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Benioff and Weiss To Write Ender's Game Script

Posted by Hemos on from the dear-god dept.

nighthawk127127 writes "According to the Fresco Pictures website, David Benioff (writer of the screenplay for Troy) has been signed on by Warner Brothers to write the script for the movie adaptation of Ender's Game. Rumors of the Ender's Game movie have been circulating for a long time now, but this is the first time in a while we've gotten some definite information. The movie will be a combination of Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card." Well, gosh, with Troy under his belt, all my concerns about the movie sucking are straight out! *cough*

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  1. Fears I have about the film by Chairboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have the following concerns/predictions:

    1. The ages of the characters will be upped by 5 or so years because the film execs won't think that people would find 5 year olds killing each other kosher. Ender will be 10+ years old in the beginning, almost guaranteed.

    2. The actor. There are few actors that could pull off the role of Ender. Haley Joel Osmont is the closest I can think of, but he's been getting older ("I see dead kittens") and would probably have a beard by the time this films.

    3. Peter.

    4. Conglomeration of enemies. Will Achille be combined with other baddies? This might not be bad, but if Bean and Ender both come from the same elementary school, that might be a little too pat. I understand that the story must be pruned to fit in 16:9, but I worry...

    The final worry: The ending. So many people have read the book, will they use the same ending? I've seen other movies from books where, to get a new emotional response or 'gotcha', the ending was changed from what you expect. The original ending is powerful and chilling (namely, the disposition of the final simulations), who knows what screenwriters the caliber of those who wrote Troy will produce?

    Here's my nightmare:

    MAZER: Ender, the bugger fighters are almost on me!
    ENDER: No! They've taken away the woman I love, they won't take away my teacher too!
    MAZER: Ender, (blasting noises in the background, static) there's something I haven't told you. I am.... your father.
    ENDER: Noooooooooooo!
    MAZER: Tell Valentine and Peter I loved them!
    (scene of Mazer's snub fighter being destroyed while doing the trench run on the Formic mothership that is approaching Earth)
    ENDER: NOOOOOOOOOO!
    (A Formic fighter pulls up behind Ender, whos ship has been damaged. Just as he is about to die, the fighter explodes and the shuttle that brought him to the Battle school descends into the picture)
    (radio): Hey Ender, thought you could use some help.
    ENDER: Valentine? Is that you?
    VALENTINE: It's me, and I brought some help.
    PETER: Hey Andrew, you were right. Let's blow this thing and go home.
    ENDER: Ayeeeeee! (fires D.R. Device)