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  • VIDEO: Gavin Hood Talks Ender’s Game for Blu-ray Release

    VIDEO: Gavin Hood Talks Ender’s Game for Blu-ray Release

    Gavin Hood spoke with The Movie Interview about Blu-ray release and sadly dashes our hopes for a director’s cut of Ender’s Game.

    “The tricky thing with director’s cuts when you’ve got a huge visual effects movie is that in order to have those cuts you need the shots and the shots require an enormous amount of money to make the shot. So if you haven’t made the shots…”

    Big bummer there because you can hardly argue against that. There’s one deleted scene in the car between Valentine and Graff that had very basic VFX done for the DVD (you could see green outlines around Val’s head), so you can imagine that anything that included the Battle Room would end up looking like a terrible mess, which is such a shame.

    Don’t forget to pre-order your copy of Ender’s Game!

    Watch the entire video below:

  • VIDEO: Ender’s Game Cast and Crew Visit Westminster Academy

    VIDEO: Ender’s Game Cast and Crew Visit Westminster Academy

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    During their promotion of Ender’s Game in London in the beginning of October, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Harrison Ford, Sir Ben Kingsley, Gavin Hood and Bob Orci visited Film Club kids at Westminster Academy to talk about making movies. FilmClubUK just released a vid from the event.

    Source: FilmClubUK’s Youtube (thanks to Tumblr user toothle55 for pointing it out)

  • VIDEOS: Ender’s Game Press Junket London

    VIDEOS: Ender’s Game Press Junket London

    As you remember, some of the cast and crew of Ender’s Game did a press tour through Europe earlier this month. While in London, they gave a number of interviews, some of which have now surfaced online. Since they all have the same sort of setup, it can be quite confusing and hard to tell which interview is which just by looking at it, so here is a comprehensive list of all London press junket interview vids I could find. Enjoy!

     
    1. Joe Michalczuk for Sky News Entertainment

    Joe basically asks all interviewees very similar questions, so the real treat here is how much they sometimes differ in their answers. Asa, Hailee, Harrison and Bob, Sir Ben and Gavin talk about

    • Ender’s Game being an independent movie
    • the book, the script, and the movie
    • the potential of SciFi and the themes of the movie
    • working with the greats/being greats working with kids
    • sequels

    Watch the other interviewees here:

    Hailee Steinfeld…………Harrison Ford and Bob Orci…………Sir Ben Kingsley

     
    2. Rory Cashin for Entertainment.ie

    Now, these are probably the best ones of the lot. The Interviewer asks interesting and insightful questions and you can actually tell that the interviewees enjoy not having to talk about the same things over and over again for once. Unfortunately, these are not on Youtube, and there is no embed code available on the site. So you’ll just have to do with links!

    • Asa and Hailee on their chemistry, reading the source material when doing adaptations, physical challenges and Harrison Ford: HERE
    • Harrison and Bob on the book, SciFi, Harrison returning to space, models for Graff, the younger actors and upcoming projects: HERE
    • Sir Ben on what attracted him to the role, parallels between the story and the shooting experience, Asa, and telling stories: HERE
    • Gavin on his history with the novel, Graff vs. Anderson, challenges of adaptation, and how he works with different actors: HERE

     
    3. James Kleinmann for HeyUGuysUK and NerdyUK

    These are run-of-the-mill interviews with some interesting tidbits. Gavin Hood, for instance, talks about why he decided to play the Giant in the Ender’s Game video game sequences.

    Here is the rest:

    • Asa and Hailee on their characters and their relationship, the pressure of playing an iconic lead character, and what’s special about the movie: HERE
    • Bob and Harrison on the book, what attracted Harrison, casting Ender, Asa, and their hopes for the movie: HERE
    • Sir Ben on what he likes about the book, lead vs. supporting roles, and wearing the tattoo: HERE

     
    4. The Showbiz 411

    So far, they have only published their interview with Hailee and Asa. It’s refreshingly light-hearted and probably geared towards younger viewers. The two young stars talk about hitting it off right away, space camp, boot camp, fun on set, tight flash suits and their ideal planet.

     
    5. Cel Spellman, CBBC Friday Download

    And last but not least, the most fun video of them all. Kiddy program “Friday Download” (CBBC) presenter Cel not only interviewed Asa, Hailee, Sir Ben, Bob and Harrison, he also challenged them to a match of Rock-Paper-Scissors. The whole thing is hilarious!

    Note: It’s out of sync, so if that bothers you, just download it and play it with an audio delay of 2,1 seconds in VLC or Windows Media Player. Thanks to Tumblr users ceolwaerc and toothle55 for making it available.

     
    Sources: Youtube, Youku, Entertainment.ie

  • VIDEO: IGN’s Extended Interview with Gavin Hood and Bob Orci

    VIDEO: IGN’s Extended Interview with Gavin Hood and Bob Orci

    Watch IGN’s extended 17 minute interview with Ender’s Game director Gavin Hood and producer Roberto Orci. A lot of what they talk about we’ve heard already, but it’s still a good interview to watch.

    Gavin Hood talks a bit more about why he eliminated Locke and Demosthenes, explaining that writing on the computer isn’t visually exciting and early on he made the decision to make the entire movie about Ender and cutting away to an Earth storyline would create a disconnect between the audience and Ender.

    They also get asked the question: Are you afraid the fans will hate the movie?

    Source: IGN

  • New Stills and Behind-the-Scenes Images from ‘Ender’s Game’

    New Stills and Behind-the-Scenes Images from ‘Ender’s Game’

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    Thanks to Cosmic Book News (via Ender News), we’ve got a great first look at Bonzo and Ender facing off. We’ve all noted and discussed the noticeable height difference between Moises Arias (Bonzo) and Asa Butterfield (Ender) in the past, and this still gives us some insight into why despite that difference, Gavin Hood chose Arias to be Ender’s nemesis in Battle School. Petra standing there seems a bit odd, though.

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    New photo of Viola Davis as Major Gwen Anderson. Is she smiling at something Ender’s said to Graff, perhaps?

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    This one is particularly interesting, as you can see looks of sadness on Bean and Petra and Graff happily explains something to a troubled Ender. Is this the reveal in the end?

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    Ender and Mazer at his simulator, with his team standing by below.

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    Ender stares at Graff as they prepare to travel to Eros.

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    Ender with Valentine on Earth. This is a larger version of the image we saw in the calendar.

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    Gavin Hood directing. He’s outdoors during the day, so this is presumably while filming the lake scene.

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    Gavin Hood talks to Harrison Ford on the Eros set.

  • Wireless Magazine Talks to the Cast of ‘Ender’s Game’

    Wireless Magazine Talks to the Cast of ‘Ender’s Game’

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    Wireless Magazine recently spoke to the cast and crew of Ender’s Game while they were in the UK and there are some interesting tidbits in the various conversations they had.

    Gavin Hood: [T]his is really about a young boy trying to find his own moral centre in a world that is encouraging his more aggressive nature. From a technical point of view there’s all the great fun stuff we have with the battle room and with the simulations. In the book they are slightly different, I’d like to hope fans will feel we’ve made them more visual for the purpose of cinema.

    Asa Butterfield: I think that relationship is quite important in the film. When Ender’s first taken away from his home, from everyone he loves, everyone he trusts and put into this completely alien world where almost immediately he’s alienated from his peers there’s no one that he can talk to about what’s going on so he doesn’t really know what he’s supposed to be doing. When he meets Petra as their relationship develops they start to realise they can trust each other. She almost fills the gap that his sister has left so it’s definitely not a love relationship in any sense I don’t think, I just think they’re really close friends. They don’t know anything about boyfriends or girlfriends, they’re just someone they can lean on, to help.

    Ben Kingsley: Well, the ending is that one wonders whether or not, without giving too much away, the audience will be curious, intrigued and troubled to know, is this child’s soul going to be distorted forever? Or will he get back to his original self? That in spite of or because of that very taxing journey, adolescence to young adulthood, have they distorted him? I think the answer is in the film and I find it very uplifting.

    Hailee Steinfeld: I think there are many, there’s everything from leadership, compassion, all these different things that are so relevant to today. I don’t know that there is a main message I think there are plenty and it will be interesting to see what the audience takes away from it because there is so much in there.

    Check out full interviews here.

  • GALLERY: Ender’s Game Photo Call / Press Conference in Moscow

    GALLERY: Ender’s Game Photo Call / Press Conference in Moscow

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    After the London Ender’s Game event Harrison Ford, Gavin Hood, and Bob Orci went on to Moscow for a photo call and press conference at the Ritz Carlton Hotel Moscow. Photographer Mikhail Pochuyev took some awesome photos at the event. See some of them below! (via Corbis)

    Check out the entire gallery HERE at Corbis!

    Update: Ria Novosti has a few smaller, but not watermarked photos from the press conference HERE!

     
    Sources: Corbis, Ria Novosti

  • GALLERY: Cast and Producers Present Ender’s Game in Berlin

    GALLERY: Cast and Producers Present Ender’s Game in Berlin

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    Last Sunday, October 6th, Ender’s Game director Gavin Hood, producers Gigi Pritzker and Bob Orci, and cast members Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Harrison Ford and Ben Kingsley attended a photo call at Hotel Adlon, Berlin. The official German facebook page Ender’s Game – Das grosse Spiel released pictures from the event. Check some of them out below! See the rest HERE!

    In addition, RedCarpetReports.de posted some higher resolution pictures from the photo call. See the best ones below! They have a little watermark in the lower right-hand corner, but since it’s pretty small and unobtrusive I’m sure you guys won’t mind.

    Sources: Ender’s Game – Das grosse Spiel (Facebook page), RedCarpetReports.de

  • GALLERY: Ender’s Game Photo Call London

    GALLERY: Ender’s Game Photo Call London

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    On Monday, October 7th, most of the Ender’s Game cast and crew finished their European photo call tour in London (Ford, Hood and Orci went on to Moscow), where they presented the movie at Odeon Theatre during MCM London ComicCon. Check out some red carpet photos of Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Gavin Hood, Gigi Pritzker and Bob Orci below!

    Source: Zimbio

  • VIDEOS: Ender’s Game Cast and Crew at MCM London Comic Con

    VIDEOS: Ender’s Game Cast and Crew at MCM London Comic Con

    Before their presentation of Ender’s Game at the Odeon Leicester Square during MCM London Comic Con, Hailee Steinfeld, Sir Ben Kingsley, Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, and Gavin Hood talked to Entertainmentwise about Ender’s Game.

    Not much new here, but I get some perverse enjoyment out of the reactions of Ben Kingsley, Asa Butterfield and, yes, Harrison Ford to being asked whether or not they would like to star/are starring in the next Star Wars movie. The Ben Kingsley one is cut off a bit in the beginning. If you’re interested in the whole Star Wars conversation, check it out HERE! Would someone please phone someone to get Ben Kingsley and Asa Butterfield into that movie. Look how excited they are at the prospect!

    The fabulous five also talked to a couple of other news outlets prior to their London presentation. We already posted HeyUGuysUK’s interviews with Gavin Hood and Sir Ben Kingsley earlier this week. Their interviews with Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, and Harrison Ford don’t reveal anything new, but we didn’t want to keep them from you either way, so here they are:

    Finally, The MCM Buzz interviewed the cast and crew on the Comic Con red carpet. Here is a video that collects some tidbits of what Gavin Hood and the four cast members had to say:

    You can check out the full interviews with Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Sir Ben Kingsley, and Gavin Hood on the TheMCMBuzz Youtube channel. I love the Hailee Steinfeld and Ben Kingsley ones especially.

    They even posted a somewhat rarer interview with Gigi Pritzker and Bob Orci. Check it out below.


    Sources: Entertainmentwise, HeyUGuysUK, TheMCMBuzz

  • Gavin Hood is the Mind Game’s Giant

    Gavin Hood is the Mind Game’s Giant

    Thanks to Ender’s Ansible and the soon-to-be-released making-of book for Ender’s Game (our own review to come later this week), we now know that the Giant in the mind game will be none other than director Gavin Hood!

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  • VIDEO: Gavin Hood on Why ‘Ender’s Game’ Could Be Made

    VIDEO: Gavin Hood on Why ‘Ender’s Game’ Could Be Made

    Gavin Hood spoke to HeyUGuys UK on what drew him to the project of Ender’s Game.

    I am not per say, a sci fi fan, for me, I love the fact that this is a story that’s set in the future which allows us to explore ideas that the story deals with in a way that would be perhaps too uncomfortable to deal with if we explored them in the modern context. So for me it doesn’t really matter if a story is set in the future or set in ancient Greece or set on one continent or another. What matters is that the environment is a helpful, visual way of telling what is essentially a timeless universal story about characters interacting with each other. Human beings have evolved their technology, but emotionally, we haven’t evolved that much.

    Source: HeyUGuysUK

  • GALLERY: Asa, Hailee, Gavin, Ben, and Harrison in Madrid

    GALLERY: Asa, Hailee, Gavin, Ben, and Harrison in Madrid

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    The cast of Ender’s Game have made it to Madrid, Spain for another photo call! Check out photos of Gavin Hood, Hailee Steinfeld, Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, and Harrison Ford below!

    Source: Zimbio