Tag: Ender’s Game

  • Submit an Entry for ‘Ender’s Game’ Panel Tickets in London

    Submit an Entry for ‘Ender’s Game’ Panel Tickets in London

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    London Comic Con is hosting an Ender’s Game panel next week and Launchies wanting to attend can now apply for a free ticket in the door at their website.

    Exclusive Panel Q&A with Stars and Filmmakers
    7th October 2013 – West End – London

    Guests
    HARRISON FORD, ASA BUTTERFIELD, HAILEE STEINFELD, BEN KINGSLEY
    Director and writer GAVIN HOOD
    Producers BOB ORCI and GIGI PRITZKER
    Includes never seen before footage and props from the film

    Provisional times:
    DOORS OPEN: 6.30pm – EVENT BEGINS: 7pm – EVENT ENDS: 7.50pm

    Go HERE to enter for a ticket!

  • Mexico Gets December 6 Release Date for ‘El Juego de Ender’

    Mexico Gets December 6 Release Date for ‘El Juego de Ender’

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    Thanks to a tip from EnderWiggin.net intern Fernanda (who provided a translation), we now know the release date for Ender’s Game in Mexico will be December 6th. Sadly, we wish there was better news for our fellow Launchies in Mexico.

    The Mexican company Diamond Films has announced that the anticipated film “El Juego de Ender” (Ender’s Game) will arrive in movie theaters on 6th December 2013, with more than one month in arrears in respect to the North American and European release.

    Source: Cinent.com

  • Sir Ben Kingsley: “No Difference Between Me and Asa Butterfield”

    Sir Ben Kingsley: “No Difference Between Me and Asa Butterfield”

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    LA Confidential interviewed Sir Ben Kingsley, talking to him about acting, his newfound love for Los Angeles, and his opinion of Asa Butterfield.

    More than a refuge, acting burst the protective bubble Kingsley had created and allowed him to turn that inward energy outward—to connect with strangers in ways he couldn’t with his family. He recalls a telling moment early in his career during “the great privilege and terrifying experience of playing Hamlet” when he was walking across a meadow and found himself intercepted by a lovely young woman. “She was determined to meet me face to face in the middle of the field,” he remembers. “She said, ‘I saw Hamlet last night—how did you know about me?’ And that always stayed with me.” Decades later he’d relive the experience in Los Angeles. “In the months following House of Sand and Fog, I had wonderful Iranian families come up to me in The Grove and say, ‘How did you know about my uncle?’ Isn’t that beautiful?”

    “It’s not the characters that stay with me,” he explains. “It’s the opportunities that I’ve had as an actor to put my hand on someone’s shoulder and look them in the eye and say, ‘I know.’ And there’s nothing more comforting than that.” And that comfort extends to both self-made Sir Ben Kingsley and the eager-to-entertain boy he used to be—and in many ways still is. “The child in me has not ossified,” he says. “He’s alive and curious as ever. In that sense, there’s no difference between me and Asa Butterfield. There can’t be. There mustn’t be. If there is, I’ve got to give up.”

    They also spoke with Ender’s Game director Gavin Hood about the interactions between Kingsley and Butterfield.

    “It’s not often in a movie that young actors are playing leads opposite seasoned actors who are in important but supporting roles,” says Hood. “Someone had raised a question about whether Ben might want his part expanded in some way, and he said, ‘No, no, no. This is Asa’s movie.’ I thought that that was someone who a) is tremendously generous toward a young actor, and b) perhaps even more importantly, understands that his role as an actor is to support the story being told.”

    It’s a great article, so be sure to give the full thing a read at LA Confidential.

  • VIDEO: Watch Ender’s Game TV Spot #2 ‘Here We Go’

    VIDEO: Watch Ender’s Game TV Spot #2 ‘Here We Go’

    Happy Friday, launchies! We’ve got another TV spot, this one from MSN! Almost nothing new, except for a new quick shot of Ender’s eyes!

    Source: MSN

  • VIDEO: FilmClub Talks to Asa Butterfield

    VIDEO: FilmClub Talks to Asa Butterfield

    British educational charity FilmClub recently had young reporter Matt talk with Asa Butterfield about Ender’s Game. Watch the video below.

    One of the things that we really wanted to do is keep the core themes and ideas from the original novel into the screenplay and it was a bit of a challenge and it was a lot of weight on my shoulders playing this character, but I think we did it justice.

    Having a novel as an actor is so helpful in having small ideas, things that you can draw upon when creating a character. I’ve done a few films where they’ve been adapted from novels and it’s always really helpful.

    Asa also mentions that he hasn’t seen the film yet, though it’s unclear when this interview was actually conducted.

  • Ender’s Game Cast Watch #12

    Ender’s Game Cast Watch #12

    Hey guys,

    it’s been two weeks, and while the cast have not been overly busy on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram, we still have tons of news and pretty pictures to share with you.

    Let’s start with Hailee Steinfeld, who has been by far the busiest of the young cast, having signed on to not one but two new projects in the last couple of weeks. First, she is going to play teen assasin Megan in Kyle Newman’s Barely Lethal alongsinde Samuel L. Jackson and Jessica Alba. Second, she’s set to appear as Vince Vaughn’s daughter in his adaptation of Term Life, a graphic novel by A.J. Lieberman and Nick Thornborrow. Not to forget all those other projects she’s either currently working on, like Three Days to Kill and The Homesman, or recently finished shooting, like Loveship, Hateship and The Keeping Room. No wonder German GLAMOUR editor Wolfgang Hertel calls her “A Girl for All Occasions.”

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    Hailee’s latest project, the new adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, just premiered in LA. Here she is on the red carpet with “Romeo” Douglas Booth and BFF Taylor Swift.

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    I like the dress. It proves again that Hailee Steinfeld is quite the fashionista. Which is probably why she made time to attend several events during New York Fashion Week, such as the Donna Karen 25th Birthday Bash, the Estee Lauder “Modern Muse” Fragrance Launch or the Calvin Klein Spring 2014 After-Party. I don’t know about you, but while I’m not sure about the Donna Karen one I’m partial to the Calvin Klein outfit.

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    Hailee herself has often admitted that fashion is hugely important for her. So too in the October issue of ASOS, the magazine published by the online fashion shop of the same name. E-Online published five shots ahead of time, along with a little article. Check them out HERE! (Update: More shots and a making-of video HERE at the Daily Mail Online.)

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    Speaking of fashion magazines: Several pictures of Abigail Breslin appear in digital magazine ContentMode’s current issue #11, together with a video in which Abigail talks about August: Osage County, Ender’s Game, and her fashion philosophy. Check out the photos and the video HERE!

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    Since then, Abigail has been keeping busy. She did a number of interviews recently to promote her various new and upcoming movies. She talked to ShockTillYouDrop about Haunter and Zombieland, discussed the terrifying experience of being locked in a trunk in The Call with DIY, and chatted to ALLURE about this and that. And according to Comingsoon.net, she has just started working on her newest movie, zombie thriller Maggie with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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    While it’s not exactly a new movie, Khylin Rhambo also had news to share. He recently booked a guest role in the cop show Ironside!

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    Conor Carroll, on the other hand, has been walking down memory lane, sharing THIS awesome little ad with the world. Looks like little Conor already had the bully role down pat. Otherwise he’s been keeping busy getting into boxing and Facebook. Check out his new account HERE!

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    And since we are speaking of new social media accounts: Moises Arias finally decided to share his awesome photography on Tumblr. Here are a few examples of his work. Go check out his Tumblr 490tx for the rest HERE.

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    Finally, let’s briefly talk about the older cast: Ben Kingsley has joined the cast of Learning to Drive. Harrison Ford will receive the Hollywood Career Award at the 17th annual Hollywood Film Awards. He’s also keeping up the Han Solo act by angering leading politicians. Viola Davis appears on the cover of the October issue of ESSENCE. You can see a video of the shoot HERE. And while I couldn’t find the entire article online, several online news outlets have published parts of her interview with the magazine: Check them out HERE, HERE and HERE.

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    Sources: The MarySue, The Wrap, Amazon, German GLAMOUR, JustJared, E-Online, ASOS, ContentMode, ShockTillYouDrop, DIY, ComingSoon.net, HuffingtonPost, People, HipHollywood, ESSENCE, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr

  • 24 Screencaps from ‘Ender’s Game’ TV Spot “Destroy”

    24 Screencaps from ‘Ender’s Game’ TV Spot “Destroy”

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    What a crazy day it’s been for Ender’s Game news today! Here are 24 screencaps from the new TV spot called “Destroy”.

    And hey, there’s the awesome tagline again!

  • VIDEO: Machinima Debuts First TV Spot for ‘Ender’s Game’

    VIDEO: Machinima Debuts First TV Spot for ‘Ender’s Game’

    YouTube media hub Machinima has just debuted the first TV Spot for Ender’s Game!

  • VIDEO: Abigail Breslin Talks Valentine Wiggin

    VIDEO: Abigail Breslin Talks Valentine Wiggin

    Online fashion magazine ContentMode recently published a photo series they did with Abigail Breslin for their current issue. In addition to a number of awesome pictures they also posted a video of Abigail talking about her fashion philosophy, filming August: Osage County with Meryl Streep, and Valentine’s relationship with Ender in Ender’s Game! Watch it below. The Ender’s Game part starts around the 2:55 minute mark.

    Source: ContentMode

  • Metropolitan Films Launches Massive Lasertag Competition for ‘La Stratégie Ender’

    Metropolitan Films Launches Massive Lasertag Competition for ‘La Stratégie Ender’

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    Metropolitan Films, the French distributor of Ender’s Game, has just announced that they will be holding a massive lasertag competition in various cities across France, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. Registration is now open and you can register as a team or as an individual.

    The tournament will have two stages, with the first beginning on October 9. In the second stage on October 25, the top 20 players will be granted a special advanced screening of Ender’s Game in Paris. On October 26, they will compete for the grand prize of a weightless flight.

    We’re still waiting to confirm the details on the weightless flight.

    Locations you can participate in:

    FRANCE  : Amiens, Angers, Angouleme, Annecy, Annemasse, Avignon, Beziers, Bordeaux, Bourgoin Jailleu, Brie-Comte-Robert, Caen Bretteville / Odon, Caen Les Rives de l’Orne, Chalon-sur-Saone, Chambery, Charenton, Cherbourg, Clermont-Ferrand, Creil (Saint Maximin), Dijon, Dunkerque, Grenoble, Istres, La Rochelle, La Roche sur Yon Le Havre, Le Mans, Lille, Limoges, Lognes, Lyon, South Lyon, Macon, Marseille Campaign Plan, Merignac, Odysséum Montpellier, Montpellier large M, Mulhouse, Nantes, Nice, Nimes, Niort, Perpignan, Poitiers, Portet Sur Garonne, Quimper, Reims, Rouen, Saint-Brieuc, Saint-Etienne, Saint-Quentin, Sallanches, Toulouse, Tours, Troyes, Valencia Valenciennes Vannes, Varennes-sur-Seine, Vernon, Villefranche sur Saône, Villeneuve d ‘Ascq.

    LUXEMBOURG  : Howald.

    SWITZERLAND  : Geneva, Lausanne and Villeneuve.

  • Insight Editions to Debut ‘Ender’s Game’ Book at New York Comic Con

    Insight Editions to Debut ‘Ender’s Game’ Book at New York Comic Con

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    Insight Editions, the publisher for Ender’s Game: Inside the World of an Epic Adventure, has announced that they will be attending New York Comic Con and we have confirmed that that the Ender’s Game book will be among some of the many titles that they are debuting at their booth. While no copies will be for sale, attendees will be able to view advance copies on display.

    You can follow their blog here.

    The book is set to be released on October 15, 2013.

  • New UK Ender’s Game Poster

    New UK Ender’s Game Poster

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    British Magazine EMPIRE just exclusively revealed what seems to be the final UK poster of Ender’s Game. This format is apparently called a “quad.” Check out EMPIRE’s accompanying little article HERE. We’ll let you know as soon as a hi-res version of the poster becomes available.

    Source: EMPIRE Online

  • Fandango to Release IMAX ‘Ender’s Game’ Poster on 10/2

    Fandango to Release IMAX ‘Ender’s Game’ Poster on 10/2

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    Attention all Launchies! Looks like the next Battle School competition has begun and it’s to reveal the IMAX poster for Ender’s Game! Be sure to log in to help unlock it!

    People who visit the International Fleet Battle School site (http://www.if-battleschool.com) can enlist by taking a Strategic Aptitude Test that determines their military strength & knowledge, and therefore, which army within the International Fleet they’re assigned to.  Users are provided a personalized ID badge representing their army.

    The second battle has begun! Cadets must enter the Battle Room and login to their army to compete. SHARE your Army ID badge on Twitter to help your army reveal the official IMAX poster, and the winning army will have the honor of becoming a part of the poster!

    The official IMAX poster will be unveiled on 10/2 on Fandango.com.

    Go here now –> http://www.if-battleschool.com