Ender's Game - [MOVIE]

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Variety Magazine announced on 10 February that Dan Harris and Michael Dougherty, the writing team that created the X-Men 2 screenplay, have been hired by Warner Brothers to write the second draft of the Ender's Game screenplay.

Harris and Dougherty have already been in contact with Orson Scott Card, the author of both Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, both of which have been optioned by Warner Brothers as the basis for the Ender's Game movie. Card wrote the first draft of the screenplay based on both books.

"Dan and Mike know how to create a terrific action film that entertains the audience every moment," said Card. "And best of all, their scripts get made, and made well. The chance of an excellent version of Ender's Game actually getting on the screen just increased dramatically because they signed on."

Harris already knew Ender's Game well; Dougherty only read it in preparation for this assignment. "That's an ideal combination," said Card. "One of the team is absolutely familiar with the elements of the story that the most committed fans will expect to see, while the other will be able to make sure it isn't just a movie for people who already love the book."

Still, Card warns, "No matter who writes the script, there are only a hundred and twenty pages available to tell a story that took more than five times that many to tell in novel form. Trying to include everything would make a lousy movie. Something is going to get left out."

"My own draft of the screenplay gives a pretty good idea of which elements of the books I thought were vital to the telling of the story," says Card. "I can't wait to see what they do."

"And of course I'll be available to them to help them in any way I can," Card promises. "We all have the same goal: To get a great movie into the theaters. With Wolfgang Petersen slated to direct and Warner Brothers executives committed to backing this project to the hilt, I believe that we couldn't have a better team."

Though the Variety article doesn't mention her, Robert Chartoff's partner Lynn Hendee, of Chartoff Productions, is still aboard as a producer of Ender's Game. She has been working closely with Card since 1996, and has been an integral part of every version of the script and every attempt to put together the film package.

"It's ironic," says Card, "that the producer who has worked the hardest to realize this film as I want it is the one whose name isn't mentioned in the story. But that's Hollywood. It makes me wonder how many other films owe this much to people whose names somehow don't make it into the official story."

In March, Card will be meeting with Warner Brothers Consumer Products division to discuss development of the electronic games that will tie in with the movie.

As to when the movie will come out, Card says, "It's way too early even to guess about that. The second draft isn't even written yet. And even when we get a script that everyone thinks is perfect, there's still the problem of casting and, of course, making everything fit with everyone's schedule."

Card promises that "as soon as we know anything real," it will be announced here and elsewhere.
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Will be interesting to see how well they pull it off.
 
i just finished reading the book... i liked it i hope the movie turns out nicly. i just started reading speaker for the dead
 
I read an article a long time ago that there will be a lot of the battle school games in it. Which is alright, but that isn't what made Ender's Game so good. It wouldn't be Ender's Game if Graff and those punks didn't try and put Ender in positions that he would have to fight for his life.

It could easily go bad with Hollywood.
 
Scuzzle said:
ofn? I mean, c'mon, it's what penny arcade's strip was about YESTERDAY.
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Find me the TW thread, then your OFN will be valid. I looked I couldn't find anything.
 
This movie will suck and here's why.

To truly appreciate the ruthlessness with which Ender carries, they will have to go through the scenes where they punish him and stuff.

The violence associated with such scenes against a child will automatically ensure an R rating. The studio will never accept an R rating, therefore you are going to end up with a very watered down Ender's Game.
 
orson said long ago the whole Locke / Demosthenes (sp) story would not be in the movie.. so i am boycotting the movie.
 
Locke355 said:
orson said long ago the whole Locke / Demosthenes (sp) story would not be in the movie.. so i am boycotting the movie.
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Seriously ? That is the most intelligent part of the whole series.
 
its going to be a movie about ender only ... his sister and brother will probably be left out. you can't have as much in a movie as you do in a book ... it will be too long and ppl wont sit thru it. Still should be a great movie.
 
There was an attempt at this movie before and it was called Starship Troopers and sucked shit. Good book tho. Hopefully they dont fvck it up.
 
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