Major Anderson actress, Viola Davis, was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role. The picture to the left was taken a few hours ago on the red carpet. Her hair is very short for a woman, does anyone else think this is a military haircut? (If it is, it makes us wonder is they’re going to chop off Hailee Steinfeld’s locks for her role as Petra.)
Ender Wiggin and Mazer Rackham actors, Asa Butterfield and Ben Kingsley’s movie Hugo won a total of 5 Oscars. Valentine Wiggin actress, Abigail Breslin’s animated film Rango also won an Oscar.
Next year we hope to see a trailer of the Ender’s Game movie during the Academy Award’s commercial break. Two years from now, we hope to see Ender’s Game accepting some Oscars.
Would you like to contribute to our interviews with Ender authors?
Ender’s Ansible and PhiloticWeb.net are preparing a series of interviews with individuals of interest to Ender fans. [see our first interview with Ender’s Shadow comic artist Sebastián Fiumara. Another interview with Ender’s Game Tech/Battle School Design Consultant, and Authorized Ender Companion contributor (“The Technology of Ender’s Game”) Steve Sywak is forthcoming]
For our next set of interviews, we are planning to have conversations with Aaron Johnston and Jake Black.
Aaron Johnston is the coauthor of the novel Invasive Procedures and the forthcoming Formic Wars novels, (beginning with Earth Unaware: The First Formic War), all with New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card. Aaron’s comic credits include Ender in Exile, Speaker for the Dead, Formic Wars, League War, and Mazer in Prison, all for Marvel. His screenplay adaptations include Alvin Maker, Sarah: Woman of Genesis, The Multiple Man, Feed the Baby of Love, and others. His play Lifeloop, an adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s short story, was featured at Western Illinois University. A longtime stage improviser, Aaron is a former member of LA’s Improv Factory, Santa Clarita Improv, and the Garrens Comedy Troupe. He and his wife are the parents of four children. He also wrote the fascinating essay “Getting Ender Right: A Look at the Ender’s Game Screenplay Development” for the Authorized Ender Companion.
Jake Black is the author of more than a dozen books including 2009’s “Authorized Ender Companion” published by Tor. He has written comic books for DC Comics, Marvel, and Mirage (the publishers of the popular “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” comics), and several other independent companies. He has written for popular characters and franchises including Superman, Batman, Hannah Montana, Twilight, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Smallville, WWE, Star Trek, and more. On screen, he has written episodes of “Ben 10: Alien Force” (Cartoon Network), “Batman: The Brave and the Bold” (Cartoon Network), and “Chaotic” (CW Network/Cartoon Network). He is also the writer and chief researcher for several “Smallville” DVD documentaries. Throughout 2008-2009, Jake battled cancer. In December 2009, he was declared cancer-free. He continues to write TV, comics, books, and magazines. His Ender Comic titles include Ender’s Game: A War of Gifts, and Recruiting Valentine. He also collaborated on other OSC-related comic titles such as Wyrms.
We would like to ask you, Ender Fan Community, to submit some questions that you would like to hear these fellow Ender-fans respond to.
In the comments below, tell us:
1) Who the question is directed towards: AJ (Aaron Johnston) or JB (Jake Black).
2) Your Question
3) What name you would like us to credit the question with if we choose to use it in the interview.
Example Submission: AJ: “Where did you get that great shirt?”, Name: Taalcon
We would like to have all questions submitted by February 29th at the latest so we can prepare and submit questions for review by the interviewees. Thanks very much for your participation! We’ll keep you updated with further information as it becomes available.
According to Deadline, two more characters have been cast in the Ender’s Game movie! Nonso Azonie will play Sergeant Dap, also known as the launchies’ “mom.” He has been in Conan the Barbarian (2011), The Grey and will appear in an upcoming episode of the HBO series Game of Thrones. See his picture below.
Stevie Ray Dallimore has been cast as John Paul Wiggin, Ender’s father. He will act opposite Andrea Powell, who we reported would play Ender’s mother Theresa Wiggin last week. Dallimore was most recently in the film Joyful Noise. See his picture below!
What do you all think, do they look right for their respective parts? Thanks, Jeremy on Philotic Web for the tip! (And yes, I will be updating the cast page, the links at the side and the collage of all the actors shortly!)
Today, Ender’s Game actor Jimmy “Jax” Pinchak turns 16! He’s currently in New Orleans preparing to film his part as Peter Wiggin in the Ender’s Game movie. He answered on Twitter a few days ago, that if zombies attacked and he could pick one member of Dragon Army to have his back it would be Dink because he seems like a loyal character. If that’s not awesome, we don’t know what is. Make sure you wish him a happy birthday on his Facebook or Twitter!
For some fun, read up a little on St. Valentine, the namesake of Miss Valentine Wiggin (played in the Ender’s Game film by the wonderful Abigail Breslin).
Are you interested in preparing and presenting a paper on themes involving Ender and Philosophy? See below for project information and submission requirements:
Recall that Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment merger last month. Well, Deadline is reporting that Lionsgate now has a 25% stake in the Ender’s Game movie.
In other news, Valentine Wiggin actress Abigail Breslin talked Ender’s Game at the Rebecca Minckoff show, Newsday reports. She’s quoted as saying, “I’m really excited for it! It’s a really interesting story, and I hope all of the fans of the book are going to love it.”
American actress Andrea Powell announced via her Twitter that she will be playing Therea Wiggin, Ender’s mother, in the upcoming Ender’s Game movie. Read her tweet:
She’s been Sasha in Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2, Karen Crezski in ABC’s The Gates and Gillian in Teen Spirit. You can read her full list of acting credits here. Is she how you pictured Ender’s mother in your head? Thanks @revolverjunkie for the tip!
Pure speculation and mild spoiler: Theresa Wiggin is an important character in the Shadow series. Movie sequels, anyone?
Oscar Round Up
