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GIVEAWAY: Preview Tickets to Ender’s Game Experience at Comic Con

Are you an Ender’s Game fan that will be going to San Diego Comic Con 2013? Are you planning on going to the Ender’s Game Fan Experience, which will feature 8 elaborate sets from the movie?

What if I told you that you could go to an invite-only exclusive preview of the event on Wednesday night and avoid all the crowds when the experience opens to the public on Thursday night?

EnderWiggin.net has 25 admit-2 passes to this preview for July 17. This giveaway is open worldwide with one requirement: you must be able to be in San Diego, California on the night of Wednesday, July 17, 2013.

I know some of you will be tempted to enter even if you’re not going to Comic Con, but please be considerate of those able to attend and make use of these tickets.

To enter, simply comment here and tell us what set room you’re most hoping to see at the Ender’s Game Fan Experience. You MUST leave an email address that you check often or we will not have any means of contacting you, but please do NOT leave your address in the comment.

This giveaway will end on SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2013 at 12 AM Eastern Time. Winners will be drawn at random the next day. Winners will have SIX hours to claim their tickets before alternate winners are chosen as quick turnaround is required for this giveaway. After commenting, you can enter two additional times with Facebook or Twitter. All entries will need to be entered in the Rafflecopter widget below to be in the drawing pool.

These tickets are NON-TRANSFERABLE once claimed.

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Here’s what the Experience will feature:

Exclusive Fan Experience – Attendees will be able to visit an elaborate, specially constructed ENDER’S GAME exhibit outside of the Hilton Gaslamp, featuring 8 unique rooms representing the most iconic environments of Ender’s world, complete with original film props and set pieces used in the movie. Throughout the experience, attendees will be able to see exclusive film footage on LED screens, interact with new digital content, integrate photos of themselves into the highly anticipated Battle Room, and register to win a home make over.

Big thanks to Summit Entertainment for sponsoring this giveaway!

July 12, 2013
Entertainment Weekly Reveals New Ender’s Game Cover

Check out this awesome cover of Entertainment Weekly featuring none other than Harrison Ford and Asa Butterfield in Ender’s Game!

We get a great look at Ender in his Dragon Army flash suit, carrying in his arm his Dragon Army helmet. It’s a “bonus” cover, so you may have to check around to find this one for yourself!

Source: Entertainment Weekly

July 10, 2013
Coming Soon: Full Ender’s Game Set Visit Reports

L-R: Luke Thompson from Nerdist, Max Nicholson from IGN, Katie Hastey from HitFix, Cassandra Ortiz from Ender’s Ansible, Kelly Severs from Ender News, Katie Amey from J-14, Crystal Watanabe from EnderWiggin.net, and Erin Gross from Ender’s Game Fansite

It’s been so so long since I was on the set of Ender’s Game, walking through a fan’s fairyland. We’ve talked about it almost non-stop since we got back, itching to finally spill all the details about what we saw, heard, felt, and asked.

Now I’m happy to announce that the time has finally arrived! On Wednesday, July 10, the fansites will begin to roll out full set visit reports!

Check back on Wednesday for our first one, which will cover Production Art & Set Design. In the meantime, here’s the only known photographic evidence that I was ever there. So glad to be able to share it with all you Launchies!

Be sure to read my two preview pieces on the set visit here and here.

July 7, 2013
Comic Con 2013 Schedule for Friday Released

Comic Con International has released the schedule for Friday, July 19. While the attention may be focused on the star-studded panel scheduled for Thursday, there are two Ender’s Game related panels scheduled for Friday.

A panel for various professionals in the art department for films will take place from 12:30 to 1:30 in Room 24ABC and includes Ender’s Game art director Clint Wallace.

The Feature Film Art Department: The Art of Collaboration-and the Collaboration of Artists

How do as few as five – or as many as 50 – artists work together to create a coherent, believable world in which to stage the action of the modern motion picture? Members of the art department of Captain America: First Avenger discuss working on the film in Los Angeles while the film was shooting in London. Panelists include moderator and supervising art director John Dexter (also Pirates of the Caribbean 2 & 3), conceptual model maker Jeff Frost (Star Trek Into Darkness), lead vehicle designer Daniel Simon (Tron: Uprising), graphic designer Karen TenEyck (The Lone Ranger), and set designer and assistant art director Clint Wallace (Men in Black 3, Enders Game as art director).

Another panel in the same room will feature costume designers including Alan Villanueva from Ender’s Game.

Welcome to the New Age

Top costume illustrators from the Costume Designers Guild IATSE Local 892 talk about their latest projects and the changing world of illustration in the digital and 3D age, followed by a Q&A. Featured panelists are Keith Christensen (Man of Steel, Star Wars 7, Tomorrowland), Phillip Boutte Jr. (Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Man of Steel), Constantine Sekeris (Star Trek, G.I. Joe: Retaliation), Alan Villanueva (Oz, the Great & Powerful, Enders Game, Defiance), and Christian Cordella (Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier, Oblivion, 300: Rise of an Empire). Moderated by author Peter Clines (Ex-Heros, Ex-Patriots).

View the full Friday schedule for Comic Con.

July 5, 2013
Comic Con 2013 Thursday Schedule Released

Comic Con International has begun rolling out their schedule and today they released the schedule for Thursday. Ender’s Game is slotted for 3:50 PM in Hall H along with Summit’s YA title Divergent.

With the two films sharing a one hour slot, that doesn’t seem to leave a whole lot of time for Ender’s Game, a half an hour at most. Hopefully they pack in as much as they can!

Stars Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, and Abigail Breslin will be there along with producer Bob Orci and director Gavin Hood.

July 4, 2013
Visit the Official German Ender’s Game Movie Site

German movie distributor Constantin has launched its official Ender’s Game site. Apart from the trailer, the release date (October 24! YAY!), and a few interactive graphic elements, there isn’t much there yet, but we’re sure that more content will be added soon. In any case, it looks pretty spiffy. Check it out at www.enders-game-film.de/.

July 3, 2013
Sneak Peek at ‘Ender’s Game’ San Diego Comic Con Promo Items

San Diego Comic Con is just over two weeks away and Summit has sent us a preview of the exclusive items they’ll be giving away at the convention!

These are static clings. Notice there are a total of eight army logos including what I’m presuming is Centipede, Griffin, Phoenix, and Leopard in addition to the ones we already know. These will be given out at the Summit booth.

This Ender’s Game tote bag will be given out at the Summit booth. No doubt to be used to fill will awesome static clings and…

Lapel pins! In case you can’t tell, these are little pins stuck to Ender’s Game card backs. These will be given out at the Summit booth.

These bad boys will be given out at the Ender’s Game Fan Experience, which will be across the street from the convention at the Hilton Gaslamp.

15 days, Launchies!

July 2, 2013
Dap: Victory Requires a New Breed of Warrior

Today the Ender’s Game Twitter posted a new image of Sergeant Dap, shown below.

The image was posted with the text “Victory requires a new breed of warrior. Join the International Fleet and serve your planet.”

July 1, 2013
Five ‘Ender’s Game’ Character Posters Revealed

Early this morning, five new characters for Ender’s Game hit the web, showing major characters Ender Wiggin, Hyrum Graff, Mazer Rackham, Gwen Anderson, and Petra Arkanian. Click the images for larger versions.

UPDATE: These may not be official posters. Will update when I know more.

UPDATE 2: These posters have been confirmed as drafts and were unintentionally leaked. To which all I can say is, yay, more posters coming later? 🙂

UPDATE 3: The posters have been removed at the request of Summit.

June 30, 2013
VIDEO: 3D Ender’s Game Theater Display

We’ve been seeing short videos of those cool theater lobby displays for Ender’s Game, but today at the movies I finally saw one for myself. I have no idea if the people going up to look at it were fans, but it certainly drew a lot of people to it!

June 29, 2013
Summit Reveals Full Plans for Extensive ‘Ender’s Game’ Presence at Comic Con

Ender’s Game fans heading to San Diego Comic Con next month have a lot to look forward to! Summit Entertainment has just unveiled their Ender’s Game plans for the convention and it is a doozy. See the press release below:

Summit Entertainment will showcase the studio’s highly anticipated film event ENDER’S GAME at Comic-Con 2013, presenting never-before-seen new footage, appearances by cast members and filmmakers, and several massive, interactive fan events. A full slate of activities related to the film to be unveiled at this year’s Comic-Con, including:

Hall H Panel – The studio’s panel on Thursday, July 18th will feature ENDER’S GAME filmmakers and cast, including producer Bob Orci, director Gavin Hood, and cast members Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld and Abigail Breslin.

Exclusive Fan Experience – Attendees will be able to visit an elaborate, specially constructed ENDER’S GAME exhibit outside of the Hilton Gaslamp, featuring 8 unique rooms representing the most iconic environments of Ender’s world, complete with original film props and set pieces used in the movie. Throughout the experience, attendees will be able to see exclusive film footage on LED screens, interact with new digital content, integrate photos of themselves into the highly anticipated Battle Room, and register to win a home make over.

Convention Floor Booth – Summit Entertainment’s booth located within the Grand Hall will highlight ENDER’S GAME footage. Premium promotional items will be distributed to the 120,000 attendees walking the convention floor, and booth visitors will be given the opportunity to win “fast passes” to the ENDER’S Game Exclusive Fan Experience, granting them entry without having to wait in line.

ENDERS GAME Film Information:

Based on the best-selling, award winning novel, ENDER’S GAME is an epic adventure directed by Gavin Hood starring Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, with Abigail Breslin and Harrison Ford. In the near future, a hostile alien race has attacked Earth. In preparation for the next attack, the humans begin training only the best students to find their future leader. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but strategically brilliant young man is pulled out of his school to join the elite. Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters the training, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. He is soon ordained as the military’s next great hope and is charged to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.

OddLot Entertainment, K/O Paper Products, and Digital Domain are production partners on the film, with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman producing via their K/O Paper Products banner, Gigi Pritzker and Linda McDonough producing via OddLot Entertainment, along with Orson Scott Card and Lynn Hendee.

If you live in the San Diego area but don’t have tickets, you seriously need to consider heading down to see the Fan Experience. I mean look at it. EIGHT rooms of sets? Exclusive footage? And this is outside the convention, meaning you don’t need a Comic Con badge! That’s like a free set visit right there!

June 27, 2013
Ender’s Game ‘Never Again’ Poster Features Hong Kong

Thanks to an EnderWiggin.net reader on Facebook, we now know that the city featured in the ‘Never Again’ propaganda poster released yesterday is actually central Hong Kong. Here are a couple of maps from Google Maps where you can clearly see the buildings featured in the poster!

Thanks to Claudia and Michael for pointing this out! Link to map 1 and map 2.

June 26, 2013
Hi-Res ‘Ender’s Game’ Propaganda Posters

Grab high resolution versions of the new Ender’s Game propaganda posters by clicking the images below!

June 25, 2013