Post-Production and More!
Filming officially wrapped on Saturday (read about it + pictures here) and we bet you’re thinking. “The movie’s more than a year away! There’s going to be nothing new!” Trust us, there’s going to be plenty going on from now until November 2013. What’s next?
Ender's Game producers Bob Orci & David Coatsworth on set behind a green screen
Editing and Special Effects Editing galore! Lots of editing! The post-production team needs to edit the individual scenes into a cohesive movie that’s going to make millions of people fall in love (and re-fall in love) with Ender’s Game. We know from images posted on Twitter that at least some green screen is being incorporated. This means that graphics and other special effects need to be added in.
Music We’re also hoping for a announcement about the film’s music. Will the Ender’s Game movie have a soundtrack or will it be scored? (We really hope it’s scored!) Music is so important to setting the tone of the movie, we can’t wait to learn the name of the composer or who the soundtrack artists will be. (Personally, we’re hoping for something scored that’ll be as beautiful and memorable as the Star Wars theme music and Hedwig’s Theme.)
Teaser Posters and Trailers If you missed @EnderSpeaker‘s latest post on this subject go read it now! We can’t wait until the first teaser posters and trailers are released. The first time you see a teaser trailer on your home television you’re going to explode with happiness. Of course we’ll let you know whenever that it.
Advertising “We have established ourselves as the No. 1 studio in young adult franchises,” Lionsgate’s CEO [Variety.] If they truly are (and we’re not arguing that they’re not) then we’re sure they have unique advertising techniques up their sleeves. If their advertising tactics mirror their beyond-the-ordinary-tactics for The Hunger Games then we’re expecting some major hype for the movie. The Official Ender’s Game Production Blog does seem to mirror The Official Hunger Games Tumblr. And you can’t forget the rumor that Ender’s Game will be at Comic-Con 2013.
Merchandise We can only imagine what kind of merchandise Lionsgate is going to roll out for Ender’s Game. [Edit: We found there awesome production gifts. Take a look!] Possibly action figures, toy flash guns, (please no lame video game tie-in!) posters, lunch boxes, clothing line (Dear Christine Bieselin-Clark, Pretty please design a wearable line of clothing with very subtle Ender’s Game references.) and there’s already book with an updated movie cover due out in September.
Red carpet interviews, magazine covers and more! (And you can’t forget our to-be-released-set-visit-details!) So you see, there will plenty of news for you all to devour between now and November 2013.
And if that’s not enough, Ender’s Game prequel: Earth Unaware is due out next month. Pre-order here! Tell us in the comments what news you’re most looking forward to!