In September 2012, three months after filming ended in New Orleans, the effects house Digital Domain, a producing partner hired for the visual effects, filed for bankruptcy. The lawyers of Odd Lot Entertainment asked the bankruptcy judge to keep all their effects contracts together as one package, so that the work could be finished on schedule. The film opened in the United States on November 1, 2013.
Orson Scott Card published the novel in 1985 and refused Hollywood offers through the 1980s and 1990s over creative differences. He wrote about six scripts himself before Gavin Hood took over as screenwriter and director, and Card said the final screenplay was entirely Hood's.
Humanity is preparing to attack the homeworld of the Formics, an alien species that attacked Earth and killed millions. The International Fleet trains gifted children at a military academy in space, where Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, played by Asa Butterfield, catches the eye of Colonel Hyrum Graff, played by Harrison Ford. In zero-gravity training games, Ender invents strategies that older students had never considered, and Graff soon gives him command of a squad of misfits.
Ben Kingsley plays Mazer Rackham, the pilot who stopped the first invasion, Hailee Steinfeld plays Petra Arkanian, the cadet who trains Ender in private, and Viola Davis plays Major Gwen Anderson. In 2010, Card announced a story that would combine Ender's Game with its parallel novel, Ender's Shadow. He explained in 2013 that Petra became a more important character after Hood took over.
The film runs 114 minutes and is rated PG-13 in the United States. Common Sense Media recommends it from age 12, citing two near-fatal fights, the first of them bloody, and the destruction of an entire planet and alien species, with very little strong language.
Rotten Tomatoes counted 63 percent positive reviews among 225. The film opened at number one in North America with $27 million, but lost a projected $68 million for the studio, which made a sequel unlikely: the rest of Ender's story exists only in the books.
In September 2012, three months after filming ended in New Orleans, the effects house Digital Domain, a producing partner hired for the visual effects, filed for bankruptcy. The lawyers of Odd Lot Entertainment asked the bankruptcy judge to keep all their effects contracts together as one package, so that the work could be finished on schedule. The film opened in the United States on November 1, 2013.
Orson Scott Card published the novel in 1985 and refused Hollywood offers through the 1980s and 1990s over creative differences. He wrote about six scripts himself before Gavin Hood took over as screenwriter and director, and Card said the final screenplay was entirely Hood's.
Humanity is preparing to attack the homeworld of the Formics, an alien species that attacked Earth and killed millions. The International Fleet trains gifted children at a military academy in space, where Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, played by Asa Butterfield, catches the eye of Colonel Hyrum Graff, played by Harrison Ford. In zero-gravity training games, Ender invents strategies that older students had never considered, and Graff soon gives him command of a squad of misfits.
Ben Kingsley plays Mazer Rackham, the pilot who stopped the first invasion, Hailee Steinfeld plays Petra Arkanian, the cadet who trains Ender in private, and Viola Davis plays Major Gwen Anderson. In 2010, Card announced a story that would combine Ender's Game with its parallel novel, Ender's Shadow. He explained in 2013 that Petra became a more important character after Hood took over.
The film runs 114 minutes and is rated PG-13 in the United States. Common Sense Media recommends it from age 12, citing two near-fatal fights, the first of them bloody, and the destruction of an entire planet and alien species, with very little strong language.
Rotten Tomatoes counted 63 percent positive reviews among 225. The film opened at number one in North America with $27 million, but lost a projected $68 million for the studio, which made a sequel unlikely: the rest of Ender's story exists only in the books.
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