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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Tag: Ender’s Game
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New ‘Ender’s Game’ Photos from ComingSoon.it
Italian movie site ComingSoon.it has posted a photo gallery from Ender’s Game, including a slew of new photos including behind the scenes images and that one photo of Valentine I remembered from the set visit! Above, Ender enters Battle School as a Launchie.
We saw this photo on the wall at the Ender’s Game Experience. Graff comes to the Wiggin home to recruit Ender.
This image was also at the Ender’s Game Experience in the form of a gigantic wall mural.
Mazer and Ender look at the simulator while Petra awaits orders.
Valentine looks up at a mobile of Formic ships in Ender’s bedroom.
Behind the scenes: Asa Butterfield stands at the gate with director Gavin Hood.
Gavin Hood stands with a camera on the set of Ender’s Game.
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IMDb ‘Ender’s Game’ Final Mission Giveaway: $4,000 in Amazon Gift Cards
IMDb has launched their Final Mission Sweepstakes, offering up a whopping $4,000 in Amazon.com gift cards.
To enter, you simply need to put in your name, email, and phone number on their sweepstakes page here. This sweepstakes is open to all 50 of the United States and will end on November 3, 2013.
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Yahoo! Movies Launches ‘Ender’s Game’ Final Mission Sweepstakes
Yahoo! Movies has just launched their part of a massive Ender’s Game sweepstakes called “Final Mission” for a rather amazing prize pack for both fans and newbies of Ender’s Game including the following:
- Coleman Road Trip Grill.
- Margaritaville Battery-Powered Frozen-Concoction Maker.
- Coleman 54 Quart Stainless Steel Cooler.
- 10′ x 10′ Commercial E-Z UP Instant Shelter.
- Coleman Portable Deck Chairs (4) with Table.
- Weber Professional-Grade Stainless-Steel 3-Piece Barbeque Tool Set.
- 4′ Fold-in-Half Adjustable Folding Table.
- 3D Blu-ray Home Theater System with Smart TV Integrated
Wi-Fi. - 50″ Samsung Smart TV.
In addition to the entry form, you can play their Spin to Win game for a chance at $25 Sports Authority gift cards or 10 extra sweepstakes entries.
This sweepstakes is open to all 50 states in the United States and will end on November 3, 2013. Enter Yahoo! Movies’ sweepstakes here.
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Countdown to NovEnder Day 8: Ender’s Game Movie Poster
Ho, Launchies and welcome to Countdown to NovEnder Day 8! Today we’re giving away a FULL SIZE Ender’s Game teaser poster from San Diego Comic Con. (the giveaway on Day 6 is a mini poster)
This giveaway is open to the US only.
How to Enter
Each day, check the Rafflecopter widget for the various ways you can enter and make sure you are eligible. After you complete each task, you must log in your entry in the widget or it will not count. We’ve put in a wide variety of methods for you to enter and for some you can enter once every day of the giveaway.
You MUST leave an email address that you check frequently so that you can claim your prize within 72 hours. Please DO NOT comment with your email address in your comment.
For today’s giveaway, simply comment and tell us which of the Ender’s Game posters has been your favorite!
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VIDEO: Ender in Battle School Orientation
Last night at the MCM Expo Q&A event in London, several clips were shown including the trailer, Ender’s Army, and an exclusive clip that included snippets of the propaganda video shown at Comic Con in the Ender’s Game Experience “Welcome to Battle School”. The difference is, this clip is integrated into the movie itself, and we get to see Ender watch video of Mazer’s crucial battle at what is presumably Battle School orientation.
Thanks to @AP2HHC for the video!
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SPOTTED: Ender’s Game Buses, Billboards, and More
People are reporting and posting photos on Twitter of Ender’s Game marketing all over the place!
Spotted in Highland Park, California on York Blvd and Branch Street. Thanks to Daniel for the photo!
Spotted in the London Underground:
Spotted on a London bus:
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VIDEO: Sir Ben Kingsley on Acting with Tā Moko
Sir Ben Kingsley spoke with HeyUGuysUK in London tonight about what it was like for him to act with Maori tā moko on his face.
I didn’t feel any conscious difference on my face and it’s not a tattoo on my arm that I can look at on my arm and sort of enjoy or have a rapport with but […] it changed the way the other actors looked at me and that was really interesting, how they were trying to decipher my face and wonder what it meant and how dangerous and threatening it was. It affected them more than it affected me. It’s good, it was great.
Source: HeyUGuysUK
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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
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VIDEO: Watch an Extended Version of ‘Ender’s Army’
At the Odean in London tonight, the cast and crew of Ender’s Game presented some footage from Ender’s Game, including this extended version of Ender’s Army. In the new footage, Graff tells Ender Dragon Army will consist of misfits like him.
Source: @AP2HYC
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Countdown to NovEnder Day 7: Ender’s Game Movie Tie-in Edition
It’s now 25 days to Ender’s Game and our friends across the pond had an exciting night at the Ender’s Game Q&A in London! Watch for a write-up from EnderWiggin.net staffer Joni soon.
In the meantime, it’s Day 7 of our Countdown to NovEnder and today we’re giving away a copy of the Ender’s Game movie tie-in edition thanks to Tor/Macmillan. This giveaway is open to the US and Canada.
How to Enter
Each day, check the Rafflecopter widget for the various ways you can enter and make sure you are eligible. After you complete each task, you must log in your entry in the widget or it will not count. We’ve put in a wide variety of methods for you to enter and for some you can enter once every day of the giveaway.
You MUST leave an email address that you check frequently so that you can claim your prize within 72 hours. Please DO NOT comment with your email address in your comment.
For today’s giveaway, simply comment and tell us whether you plan to re-read the book before the movie or if you’re going in as-is. Or, if you haven’t read the book yet, do you plan to read it before seeing it on the big screen?
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Download ‘Ender’s Game’ Pumpkin Stencils for Halloween
Anyone who knows me knows that I get a little crazy around Halloween, especially when it comes to pumpkins. Years ago I saw what you can do and began breaking my back creating elaborate pumpkins for my myself and my family.
Eventually I started realizing that carving a ridiculously hard design on a real pumpkin is devastatingly hard work and depressing since pumpkins in Hawaii rot in about a day or two. Eventually I started doing foam pumpkins for the special designs, but I do still carve real pumpkins for the kids.
This Halloween, I’ve made some Ender’s Game pumpkin stencils for you guys to download and try out. Later this week I will be releasing the full details for the October 31st Countdown to NovEnder contest, which will of course be my favorite type of contest all year: an Ender’s Game Pumpkin Carving Contest!
Here’s a sample of what they look like!
[Download EnderWiggin.net’s Ender’s Game Halloween Pumpkin Stencils here]
If you make one before I announce the full rules, make sure to take photos and proof photos (so I know you made it yourself).
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Listen to Sappho Rise from ‘Battle School Needs You’
Listen to the full track Sappho Rise by David Joseph Wesley in the video below. The music was used in the International Fleet propaganda video ‘Battle School Needs You’ (also below).
Thanks to Fernanda for the find! David Joseph Wesley has done trailer music for several films including Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon and has also done quite a bit of work in the music department for American Idol.