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So I'm just wondering after reading almost all of Ender and Bean's Quarlet when the movie is going to come out. I've heard it's not anytime before 2008, but I'm wondering if it's in 2008 when in 2008 then? Posts: 5 | Registered: Jun 2007
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Is there a FAQ's guide to our forums? So people can quickly check links to what many would consider the top searched things here? If so, a thread for official movie update4s would be good.
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They're waiting for spaceflight with cheap tourist-class seating because they can't afford to CGI the special effects.
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By the time they make the movie it will be Haley Joel Osment and Jake Lloyd. Cloned and melded.
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I have a friend who teaches at the high school Jake Lloyd is going to/graduating from (according to wikipedia), I'm going to have to ask her if he's popular or a big deal there. I'm betting not, unless he now plays football.
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If they do ever come out with a movie (which i seriously doubt) I will not see it. It won't do the book justice.
And I've been around this forum for years now, and every time this topic comes up, we all drool over the concept, realize that no child could do the part of ender justice, and then cry silently to ourselves...
And yes we have gotten soft... We need Slash to come back...
Edit: Typos irritate me
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Certainly, there are members who despair-- and there are some who think the industry is actually doing a fairly good job with children actors.
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I don't think that Ender is particularly conflicted, at least not as a major component of his character.
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Heh. My first thought was, "With new members, come old questions..." Especially since there was just a thread on newbies, now that registration is open again.
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quote:Originally posted by breyerchic04: I have a friend who teaches at the high school Jake Lloyd is going to/graduating from (according to wikipedia), I'm going to have to ask her if he's popular or a big deal there. I'm betting not, unless he now plays football.
Well he does come to MGM Studios every summer to sign autographs and be in a parade*. I'm guessing most of his classmates don't do that.
*I'm vaguely embarrassed to admit I added his autograph to my OSC-autographed poster of him reading Ender's Game.Posts: 13680 | Registered: Mar 2002
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Hmmm now that everyone has brought the acting problem up, now the big question comes. Who is small enough to be Bean? And also do spectacular stuff in the Battle Room?
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By the time Ender'sGame is cast, Hollywood will hire genetic engineers to create a Beany baby. The BattleRoom will be no problem: even thrifty orbital motels will have 'em. Kinda like Earthside motels have swimming pools.
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I never understood why certain movies ever get made whilst other's don't.
I mean how have the exec's figured that there is more money in movies like "TV the movie" (<3 you steve) than in something with and actual plotline, good characters and an involving chain of events.
Go figure, I guess we really do need an Ocean's 13.
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Although I suspect the Enders Game movie might come out before the next Alvin book. <ducking>
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Seriously, no one has pointed out yet in this thread that Sequoyah can play Ender. He has a new head shot up at IMDb now, and I found a way to put up the plays he's been in. I only put the bigger ones though. Course he still looks 5 even in his new headshots, I think it's the cheeks.
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After watching the beginning of the third X-Men film, I though, "Hey, they can de-age Jake Lloyd for Ender's Game!"
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in regards to the acting problem, they just have to do the same thing LOTR did for hobbits. Nicholas Cage as Bean?
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Am I the only one here who thinks casting won't be very hard?
For a variety of reasons, they aren't likely to use any currently or soon-to-be famous child actors. That leaves only a few adult roles to command a high salary. The rest of the cast will be kids who have no Hollywood experience (and thus, will not be very expensive).
Finding appropriate kids who can act will be pretty easy. Right now, the Cub Scout pack I used to be a member of could supply about half of the child actors needed, with the requisite diversity. I personally know several very young kids who nonetheless are able to carry a major role. As an added benefit, cub scouts would have no trouble adjusting to a battle school mindset.
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quote:Originally posted by Madb: I never understood why certain movies ever get made whilst other's don't.
I mean how have the exec's figured that there is more money in movies like "TV the movie" (<3 you steve) than in something with and actual plotline, good characters and an involving chain of events.
Go figure, I guess we really do need an Ocean's 13.
- MaSTERdb
If only making a movie were that easy.
Ender's Game would've been made years ago, and LOTR would have 10 movies out.
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They should just make a cartoon version if they really can't find the actors without having special effects 100% of the time for the adult actors to be kids.
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