And hopefully a good movie & game as well.
[h=3]Film[/h] Orson Scott Card released the latest of his author-written
screenplay adaptations to
Warner Bros. in May 2003.
David Benioff and
D. B. Weiss were later signed to write a new script, working closely with director
Wolfgang Petersen. Card later announced that he would be writing a new script not based on any previous one, including his own.[SUP]
[17][/SUP] Following the departure of Petersen from the project and Card's self-described refusal to "condescend to green-screen Hollywood," Card announced in February 2009 that he had completed a script for
Odd Lot Entertainment, and that they had begun assembling a production team.[SUP]
[18][/SUP] In September 2010 it was announced that
Gavin Hood was attached to the project, serving as both screenwriter and director.[SUP]
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[20][/SUP] On January 28, 2011, it was reported that
Roberto Orci and
Alex Kurtzman would be producing the work and would begin presenting the script to prospective investors.[SUP]
[21][/SUP] On April 28, 2011 it was reported that
Summit Entertainment had picked up the film [SUP]
[22][/SUP] and that
Digital Domain had joined as a co-producer.[SUP]
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edit] Video game[/h] Main article:
Ender's Game: Battle Room
Ender's Game: Battle Room will be a digitally distributed
video game for all viable downloadable platforms.[SUP]
[24][/SUP] It is currently under development by
Chair Entertainment, who also developed the Xbox Live Arcade games
Undertow and
Shadow Complex. Chair had sold the licensing of
Empire to Card, which became a best-selling novel. Little is known about the game, save its setting in the Ender universe and that it will focus on the Battle Room.[SUP]
[24][/SUP]
In December, 2010, it was announced that the video game development had stopped and the project put on indefinite hold.[SUP]
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