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Royalmaiden

18th March 2005, 03:17 AM

I was required to read Ender's Game for my sophmore english class in high school & I absolutely LOVED it! I wasnt really big in to sci-fi until then, so I guess I can thank Ms. Finnigan for getting me hooked :D
Anywho, I was just on OSC's web site & saw this. Thought I would share it with all of you!

News about Ender's Game: The Movie
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Movie Update - March 14, 2005
Benioff and Weiss to Write Ender's Game Script
David Benioff, the writer of the screenplay for Wolfgang Petersen's 2004 epic Troy, has been signed by Warner Bros. to pen the script for the movie Ender's Game.

Benioff will work with his writing partner, Dan Weiss, in close cooperation with Petersen, who is developing Ender's Game with the intent of directing it himself.

The screenplay will be based on Orson Scott Card's novels Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow.

Says Card, "Mr. Benioff proved with Troy that he could adapt a long work to fit the brevity of film, while preserving what is most powerful and effective in the original."

Any film of Ender's Game will be heavily dependent on special effects, says Card, "but it's the characters that the audience must care about for the film to succeed."

"I have every expectation that he and Mr. Weiss will be able to create a screenplay that will distill the strong characters and moral dilemmas of the novel into an exciting film that will justify the huge expense involved in filming it," said Card.

Benioff also adapted his own novel, 25th Hour, into a screenplay for the Spike Lee-directed 2002 film that starred Edward Norton.

I have been hearing about a movie version of the books since I first read it 10 years ago. Glad to hear stuff is happening! :bouncy:

Faren

18th March 2005, 09:09 AM

Ohhh that IS exciting!! :bouncy: I just noticed he has put out a new "Shadow" book too, called Shadow of the Giant (I think). I got it at the library and my son promptly confiscated it. :roll:

Wolfegar

18th March 2005, 09:52 AM

Ooo! Ooo! Ooo! :bouncy: Want movie now!

bisb

19th March 2005, 03:04 AM

I can't wait! :banghead:

Royalmaiden

19th March 2005, 04:13 AM

Faren

19th March 2005, 09:34 AM

You should confiscate it back!! It is very good!(what I've read so far :D)
It's all right. He's a fast reader and almost finished. :D

Elisabetha

19th March 2005, 05:46 PM

Is it out in paperback? because if it is I am going to have to find some money somewhere.

:bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy:

Faren

20th March 2005, 04:13 AM

It just came out in hardback, Elisabetha. I got it from the library. :ok:

And my son finished so I've been able to start reading! :bouncy:

Rabble

21st March 2005, 02:35 AM

A movie!

Can't wait to see how they deal with the coolest fictional game ever. :hopping:

Faren

21st March 2005, 04:57 AM

Just adding a link to OSC's site so we can check from time to time. :ok:

http://www.hatrack.com/

Keita

23rd March 2005, 03:56 PM

:bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy:

Faren

24th March 2005, 05:35 AM

Just to confirm what Royalmaiden was saying in an earlier post....Shadow of the Giant was an excellent read. :ok: :ok: :ok: What a great way to end the series (though there were a couple of loose ends, I think this one is done). The last part of the book contained some of the most powerful emotional scenes I've ever read, and I was literally sobbing while I read the book. Just thinking about it now makes me tear up. :cry:
So hats off to OSC, well done! :applause: :bow:

Dux

5th April 2005, 12:37 AM

Ohhh that IS exciting!! :bouncy: I just noticed he has put out a new "Shadow" book too, called Shadow of the Giant (I think). I got it at the library and my son promptly confiscated it. :roll:
Oh boy! *breathes huge sigh of relief*

I just finished reading Shadow Puppets and was sooooo :irked: because I thought that was the last book in the series when I started and only realized at the very end that I was going to have to wait to get the next book in the series to find out what happens to Bean, Petra, the babies and Peter. Now I just have to check to see if my library has it.

:hugs: Faren for making my day !!!

Dux

5th April 2005, 12:40 AM

I just put it on hold at the library. There are two people ahead of me on line, but there are 11 copies, so it shouldn't take too long. :bouncy: On the other hand I'm number 117 in line for Harry Potter when it comes out, so that might take a while :sad:

pern_queen_rider

10th April 2005, 07:37 AM

A MOVIE!!!! YEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS!! God, I just finished this book! Wish I was young enouhg to try out for Petra...

Dux

22nd April 2005, 03:26 AM

Faren

22nd April 2005, 08:26 AM

I just finished reading Shadow of the Giant! I thought it would be the last book in the trilogy - it clearly isn't. Now I have to wait a whole year before the next one comes out :irked:

Waaaaaay too many unanswered questions!!!
I agree there were unanswered questions, but I think the Shadow books are done...but maybe he'll start a new series.

So how much did you cry?:cry: