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  • Hailee Steinfeld Thinks Fans of ‘Ender’s Game’ Will be Proud of the Movie

    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

  • Asa Butterfield Talks ‘Ender’s Game’ and Meeting Harrison Ford

    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

  • Harrison Ford Talks ‘Ender’s Game’ at CinemaCon

    Harrison Ford Talks ‘Ender’s Game’ at CinemaCon

    Harrison Ford did a brief Q&A session with reporters at CinemaCon last week and talked a bit about Ender’s Game. See the video below.

    Ford admitted he hadn’t read the book before he got the script, but it sounds as though he may have picked it up since wrapping the production.

    Were you always a big fan of Ender’s Game?

    No, I didn’t know the book before I read the script, so I really came to the project through the script.

    Is it easier to approach a project through a book?

    Sometimes it’s more difficult because books are books and movies are movies and they’re not always the same, the same craftsman is not always involved. I think it’s a very interesting book and the film, I think, is going to be great.

    What was it about the script that you really liked? What about the Ender’s Game script stood out for you?

    I just thought it was something we have not seen. I thought the story was prescient about some of the things we’re seeing in our lives right now and it was written 20 years ago, I guess. I thought it had a interesting moral question behind it, which is articulated in the film and I thought it would really be a good summer movie on top of that.

    How was it working with such a young cast?

    I’ve worked with young people before. I have had children of my own. I’m familiar with shorter people.

    Source: via Ender News

  • VIDEO: Harrison Ford Storms Out of Jimmy Kimmel Live

    VIDEO: Harrison Ford Storms Out of Jimmy Kimmel Live

    Jimmy Kimmel live has released video of Harrison Ford’s recent guest appearance on the show. Ford is doing the rounds for his new movie ’42’, but things went awry when an unexpected audience member began confronting Ford in a language only he seemed to understand.

    Watch the video below for the hilarity that ensued! You don’t want to miss it!

  • VIDEO: Hailee Steinfeld in Romeo and Juliet Trailer

    VIDEO: Hailee Steinfeld in Romeo and Juliet Trailer

    So back when I was 17 years old, which I’m sad to say was a whopping 17 years ago, I created my very first fansite on Geocities, which kind of what you could call the 1990s version of GoDaddy, and it was all about the 1996 Romeo + Juliet.

    It’s weird then, that Hailee Steinfeld (Petra), who I got to meet in New Orleans last May, is Juliet in a 2013 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. I’m a total sucker for the story, even almost two decades later since it remains my favorite Shakespeare play, so I was pretty excited to see the first trailer, even if it’s in poor quality. This is actually the first footage of Hailee since her amazing debut in True Grit, which is kind of hard to believe. Hailee looks amazing as Juliet!

    It’s actually kind of funny that Claire Danes was Juliet in 1996 and now Lord Capulet is being played by Damian Lewis. (You’ll only get that if you watch Homeland)

  • Results: Egg Battle School

    Results: Egg Battle School

    Those of you that commented and guessed the results of the Egg Army fights can now view the results here. Winners are announced under the video!

    Sadly, I suspect my kids’ Egg Launchie status skewed the results a bit, so everyone who commented got at least one entry.

    Random winners drawn from all entries:

    • Hannah Craswell
    • Rick Metcalf
    • Liam

    Since there’s no contact info for Rick and Hannah, you guys will have to email me at valentine @ enderwiggin.net with your address information to claim your prize! Congratulations!

  • Harrison Ford Calls ‘Ender’s Game’ a “Very Ambitious Movie”

    Harrison Ford Calls ‘Ender’s Game’ a “Very Ambitious Movie”

    Harrison Ford sat down recently to talk with ET Online at a press junket for his movie ’42’ (which is out April 12) about his multitude of upcoming projects, calling his brief experience on the set of Anchorman 2 “bi-zarre” and hilariously referring to Christina Applegate as “Applesauce girl”. He talked very briefly about Ender’s Game:

    Ender’s Game is coming up, you’re sort of returning to the sci-fi genre. How was that experience?

    Very interesting. It’s a very ambitious movie and I was very interested in the opportunity to be part of it. The character I play is interesting to me. I haven’t seen anything much. I think it could be great.

    The best part of the video comes when he’s asked about Star Wars VII. Ford pulls a zipper across his mouth and proceeds to finish the interview as though his lips are totally sealed. Last year, Ford filmed ’42’ right after wrapping Ender’s Game.

    Source: ET Online

  • Abigail Breslin: “I love Valentine!”

    Abigail Breslin: “I love Valentine!”

    Actress Abigail Breslin, whose new movie The Call is out in theaters this weekend, spoke to Collider about her career transitioning and spoke briefly about Ender’s Game. (Skip to 2:51 for the Ender’s Game part)

    You have a number of projects coming out, I mean, Ender’s Game. Is it difficult to play a character that’s pre-existing from such a beloved book?

    You know, it’s one of those things where you just have to do your best in how you see the character and hopefully people like it and I love Valentine. I love that character. And it was awesome when I was filming, I actually… I went to a guitar store in New Orleans and the people that worked there they were like, “Oh my God, you’re playing Valentine Wiggin, that’s like one of my favorite characters of all time!” and so a lot of people have been really really nice about it and very supportive so I’ve been lucky that they’ve all seemed really cool about it.

    Source: Collider