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Summit Entertainment and Sandboxr Announce 3D Battleship Replica Printing for Ender’s Game Fans

Lionsgate/Summit has issued a press release announcing a unique opportunity for Ender’s Game fans to order custom 3D replicas of various ships from the Ender’s Game movie.

For the First Time Fans Will Be Able To Customize and Print Their Own 3D Replicas From Summit Entertainment’s ENDER’S GAME

App by Sandboxr Available for Download Prior to Theatrical Release

Salt Lake City, Utah, October 29, 2013 – Sandboxr, a 3D print and software development company from Utah, announced today its 3D print creation app for Summit Entertainment’s ENDER’S GAME. Sandboxr’s 3D print creation app has been in development for the past two years, and through the ENDER’S GAME-licensed version, fans will be able to create and bring home exclusive replica battleships from the film generated by cutting-edge three-dimensional printing technology. Fans will be able to check out the ENDER’S GAME 3D printing experience at Sandboxr.combefore Thursday’s release of the movie in theatres and IMAX October 31 at 8pm. Summit Entertainment is a LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF) company.

Nancy Kirkpatrick, Summit’s President of Worldwide Marketing, said, “This is the first 3D experience of this type to coincide with a major cinematic movie release, and Summit is excited to work with Sandboxr to offer this amazing experience and great new technology to our ENDER’S GAME fans.”

At Sandboxr.com, fans of ENDER’S GAME will be able to enjoy an interactive product experience that extends their engagement with the film and that they can access from their computer. Fans can choose from a selection of CG images from the movie studio file archives and bring home their own ENDER’S GAME 3D printed spacecraft and accessories.

“With an experience as sophisticated as Sandboxr’s, the challenge is to make it easy to use by the average guy or girl. 3D experiences are typically exclusive to tech savvy makers and designers. However, we’ve worked hard to make a 3D printing experience that is accessible in a meaningful way to everyone. Bringing 3D design and print technology into the hands of the ENDER’S GAME fans is a thrilling opportunity for us at Sandboxr,” says Berkley Frei, Sandboxr CEO.

To experience the app for yourself log onto sandboxr.com and follow the links to ENDER’S GAME.

View more samples here:

I headed over to Sandboxr to take a look at their app and it’s pretty cool. Once you install it, you can customize your printing by choosing a base.

Once you add parts to your Parts List (add a base and a ship), you can move on to Color.

Once on the color screen you can choose the army logo you want on the base and set all the colors of the base for various parts.

Once you’ve set everything how you want it, you go to Print, where you place your order. The site says to allow 3-6 weeks for printing and delivery.

October 30, 2013
PHOTOS: Asa, Hailee, and Aramis at Summit’s SDCC Party

Yes, it’s a month later and we’re still catching up with Comic Con stuff…

Here are photos of Asa, Hailee, and Aramis at the Summit VIP party on July 18, 2013 at the Hard Rock Hotel. Kelly (from Ender News) and I got to go to the party and briefly said hi to Aramis and met moms of both Asa and Aramis, who were very nice! These photos are from the press line/carpet area before they came in.

Image source: Zimbio

August 15, 2013
City Destroyed in New Ender’s Game Trailer Is …

Ever since the new trailer came out yesterday, Crystal and I (and I’m sure many of you guys) have been trying to figure which city this is. Guess what, it is … a city destroyed in Summit’s 2009 doomsday movie The Knowing. Compare the footage from the movie with the trailer footage:

Well, this is super awkward. But hey, I’m all for recycling!

Many thanks to twitter user Billy True (@A11True) for the tip, and to tumblr user Icarus Licorice for the images to prove it!

Watch the destruction scene from The Knowing HERE on Youtube!

August 7, 2013
PHOTO: Graff and Ender

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

July 26, 2013
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

Sources: the stars’ Twitter and Instagram accounts

July 25, 2013
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!

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

July 17, 2013
New Interview with Orson Scott Card

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

July 16, 2013
VIDEO: Building the Ender’s Game Experience

San Diego, California News Station – KFMB Channel 8 – cbs8.com

Watch the Ender’s Game Experience come together in San Diego, just in time for Comic Con. They are building the entrance to the battle room! Thanks to CBS8 for the story and to Darian (@Darian_Robbins) and Fernanda (@franiahs) for the tweets!

July 16, 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
Lionsgate to Showcase 2013 Release Schedule at CinemaCon

At this year’s CinemaCon, which will take place from April 15-18, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Lionsgate will be hosting a two hour product presentation. The schedule of events was updated today on March 11.

The presentation, which will take place on April 18 from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM in The Colosseum on the Casino level of Caesar’s Palace will be highlighting their 2013 lineup. Since Summit is a Lionsgate company, they may use this presentation to show a bit of Ender’s Game.

Merchandise, perhaps? Character posters? Teaser?

I’ve never been to CinemaCon, so I have no idea what studios would typically show. I know I’d love to see official Army banners or scrolls (imagine hanging that on your wall!), t-shirts, and posters for each major character. What would you like to see?

The schedule mentions several special guests, which could be good news for both Hunger Games and Ender’s Game fans. Hopefully as things get closer, they’ll provide more details about who will be attending. If I had to guess, I’d say Harrison Ford is one of them, since he’ll be at the convention to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Registration for the con is still open, but the price is pretty steep at $1,040 for non-members.

Source: CinemaCon

March 12, 2013
Summit Releases Official Synopsis for ‘Ender’s Game’

Summit Entertainment has released the official synopsis for Ender’s Game. As a fair warning to people who have not read the book, this synopsis contains book SPOILERS.

In the near future, a hostile alien race (called the Formics) have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander, Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley), all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford) and the International Military are training only the best young children to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a shy, but strategically brilliant boy is pulled out of his school to join the elite.

Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult war games, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military’s next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he’s trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.

Note that I say book spoilers. With Summit pulling Mazer Rackham’s presence as Ender’s teacher this early on, it sounds like the movie will possibly be eliminating the long timeline put forth in the books to condense the story down.

What do you all think? Will Mazer’s relativistic space travel be cut and the story’s timeline be altered for the film?

November 19, 2012
A Quick ‘Ender’s Game’ Guide to Comic Con 2012
With a release date nearly 500 days away, it’s no surprise that there won’t be panels, big giveaways, or cast signings at SDCC this year, but that doesn’t mean nothing’s going on for Ender fans.

San Diego Comic Con 2012 is officially getting under way tonight with Preview Night, so here’s a quick guide for people that may not have been following all the news regarding the presence of ‘Ender’s Game’ at the con this year.

Booths to Visit

Tor (#2707) – Publisher for the Ender’s Game books. They’ll be hosting signings on Friday and Saturday and will be giving away five copies of Earth Unaware on Friday.

Summit Entertainment (#4029) – Movie studio producing the Ender’s Game movie. They will have signage for the movie and will be giving out a small premium for Ender’s Game.

Smart Pop Books (#4300) – Publisher of the upcoming book Ender’s World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic. They will be giving out 25 advance copies of Ender’s World and giving out free copies of their preview volume, which will include one essay from the book.

Book Signings

Ender’s Game author Orson Scott Card will be doing three book signings at the convention along with co-authors Aaron Johnston and Emily Card.
- Friday 12 PM to 1 PM with Aaron Johnston for their book new book Earth Unaware at the Tor Booth.
- Saturday 12 PM to 1 PM with Emily Card for their book Laddertop Vol. 1 at the Tor Booth
- Saturday 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM with Aaron Johnston for Earth Unaware in Room 23ABC.
Panel

Orson Scott Card will be participating in the panel ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ in Room 23ABC from 3 PM to 4 PM on Saturday.
July 11, 2012
Summit Entertainment Acquired by Lionsgate for $412.5M

In a press released issued today, Lionsgate announced their acquisition of Summit Entertainment, the studio currently holding the rights to the Ender’s Game movie, for the sum of $412.5 million.

Approved by the Lionsgate board earlier this week, the deal will keep the two studios operating as distinct brands, but it’s unclear at this point what will happen to Summit executives Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger. In a meeting with Summit employees this afternoon, they informed staff that they would continue to operate on a day-to-day basis on their current projects, so at this point, the merger does not seem to affect the production schedule of Ender’s Game.

With Summit closing out their mega Twilight franchise and Lionsgate about to unleash their potential smash hit The Hunger Games, the merging of the two studios seems to make a lot of sense, bringing together two small studios to create one powerhouse studio with a lot of potential to corner the young adult movie adaptation market.

It sounds like a great opportunity for Ender’s Game, whose “young adult” fanbase has since grown into middle adulthood since the book was first published, because the film can benefit from the combined knowledge and expertise on marketing a young adult film.

Source: Variety

January 14, 2012