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  • Ender’s Game Cast Watch #7 – Power of Youth

    Ender’s Game Cast Watch #7 – Power of Youth

     

    This week’s cast watch mostly revolves around yesterday’s Variety Power of Youth event. Abigail Breslin was honored as one of five young performers for her involvement in Project Sunshine, a charity for children with disabilities, HIV and other special needs. Here is Abigail with her co-honorees Jake Austin, Quvenzhane Wallis, Nina Dobrev and Tyler Posey.

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    At the event, Abigail met up with her August: Osage County costar Dermot Mulroney …

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    … and probably with some of her Ender’s Game buddies, because it seems that Aramis Knight and Khylin Rhambo were also in attendance. Khylin tweeted this “epic” picture of himself with Percy Jackson‘s Brandon T. Jackson and The Maze Runner‘s Dexter Darden.

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    Aramis met up with some friends and then posed with Tyler Posey (pun intended), tweeting: “Everyone thinks I look like this guy.” I wonder why everyone thinks that … oh wait, BECAUSE YOU DO!

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    Apparently, Abigail Breslin played matchmaker for Aramis Knight at some point around the time of the event. Hmm, very cryptic.

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    In other news:
     
    Abigail Breslin did a photoshoot with The Icon Magazine. Looks amazing.

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    Asa Butterfield is shooting a new movie, modding Skyrim, and letting himself be stung in the lip by wasps. (I’m still waiting for photos.) Hailee Steinfeld is seeing Bruno Mars tonight. And the Jimmy Jax Pinchak Band just started playing at the Venice Beach Summer Fest 2013. Check their WEBSITE for upcoming gigs.

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    PS: If you are at Venice Beach right now, Jimmy is signing a limited number of Ender’s Game posters after the gig!
     
    Sources: Variety; Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
     

  • PHOTO: First Picture of Ender and Alai

    PHOTO: First Picture of Ender and Alai

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    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
     

  • Ender’s Game Cast Watch #6 – Comic-Con Edition

    Ender’s Game Cast Watch #6 – Comic-Con Edition

    Last week was pretty much all about Comic Con, and apart from Moises Arias and Abigail Breslin (who was sick and had to cancel only a day before she was scheduled to be on the panel) pretty much every one of the young cast was there. You have probably already seen tons of stuff, but in case you still haven’t had enough, have some more!
     
    To start off, Cameron Gaskins (Pol Slattery) posted an awesome group pic of the minor cast hanging out together after signing autographs for an hour on Saturday.
     
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    As I said, pretty much everyone was there.
     
    After the signing, the cast member went around a bit at Comic Con, doing their own thing. Khylin Rhambo‘s thing, it seems, is taking pictures with random cosplayers. I see Batman-girl, Iron Man, and Spidey, and is that Assassin’s Creed? I’m not much of a gamer, so you have to tell me.
     
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    Aramis Knight, on the other hand, signed more autographs while he was at it. Someone you don’t see in the group pic, but who was there at the singning as well, is Jimmy Pinchak. He took the time to visit the Ender’s Game Experience, signing up under the name of Peter Wiggin. Looks like Peter made it into battle school after all.
     
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    The rest of the cast eventually went to the Experience as well. Aramis Knight met up with Asa Butterfield to reenact the launchie shuttle experience. I kind of doubt, though, that this is what it will look like in the movie.
     
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    Speaking of Asa Butterfield, he seems to have enjoyed Comic Con to the fullest. However, in this pic, taken on their first day, he and Hailee Steinfeld seem to still be confused about what’s what at SDCC.
     
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    I’m not sure whether this was taken before or after Asa and Hailee did the Ender’s Game Experience press preview, of which you’ve probably seen loads of images. Maybe you’ve even seen that awesome vid in which they walk through the sets, and in which Asa delivers his by now Tumblr-famous line “like a banana.” Wednesday night, he, Hailee and a few others attended a party organized by Summit. Here’s proof:
     
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    Yeah, selfies are never quite what you expect them to be. At least they had fun before they had to get back to Hall H-paneling, Interview-giving, photoshoot-posing and all those other tedious things that I’m sure are a big hassle.
     
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    After a few days of hard work, Asa got to spend his last day at Comic Con undercover, finally being allowed to release his inner nerd and hang out with the REALLY cool people.
     
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    Sources: the stars’ Twitter and Instagram accounts

     

     

  • VIDEO: EnderWiggin.net Interviews Bob Orci and Gavin Hood

    VIDEO: EnderWiggin.net Interviews Bob Orci and Gavin Hood

    Here’s our video interview with producer Bob Orci and Gavin Hood outside the Ender’s Game Experience.

    Gavin did talk to us a lot more about Ender and Bonzo after we’d turned off the camera, so Liz will have to help provide us some of those bits with the notes she took afterwards.

    To provide some context on why this is so short, we weren’t even aware we’d be able to do this, so we had nothing to ask. We stood at the very end of the press line and they seemed anxious to leave, with their press people saying we could only talk to Gavin. So when our time came we had really only came up with two things to ask them since we didn’t want to be rude. However, they seemed more than happy to talk to us further, so Liz and I would like to thank them for that.

    In the future I’ll definitely make sure to have lots of things to ask at the ready for emergencies such as these. 😉

  • EnderCast Episode 23 – Ender’s Bullies

    EnderCast Episode 23 – Ender’s Bullies

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    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

    • the Ender’s Game Experience at Comic Con
    • how they were cast and how they felt about it
    • how they got into reading the  book
    • Harrison Ford, chickens and other generally silly stuff.

    Check out the entire episode HERE!

    Image Source: EnderNews

  • EnderCast Episode 22 – Launchies in Line

    EnderCast Episode 22 – Launchies in Line

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    Greetings Enderites!

    If you, like me, had to miss out on Comic Con, here comes the podcast that will make you regret it not quite so much: Episode 22 – Launchies in Line. In the first part of the podcast, Crystal from EnderWiggin.net and Kelly from Ender News are waiting in line in front of Hall H to experience the Ender’s Game panel on Thursday, July 18, where they are joined by EnderNews staffer Aidan and long term devoted fan Hannah!  In the second part of the podcast, Crystal and Kelly recap the Thursday panel, among other things.

    Topics include:

    • loads of talk about camping, waiting, and the Hall H line
    • expectations of the Ender’s Game panel
    • the Ender’s Game Exclusive Fan Experience
    • the Hall H panel and the new trailer
    • the Comic Con experience in general

    Listen to the episode HERE!

  • Photos from the Ender’s Game Experience

    Photos from the Ender’s Game Experience

    I have seriously been going bananas these last two days trying to upload these photos with spotty wi-fi, terrible wi-fi, and then a really wonky site on a really bad shared server with GoDaddy.

    They’re late, but they’re finally up. I’ve still got more because two rooms into the Experience my memory card became corrupted, so I have to try to rescue them off that camera somehow! Plus, Liz has photos too.

    The photos might be a bit out of order because I kept going back and taking more pictures. Nonetheless, hope you guys enjoy!

    In these photos: Crystal Watanabe, Liz Spencer, and Hannah Craswell

  • VIDEO: Ender’s Game Experience Walk Thru With Asa, Hailee, Gavin and Bob

    VIDEO: Ender’s Game Experience Walk Thru With Asa, Hailee, Gavin and Bob

    Most of you have probably watched a number of Ender’s Game Experience Walkthroughs by now, and you’ve probably also checked out the Gettyimages/IMDB pics of Asa, Hailee, Gavin and Bob at the event. But in case you are interested in seeing it all in motion, have video of their “Walk Thru” courtesy of Screen Slam! Thanks to Fernanda for the tip!

    Watch two more awesome walkthroughs HERE and HERE!

    Source: Youtube
     

  • VIDEOS: First Comic-Con Interviews Rolling In

    VIDEOS: First Comic-Con Interviews Rolling In

    Last night, the Ender’s Game Exclusive Fan Experience opened, and a few people got to interview Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Gavin Hood and Bob Orci outside the Experience. Watch below what they had to say:

     


    And just a couple of minutes ago, MoviesDotComOfficial released this brand new interview with Asa and Hailee!

     

    Let us know what you think!

     

    Source: Youtube (Beyond The Trailer, Perry Nemiroff, MoviesDotComOfficial)

     

  • PHOTOS: Asa, Hailee, Gavin Hood and Bob Orci at the EG Experience

    PHOTOS: Asa, Hailee, Gavin Hood and Bob Orci at the EG Experience

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    Gettyimages has new photos of last night’s Ender’s Game Experience Press Preview! Apparently, the Thursday panelists (sans Abigail Breslin, who had to cancel) were in attendance and up to all kinds of mischief. Check out the following links for more pretty, interesting and hilarious photos of Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, director Gavin Hood, producer Bob Orci, and bits and pieces of the exhibition.

    Gettyimages: 87 photos of the event, watermarked

    IMDB: 15 medium sized photos without watermarks; the pics in this post are screenshots from the IMDB site

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    Many thanks to Michael Arvallius on Facebook for pointing out the pics on IMDB.

    Sources: Gettyimages, IMDB

  • The Ender’s Game Experience at Comic Con 2013

    The Ender’s Game Experience at Comic Con 2013

    Yesterday, the staff of EnderWiggin.net attended a special press preview of the Ender’s Game Experience at Comic Con and we were completely overwhelmed by everything. We walked in and immediately you see giant posters and a big screen tv showing the trailer on the wall.

    The first room you walk into is the Wiggin living room with a hi-tech tv and uniforms displayed. In the next room there was a replica of a shuttle seating area (Bernard arms beware!) with another large tv showing a Battle School video.

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    Walk further and you see the Battle School army logos on the wall just before entering a classroom which people could sit in. Touch the screen and you could scroll through stills and screenshots of the trailer while watching a video about Earth’s hero, Mazer Rackham, which showed the mother ship exploding after Mazer fires a sit into the ship.

    Past that comes what Bob Orci told us was his favorite of the sets in the Experience, the gate. There was Gate B, with a huge mural of Ender with the words “The Enemy’s Gate Is Down” on the wall. Turn to your left and there’s a HUGE gate serving as an archway to a moving digital mural of the Battle Room where fans could pose.

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    Walk into the next room and you encounter a giant star about 10 feet high. No idea if these are actual sizes, but this one is massive. On the wall in that room was a huge mural of Ender flying in zero gravity.

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    The final area features costume and prop displays including uniforms, Petra’s training ball set, Ender’s bracelet whole at the Veteran’s retreat, and the flash guns.

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    There was a mannequin of Ender in his flash suit and the new character banners released online today hung from the ceiling. The final piece was the window to Earth that Ender states out of in the trailer.

    I’m currently camped out for the panel tomorrow, better photos will come Friday!

  • VIDEO: Graff Welcomes Launchies to Battle School

    VIDEO: Graff Welcomes Launchies to Battle School

    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

     

  • First Look at the Battle Room Stars

    First Look at the Battle Room Stars

    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!

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    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