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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
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
Ender’s Game Cast Watch #3

I’m a bit late this week, but to be fair, there wasn’t that much to report about our young cast as far as social media announcements go – up until today, that is. Let’s have the good news first: Brandon Soo Hoo graduated High School. Congratulations, Brandon!

Also, Jimmy “Jax” Pinchak announced today via twitter that he will be joining castmates Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin and Harrison Ford at Comic Con.

Meanwhile, Abigail Breslin – again breaking the record for most tweets per day – has been alternating sleeping on the couch (due to a bugger infestation of her room, no less) and celebrating half-Christmas with glittery wintery images on Instagram, while Asa Butterfield has been relaxing with his family in beautiful, sunny Greece.

Aramis Knight, on the other hand, has made an effort to make the world a better place in this years annual “One Child At A Time Celebrity Basketball Game” on June 23. For him, and I’m sure for many of the spectators, it was a dream come true.

Finally, Khylin Rhambo has announced that he is changing his name. Personally, I welcome the change, as I’m never quite sure if I’m spelling “Rhambo” correctly.

– Anderson

July 2, 2013
EnderCast Episode #20: Countdown to Comic Con
Celebrate EnderCast’s 20th installment with Kelly and Crystal!

This week, our hosts invited two special guests, Aidan (from EnderNews.com) and Liz (from EnderWiggin.net), who will be going to Comic Con as well. With both sites being represented by two staffers each, how could they miss anything Ender’s Game-related? In Addition to some to-be-expected nerd excitement, this podcast offers
- a discussion of the IF-Sentinel.com relaunch and the three new propaganda posters,
- some talk about the recent Comic Con announcement, and what fans can expect in Hall H,
- some speculation on the off-site Ender’s Game fan experience and what it will contain,
- updates on the girls’ costumes for Comic Con.
Listen to the episode here: EnderCast #20

Links to check out for this episode:

IF Sentinel
Propaganda Posters
Comic Con announcement
June 30, 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
The Weekly Ender #5

Watch the Weekly Ender #5, in which Crystal confuses #5 and #6, talks about her Ender’s Game movie costume for Comic Con, and shows off her brand new Enderwiggin.net T-shirt.

June 17, 2013
SDCC Badge Resale Scheduled for June 2013

Those of you that didn’t get a badge for SDCC at the extremely short-lived ticket sale earlier this year will have a chance to buy returned tickets in June 2013 during the badge resale. These tickets were returned by ticket purchasers who got badges during the first sale and CCI is putting them up for sale again. These tickets will be non-refundable.

Anyone who would like to participate in the resale must have a Comic-Con Member ID. A Member ID is required for everyone attending Comic-Con. Please click here to sign-up for a Member ID today. Member ID registration will temporarily close without notice prior to badge resales, so be sure to sign up well in advance.

Since SDCC would be a prime platform for debuting a new trailer and hosting a panel, Ender fans won’t want to miss out. Be sure you read all of their info about the resale here.

May 20, 2013
VIDEO: PopSugar Interviews Asa Butterfield at CinemaCon

Here’s another interview Asa Butterfield did while in Vegas for CinemaCon done by PopSugarTV.

Asa mentioned again what an honor it was to be cast as Ender, mentioning the dedicated fanbase the story has built up over the years. “The story’s become such a cult almost, it’s got such a big following. It’s like a family and for me and the cast to become a part of that, it’s special.”

Since Asa’s last film before Ender’s Game was the CGI-heavy film Hugo, he was asked if that made it any easier doing a movie that involved so much green screen.

“Working against green screens, it’s still different than working against a live person. You just have to have a really strong imagination and Gavin and all the effects people showed us what you call “pre-vis”. So we had and idea of what it was going to look like so that let us play against where everything was in the space.”

The fans’ number one concern is of course how true to the book the movie will be and while we’re all anticipating a lot of changes in the film adaptation, Asa insists that the message will remain intact, “After watching the film you’ll still get the same message as you would from reading the book.”

So… in other words, I’ll be all teary eyed and have an aching heart at the end? 😉

Source: Pop Sugar TV

April 28, 2013
Asa Butterfield Talks Battle Room Filming with io9

Asa Butterfield did several press interviews while at CinemaCon 2013 and the latest to come out is one from io9. They focused their talk mainly on the Battle Room, but also touched a bit upon Ender and Valentine. As an added bonus, Asa casually drops a mention about the mind game!

The cast was trained by an astronaut, who came to teach them about how one really moves in zero gravity.

“You have to move really slowly… fluidly and smoothly. When you’re in the harnesses to stop yourself from falling at the waist, which is where they’re connected, you have to be tensed up. So keeping actions smooth whilst having your whole body completely tensed is surprisingly difficult.”

Asa also talks about Ender’s age, which had previously been speculated to be anywhere from 10 to 15. In the interview he mentions that the cast had to be aged up to 13 to 14.

“You can’t find — at least as not that I’m aware — a six-year-old actor that can play that sort of a character, it’s complex and it’s physically demanding. That was the first issue, so they changed it from being six to 13 or 14.”

When asked what he thought was Ender’s hardest form of psychological torture, he mentioned Ender’s separation from Valentine.

“Probably one of the hardest scenes for Ender was leaving his sister, back on Earth. I think that’s one of the things that really damaged him. As you can see in the mind game, as well.”

I’ve read that there were lake scenes in the trailer, so that’s possibly the goodbye people mentioned rather than their initial goodbye. There’s a lot more to the interview, so be sure to check it out at io9.

April 23, 2013
VIDEO: Hailee and Asa Talk Space Camp and Harrison Ford

ClevverTV interviewed Hailee and Asa at CinemaCon and asked about Ender’s Game, working with Harrison Ford, and space camp training.

“I think the hardest part was getting up at 7 every morning,” laughed Asa. “But that was the first time the cast had met each other, pretty much, so it really broke the ice and we were best friends at the end of it.”

Source: ClevverTV

April 22, 2013
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

April 21, 2013
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

April 21, 2013