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.
EnderWiggin.net is very happy to be one of the Ender’s Game fansites to exclusively debut the very first clip from Ender’s Game, now 27 days from release in the United States.
Watch below in the clip titled ‘Ender’s Army’ as Colonel Hyrum Graff of the International Fleet’s Battle School discusses with esteemed student Ender Wiggin his impressive record at the school and what’s in store for someone who is both excelling and struggling under Commander Bonzo Madrid of Salamander Army.
What do you guys think of the clip? I loved that they included the bit about the uniforms, which is pretty close to the scene in the book!
“I’ve never heard of Dragon Army,” Ender said.
“That’s because there hasn’t been a Dragon Army in four years. We discontinued the name because there was a superstition about it. No Dragon Army in the history of the Battle School ever won even a third of its games. It got to be a joke.”
“Well, why are you reviving it now?”
“We had a lot of extra uniforms to use up.”
For some reason I also loved the hum in the background, lending to the fact that they’re in space. I also cracked up that Graff seems to slouch. Perhaps that’s their substitute for the big belly?
Listen to EnderCast Episode 33.5 below to hear Kelly and I watching the clip for the first time!
Ender’s Game is in theaters November 1st.
“How would you like to lead your own army?”
Or how about an Ender’s Game ICEE instead? It’s no secret that Launchies have been trying and failing for weeks to find these, but hopefully if you have a Carmike Cinemas near you, you’ll be able to find one this weekend. In this promo for the theater chain, they include a quick snippet of a brand new line from Graff from the scene where he gives Ender Dragon Army!
Thanks to Fernanda for the tip!
Watch a 1 minute TV spot for the UK. There isn’t any new footage, but it’s still kind of cool because it merges the teaser trailer with the full trailer and somehow the coloring looks a lot better. Those lucky Brits only have 3 weeks to 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
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.
The first clip from Hailee Steinfeld’s upcoming ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (which is having its world premiere tonight!) has been released by Yahoo! Movies. Watch it below!
Romeo and Juliet is directed by Carlo Carlei and will be released in the UK and US on October 11, 2013.
Prisoners starring Hugh Jackman, Viola Davis, and Jake Gyllenhaal is out this weekend in theaters. Watch the trailer for the movie below.
Remember that PSiO video I posted about with Khylin and Aramis? The company contacted me and sent me a loaner to try. Watch and find out just what these glasses are!
This one is from a couple weeks ago, so if you see Weekly Ender #12 out really soon, it’s because I’m catching up on posting! 🙂
Ender’s Game has apparently been stealthily building up an Instagram account! They officially made the announcement with a newly cut short video to get your blood running! You can go follow them at http://instagram.com/endersgamemovie
Constantin Film has released their second highlights video “Rules of the Game” from Gamescom. With Dee on vacation, we’ve got a partial translation, thanks to my friend Carla!
UPDATE: We now have a full translation from Dee!
Episode 2: Rules of the Game
What happened so far: 12 female commanders of the International Fleet are looking for the chosen fighter at Gamescom. In cooperation with KEF we have built a gigantic laser tag arena. Here we test the abilties of potential heroes to secure peace for the entire world. AFter you have registered yourself and your team for the laser tag game, you receive a fastlane pass, which will shorten the time you will have to wait in line enormously. One of our commanders will soon take care of you and will prepare you and your team for the Great Game. Each fighter receives an Ender’s Game uniform and a lasertag (gun). The goal is to mark the enemy team with as many laser tags as possible over the course of five minutes. As soon as you are ready for your great moment, the gates to the Ender’s Game laser tag arena will open. Ender’s Game. From October 24 in cinemas.
As we’ve been reporting, Constantin has been holding an Ender’s Game laser tag event at Gamescom this week and it sounds like they also used this as a chance to debut the German version of the Ender’s Game trailer, which can be viewed below thanks to FilmStarts.de.
Also, my friend and old ZAM boss is attending Gamescom and I had asked him to snap me a few photos of the arena, which you can view below. Thanks Ryan!
Earlier this week I posted images of the Ender’s Game Battle School cupcakes I made over the weekend and now I’ve got a video to give you guys a little “tour” of the cupcake wrappers, which really don’t show too well when you’re taking photos.