Benioff and Weiss To Write Ender's Game Script

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*

Comments

Re:Wouldn't go, anyhow.

[Anonymous Coward]

Read The Hypocrites of Homosexuality. Post back if you have any questions.

Excerpts for the lazy:

Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books, not to be indiscriminately enforced against anyone who happens to be caught violating them, but to be used when necessary to send a clear message to those who flagrantly violate society's regulation of sexual behavior cannot be permitted to remain as acceptable, equal citizens within that society.

Continues:

The goal of the polity is not to put homosexuals in jail. The goal is to discourage people from engaging in homosexual practices in the first place, and, when they nevertheless proceed in their homosexual behavior, to encourage them to do so discreetly, so as not to shake the confidence of the community in the polity's ability to provide rules for safe, stable, dependable marriage and family relationships.

Re:Hemos:

[WIAKywbfatw]

on an unrelated note: kudo points for a creative spelling of favorite.

Uh, that's how most of the English-speaking worlds spells the word. Unless I am very much mistaken, it's only the US (and US dependencies) where the spelling "favorite" is used instead of "favourite".

Basic Plot Inaccuracies?

[Ieshan]

Read the fucking Iliad.

Achilles sits around for 9 books, while Diomedes (not even IN the movie) and Ajax (killed in the FIRST battle) and Menelaos (same) beat the crap out of people.

Most of the action is dominated by the Gods, not the mortals.

Achilles DIES before he gets to Troy, but that *isn't* in the Iliad.

The Trojan horse bit is really written down in Vergil, but he was *never credited*.

When Achilles and Hector fight, Hector *runs* first. The reason they fight is because Hector is trapped outside the city walls, not because he comes down to fight Achilles. Gods interfere with the fight.

Aeneas isn't some random guy in the end, but he is a rather minor trojan prince who's the best fighter outside of Hector on the Trojan side. Read the Aeneid for more info.

The movie Troy was a huge cinematic blunder ruining one of the greatest stories of all time.

From a recent OSC talk

[banesong]

I saw OSC at a book signing last Tuesday (Mar 15, 2005), and he had a few things to say in regards to the movie:

1. He was pleased with the selection of Benioff and Weiss due to their past performance on pictures such as Troy and 25th Hour.

2. The actors to play both Ender and Bean have, in his words "probably been born", but as of this moment are not old enough to really be on the radar.

3. Currently Wolfgang Peterson is slated to direct, and is happy and supportive of the project.

4. There is a specific clause in the contract to not change the ages of the characters, as this would shift the dynamic of the story in a direction that it should not go.

5. The main reason for combining Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow is so that a good deal of Ender's emotions (which, for those who have read Ender's Game, is a good deal of the book) will be able to be externalized, or become available to the the viewer.

Re:Too bad they didn't pick the good version.

[jsprat]

Ender's Game (the short story) can be found at Orson Scott Card's website.

OSC's site is good way to burn an hour or more - writing advice, forums (or is it fora?), philosophy, etc. Mr. Card is an interesting fellow.

Re:Hemos:

[WIAKywbfatw]

Actually you are very much mistaken. I am guessing you're from Canada... As it turns out the "ou" spelling was enacted in Canada by Sir John A. McDonald over 100 years ago and it stuck. In England and other English speaking areas a simple 'o' is sufficient. So yes the "ou" spelling is correct only in Canada.

An AC talking complete crap: why am I not surprised? "Favourite" is the correct spelling in Britain, Australasia and elsewhere, and the same is true for "colour", "favour", etc.

In future, if you're going to tell the world and his brother how people in England spell words, please, either get your facts straight or choose a forum where people from England won't be around to cross-examine you. Otherwise, you might end up looking like a fool. Again.