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  • Hailee Steinfeld Thinks Fans of ‘Ender’s Game’ Will be Proud of the Movie

    Hailee Steinfeld Thinks Fans of ‘Ender’s Game’ Will be Proud of the Movie

    At CinemaCon to accept the award for Female Star of Tomorrow, actress Hailee Steinfeld did a short Q&A with press to talk about Ender’s Game and Romeo and Juliet.

    Hailee was first asked whether she’s a fan of sci-fi and she was quick to credit Ender’s Game for introducing her to the genre. “Since then I’ve really been a huge fan and I really love the whole extended world behind it.”

    Although she hadn’t read Ender’s Game before she signed on, she had heard of the book. “I wasn’t at all familiar with it. I’d heard of the book, I hadn’t read it, so after I signed up to do the project I had read the first book and I’m so interested in taking the time to read all the others. There’s quite a few and if I had the time I would definitely read them all. I’m a huge fan of the series.”

    She credits the fan following as one of the reasons she decided to take the role of Petra Arkanian. “Something that I really loved about this walking into it was that it did have such a huge fanbase that you’re being accepted in and we get to share this film with so many fans and so many people that love the book and I think that they’ll be really proud of it. I had such an incredible experience and I would do it again in a heartbeat.”

    I think the fans will love her as Petra and hopefully we do end up very proud of the film!

    Source: ShowbizJunkies

  • Asa Butterfield Talks ‘Ender’s Game’ and Meeting Harrison Ford

    Asa Butterfield Talks ‘Ender’s Game’ and Meeting Harrison Ford

    In Las Vegas last week to accept an award for Rising Star of Tomorrow at CinemaCon, Asa Butterfield did a brief Q&A with press and talked about what it was like to work with his fellow castmates and about his first time meeting Harrison Ford.

    “When I first saw him I was like… “Oh my God! It’s Han Solo!” When a reporter advised him not to tell Harrison that, Asa assured him that he wouldn’t, then looked around jokingly with a look of worry on his face, “He’s not in here, is he?”, no doubt referring to Ford’s well-known tendency to bristle over mention of the Star Wars character.

    Asa continued to praise him, “He’s an incredible actors but he’s also an amazing person. He’s really kind and really generous with his knowledge.”

    When the topic turned to Gavin Hood, Asa had a lot of praise for him as well, mentioning again how well he knew the characters and what he wanted out of their performances. “Because he wrote the screenplay he really knew the characters back to front and he knew exactly what he wanted. And when he needed more oomph to the scene he was there to come on stage and he gave it all.”

    Although he hadn’t heard of the book before the movie started casting, he read the novel right away and had several Skyping sessions about the character with Hood. “It really gave both of us an insight on how this was going to work. When I got the role I was over the moon.”

    When asked what he thought fans would be most excited to see, Asa remained neutral on the topic, “The story stayed almost entirely truthful to the book. They had to age the characters up for obvious reasons but it all depends what they got out of the book. If they loved the Battle Room scenes then obviously that’s going to appeal to them but if they read the book for the morals behind it and the themes then that’s all still intact in the screenplay and I think it’s a really deep story.”

    The franchise question, which is undoubtedly on the minds of many fans, came up as well. “I think it all depends on how well this does,” he said. He joked that unless the studio wanted to wait 15 or so years for him to reach Ender’s age in Ender’s Shadow, he wasn’t sure what would happen. (Be sure to read my editorial on my own thoughts on that)

    Source: ShowbizJunkies via Ender News

  • Harrison Ford Talks ‘Ender’s Game’ at CinemaCon

    Harrison Ford Talks ‘Ender’s Game’ at CinemaCon

    Harrison Ford did a brief Q&A session with reporters at CinemaCon last week and talked a bit about Ender’s Game. See the video below.

    Ford admitted he hadn’t read the book before he got the script, but it sounds as though he may have picked it up since wrapping the production.

    Were you always a big fan of Ender’s Game?

    No, I didn’t know the book before I read the script, so I really came to the project through the script.

    Is it easier to approach a project through a book?

    Sometimes it’s more difficult because books are books and movies are movies and they’re not always the same, the same craftsman is not always involved. I think it’s a very interesting book and the film, I think, is going to be great.

    What was it about the script that you really liked? What about the Ender’s Game script stood out for you?

    I just thought it was something we have not seen. I thought the story was prescient about some of the things we’re seeing in our lives right now and it was written 20 years ago, I guess. I thought it had a interesting moral question behind it, which is articulated in the film and I thought it would really be a good summer movie on top of that.

    How was it working with such a young cast?

    I’ve worked with young people before. I have had children of my own. I’m familiar with shorter people.

    Source: via Ender News

  • GALLERY: Asa, Hailee, and Harrison at CinemaCon 2013

    GALLERY: Asa, Hailee, and Harrison at CinemaCon 2013

    With Lionsgate closing out CinemaCon with their Product Presentation, all stars had left to do was head to the Awards Ceremony, where three of the Ender’s Game stars received awards for their work in film.

    Harrison Ford received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

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    Asa Butterfield received the Rising Star of 2013 Award.

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    It’s clearly telling him something disturbing!

    Here’s a full gallery of images from the con so far, will update with more as they come in.

    Image source: Zimbio

  • VIDEO: Harrison Ford Storms Out of Jimmy Kimmel Live

    VIDEO: Harrison Ford Storms Out of Jimmy Kimmel Live

    Jimmy Kimmel live has released video of Harrison Ford’s recent guest appearance on the show. Ford is doing the rounds for his new movie ’42’, but things went awry when an unexpected audience member began confronting Ford in a language only he seemed to understand.

    Watch the video below for the hilarity that ensued! You don’t want to miss it!

  • Collider Talks ‘Ender’s Game’ with Asa Butterfield

    Collider Talks ‘Ender’s Game’ with Asa Butterfield

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    David Trumbore of Collider had a phone interview with Asa Butterfield today and they talked at length about how it was working with director Gavin Hood and what it was like acting with such a large cast of kids.

    Gavin is an amazing director. I haven’t worked with a director like him. Whereas other directors are quite passive with how they let their actors work, Gavin – especially because he wrote the screenplay – he already knew exactly how he wanted the characters to be. Of course he let us bring our own ideas to it. He was always very enthusiastic, he was always encouraging us, he was always there on the stage. If we needed motivation he was there shouting at us … not angry, just to get the right emotion. Because there were a lot of child actors on the set, the enthusiasm that he brought really got us into that sort of mindset, so it was really helpful.

    Asa also comments about what it was like working with Harrison Ford and Sir Ben Kingsley.

    I had far more scenes with Harrison than I did with Sir Ben. Sir Ben’s character’s only in it in the last third of the film, but they’re both amazing.

    Of particular interest is his mention of the scene where Ender disobeys orders and we get to hear a bit of detail on how that scene has been adapted for the film.

    One scene that I really remember is a scene with me and Hailee (Steinfeld). We’re in the Battle Room. She’s hit her head on one of the floating objects. I’ve jumped out … I’ve disobeyed my orders and jumped out to catch her. When I hit her, we start spinning. Of course, in zero gravity, there’s nothing to slow you down.

    Overall it’s a fantastic interview, so be sure to check out the entire thing over at Collider. Hopefully we’ll see more interviews with the cast start to come out after the awards ceremony tonight.

  • Happy Birthday Moises Arias

    Happy Birthday Moises Arias

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    Springtime is apparently the season for Ender’s Game cast birthday celebrations as Moises Arias (Bonzo Madrid) is celebrating his 19th birthday today.

    Happy birthday Moises from EnderWiggin.net! Hope the day is amazing and the year to come even better!

  • Variety Talks to Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, and Hailee Steinfeld

    Variety Talks to Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, and Hailee Steinfeld

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    CinemaCon is in full swing in Las Vegas and Variety spoke to the various actors receiving special recognition at the convention going on this week in Las Vegas, Nevada. Among those they interviewed are three Ender’s Game cast members.

    Harrison Ford, who is receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award, was quick to point out that Ender’s Game is different from Blade Runner.

    “It’s just a whole different canvas — no replicants — and character and world view.”

    Asa Butterfield, who will be given the Rising Star Award, gave high praise to the script, which he read while studying hard in school.

    “It was the best script I’d read, and I thought how much fun it would be to be in zero gravity with laser guns.”

    And last but not least, Hailee Steinfeld, who will be recognized as the Female Star of Tomorrow, talked about the fun of hanging with a cast of mostly boys her age.

    “At that point I’d wanted to work with kids my age, and was looking forward to it,” she recalls. “The catch is that they were all boys, so it was 3½ months with a bunch of guys, which is not a bad thing.”

    Lionsgate’s product presentation is on Thursday, but still no word on whether anything new from Ender’s Game will be released.

    Source: Variety via Ender’s Ansible

  • Happy Birthday Abigail Breslin!

    Happy Birthday Abigail Breslin!

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    Today is April 14, which means Abigail Breslin, our dear Valentine Wiggin, turned 17 today.

    Happy Birthday, Abigail! Hope you have a wonderful fun-filled day.

    Valentine baked him his cake on his sixth birthday. It fell and it was terrible. Nobody knew how to cook anymore, it was the kind of crazy thing Valentine would do.

    Fortunately for you, people still know how to bake, unlike the times that Ender and Valentine were living in, so here’s hoping you have a delicious cake today!

  • VIDEO: Hailee Steinfeld in Romeo and Juliet Trailer

    VIDEO: Hailee Steinfeld in Romeo and Juliet Trailer

    So back when I was 17 years old, which I’m sad to say was a whopping 17 years ago, I created my very first fansite on Geocities, which kind of what you could call the 1990s version of GoDaddy, and it was all about the 1996 Romeo + Juliet.

    It’s weird then, that Hailee Steinfeld (Petra), who I got to meet in New Orleans last May, is Juliet in a 2013 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. I’m a total sucker for the story, even almost two decades later since it remains my favorite Shakespeare play, so I was pretty excited to see the first trailer, even if it’s in poor quality. This is actually the first footage of Hailee since her amazing debut in True Grit, which is kind of hard to believe. Hailee looks amazing as Juliet!

    It’s actually kind of funny that Claire Danes was Juliet in 1996 and now Lord Capulet is being played by Damian Lewis. (You’ll only get that if you watch Homeland)

  • Asa Butterfield & Family Release ‘Racing Blind’

    Asa Butterfield & Family Release ‘Racing Blind’

    Actor Asa Butterfield, who plays Ender Wiggin in the movie, released an iPad game called Racing Blind this past weekend that he designed with his brother Morgan and father Sam. (view the demo above) The game is for all ages as Asa has been tweeting about how his little sister Loxie has beaten his older brother at the game on more than one occasion.

    The game costs 99 cents and is available in the iTunes App Store.

    For social media, you can follow @RacingBlind and find them on Facebook.

  • Happy Birthday, Asa Butterfield!

    Happy Birthday, Asa Butterfield!

    Today is April 1st, which means it’s time to wish Asa Butterfield, our Ender Wiggin, a very happy 16th birthday! For the occasion, I have a special cake.

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    Hope you have had a fun-filled birthday and that your year is a fantastic one!

    Before anyone thinks I’m a little weird for making a real cake for someone on the other side of the planet, I should note that this cake will soon shift from a cake for Asa into a cake for me, since I share a birthday with Asa. And since I’m obviously a huge fan of Ender’s Game, a Dragon Army cake will be a fun thing to blow out tonight when my family comes over. 🙂

    You can see a bunch of very cool photos gathered up by Ender News (including one from me!) here.

    Here’s a closer look at the dragon:

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  • Harrison Ford Calls ‘Ender’s Game’ a “Very Ambitious Movie”

    Harrison Ford Calls ‘Ender’s Game’ a “Very Ambitious Movie”

    Harrison Ford sat down recently to talk with ET Online at a press junket for his movie ’42’ (which is out April 12) about his multitude of upcoming projects, calling his brief experience on the set of Anchorman 2 “bi-zarre” and hilariously referring to Christina Applegate as “Applesauce girl”. He talked very briefly about Ender’s Game:

    Ender’s Game is coming up, you’re sort of returning to the sci-fi genre. How was that experience?

    Very interesting. It’s a very ambitious movie and I was very interested in the opportunity to be part of it. The character I play is interesting to me. I haven’t seen anything much. I think it could be great.

    The best part of the video comes when he’s asked about Star Wars VII. Ford pulls a zipper across his mouth and proceeds to finish the interview as though his lips are totally sealed. Last year, Ford filmed ’42’ right after wrapping Ender’s Game.

    Source: ET Online