LA. We also got a chance to talk to producers Bob Orci and Gigi Pritzker about their journey bringing Ender’s Game to the big screen and why they’re glad it took this long.

  • GALLERY: Ender’s Game Photo Call / Press Conference in Moscow

    GALLERY: Ender’s Game Photo Call / Press Conference in Moscow

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    After the London Ender’s Game event Harrison Ford, Gavin Hood, and Bob Orci went on to Moscow for a photo call and press conference at the Ritz Carlton Hotel Moscow. Photographer Mikhail Pochuyev took some awesome photos at the event. See some of them below! (via Corbis)

    Check out the entire gallery HERE at Corbis!

    Update: Ria Novosti has a few smaller, but not watermarked photos from the press conference HERE!

     
    Sources: Corbis, Ria Novosti

  • GALLERY: Cast and Producers Present Ender’s Game in Berlin

    GALLERY: Cast and Producers Present Ender’s Game in Berlin

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    Last Sunday, October 6th, Ender’s Game director Gavin Hood, producers Gigi Pritzker and Bob Orci, and cast members Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Harrison Ford and Ben Kingsley attended a photo call at Hotel Adlon, Berlin. The official German facebook page Ender’s Game – Das grosse Spiel released pictures from the event. Check some of them out below! See the rest HERE!

    In addition, RedCarpetReports.de posted some higher resolution pictures from the photo call. See the best ones below! They have a little watermark in the lower right-hand corner, but since it’s pretty small and unobtrusive I’m sure you guys won’t mind.

    Sources: Ender’s Game – Das grosse Spiel (Facebook page), RedCarpetReports.de

  • GALLERY: Ender’s Game Photo Call London

    GALLERY: Ender’s Game Photo Call London

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    On Monday, October 7th, most of the Ender’s Game cast and crew finished their European photo call tour in London (Ford, Hood and Orci went on to Moscow), where they presented the movie at Odeon Theatre during MCM London ComicCon. Check out some red carpet photos of Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Gavin Hood, Gigi Pritzker and Bob Orci below!

    Source: Zimbio

  • VIDEOS: Ender’s Game Cast and Crew at MCM London Comic Con

    VIDEOS: Ender’s Game Cast and Crew at MCM London Comic Con

    Before their presentation of Ender’s Game at the Odeon Leicester Square during MCM London Comic Con, Hailee Steinfeld, Sir Ben Kingsley, Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, and Gavin Hood talked to Entertainmentwise about Ender’s Game.

    Not much new here, but I get some perverse enjoyment out of the reactions of Ben Kingsley, Asa Butterfield and, yes, Harrison Ford to being asked whether or not they would like to star/are starring in the next Star Wars movie. The Ben Kingsley one is cut off a bit in the beginning. If you’re interested in the whole Star Wars conversation, check it out HERE! Would someone please phone someone to get Ben Kingsley and Asa Butterfield into that movie. Look how excited they are at the prospect!

    The fabulous five also talked to a couple of other news outlets prior to their London presentation. We already posted HeyUGuysUK’s interviews with Gavin Hood and Sir Ben Kingsley earlier this week. Their interviews with Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, and Harrison Ford don’t reveal anything new, but we didn’t want to keep them from you either way, so here they are:

    Finally, The MCM Buzz interviewed the cast and crew on the Comic Con red carpet. Here is a video that collects some tidbits of what Gavin Hood and the four cast members had to say:

    You can check out the full interviews with Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Sir Ben Kingsley, and Gavin Hood on the TheMCMBuzz Youtube channel. I love the Hailee Steinfeld and Ben Kingsley ones especially.

    They even posted a somewhat rarer interview with Gigi Pritzker and Bob Orci. Check it out below.


    Sources: Entertainmentwise, HeyUGuysUK, TheMCMBuzz

  • Submit an Entry for ‘Ender’s Game’ Panel Tickets in London

    Submit an Entry for ‘Ender’s Game’ Panel Tickets in London

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    London Comic Con is hosting an Ender’s Game panel next week and Launchies wanting to attend can now apply for a free ticket in the door at their website.

    Exclusive Panel Q&A with Stars and Filmmakers
    7th October 2013 – West End – London

    Guests
    HARRISON FORD, ASA BUTTERFIELD, HAILEE STEINFELD, BEN KINGSLEY
    Director and writer GAVIN HOOD
    Producers BOB ORCI and GIGI PRITZKER
    Includes never seen before footage and props from the film

    Provisional times:
    DOORS OPEN: 6.30pm – EVENT BEGINS: 7pm – EVENT ENDS: 7.50pm

    Go HERE to enter for a ticket!

  • Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci in September Issue of Elle

    Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci in September Issue of Elle

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    Producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci spoke with Elle magazine for the September issue and talked Star Trek and Ender’s Game.

    Another of your upcoming films is the Ender’s Game adaptation, which hits theaters in November. What drew you to this project? 

    RO: I read that book as a child. The same uncle who got me into Star Trek actually got me to read that book. I just thought it was fascinating that you could have young protagonists in a very adult-themed book, dealing with real issues like war, peace and leaving your family. It didn’t talk down to anybody, and both children and adults liked it. At the time I read it, it seemed unfilmable, but today we finally live in an age where the technology is available to do it. All the pieces came together and it was something we just couldn’t pass up.

    I have to admit I’m a little confused by the photo and the magazine credit, since it’s clearly from an Asian magazine, but still love the photo of the two of them!

    Source: Cool Hunt

  • PHOTO: Ender and Bean as Launchies in the Battle Room

    PHOTO: Ender and Bean as Launchies in the Battle Room

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    The LA Times has published a set visit report and an interview with director Gavin Hood and gives us a bit more insight on how he came up with the Battle Room’s design. In addition to that, we have a photo of Ender and Bean in the Battle Room!

    As written in the novel, the Battle Room feels like a big, dark room, and the “Ender’s Game” combat situations unfold on something akin to personal computers.

    “You had to feel it was the real thing — not a video game on a screen,” Orci said. “Visually, it had to be visceral, a you-are-there experience.”

    Hood says two chance visits to Los Angeles landmarks — Griffith Observatory for a planetarium show and Disney Hall for a symphony concert — helped him solve two of his most pressing visual obstacles.

    During the planetarium show, Hood realized that the battling spaceships could fly around Ender and his subcommanders like so many spinning galaxies inside the domed Griffith theater, immersing the cast (and the audience) in the clashes. And in watching Gustavo Dudamel lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the filmmaker figured out that Ender could conduct his team of pilots as if he were guiding them through a prestissimo symphony — front and center, orchestrating everyone’s movements in harmony.

    Hood’s production designers also enveloped the Battle Room with panoramic windows, so that the cadets were both figuratively and literally floating amid the stars. “What is the point of going into space and being stuck in a black box?” Hood said.

    You can read the entire piece at LA Time’s Hero Complex.