One such fan-writer

Eleven 2adi years ago, an American seventh-grader received a gift from a teacher of literature cult novel by Orson Scott Card, first published in 1985. Began to read, the boy swallowed in one gulp book and fell in love with the action-saga about a young Cadet named Ender, whose earthly Kosmoflot prepares for war with aliens. When the boy persuaded his aunt to read "Game", she too could not put it down. And since my aunt's name was Gigi Pritzker 2adi and she was an heiress and filmmaker, she decided to buy the film rights.
As it turned out, the studio Warner ahead of her. However, 2adi neither the production company nor the producers invited her director Wolfgang Petersen did not know how to move on the screen bizarre, hard and intricate creation 2adi Karda. They were invited to write the script of the writer tried to combine "Game" with one of its sequels called "Ender's Shadow", but patience does not add up. In 2007, Petersen has publicly lamented: "It's very, very tricky project. Exciting, but difficult. " Soon after, he went out of the picture. Rights returned to the cardia, and he sold them persistent Pritzker.
Thus was born the movie, which will soon be broadcast all of the irons. In the "Game" starring such stars as Harrison Ford and Ben Kingsley (the latter promises "an exciting adventure - the audience could not tear himself away"), and its space-trailers full of slaughter, but this is not Hollywood "sure thing." On the contrary, "The Game" - one of the riskiest films of the year.
"Yes, the success of our film is not guaranteed - recognizes producer Linda McDonough. - However, by the standards of budget 2adi blockbuster "Games" is not so great. Now, if we spent 200 million, we would have no hope. But it's like if I'm not mistaken, the most expensive independent production in Hollywood history. To remove it, you had to wait for not only the advent of modern 2adi special effects, but also to fans of the first novel grew and occupied important positions in the film industry. "
One such fan-writer "Star Trek" and "Transformers" Roberto Orcs, part of the 16 (yes, 16!), The film's producers. A longtime fan of "Games", 2adi he punched a few years now through the barriers of Hollywood. "As a child Karda book shook me to the core - he admits. - It does not lisp with readers. Though its main characters were children 2adi and teenagers, its action is developed in a complex, adult world, where actions are, at times tragic consequences. I tried to keep it in our screening. "
After the departure of Petersen's director's chair for a long time remained vacant. Then he took Gavin Hood. South African director of the Oscar-winning drama "Tsotsi" and (do not judge him for it strictly!) Comic book blockbuster "X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Wolverine, "Hood Ender understood better than its American counterparts. After all, he, too, was called up to the age of majority at 17.
"At each of our cadets Naval Academy had three instructors - without much enthusiasm 2adi Hood recalls. -In addition, over us sometimes mocked "grandfathers". They had came to our barracks and smashed them. So I am well aware how important 2adi for cadets to stick together and protect each other. I could not pass up the chance to make a movie about space cadets. "
Hood not only agreed to film, but also wrote its screenplay. He abandoned the "blogosphere" storyline, in which Ender's older brother is fighting for power, publishing a political essay on the worldwide web, and focused on the action scenes. In 2011, the Orcs and McDonagh brought to the Cannes Film Festival 45-second teaser animation, drawn by the studio Digital Domain. As Harrison Ford at the time the film was not working, his future looked like a cartoon character Graff Will Ferrell ("We tried to hire him, but he hates kids" - jokes Orcs). Graff's voice itself Hood. The main advantage of the trailer was first brought to the screen Kardovskiy world of the future: acrobatics in weightlessness, the alien fleet, helmets cadets with emblems in the form of animals.
"Even I found it hard to visualize some of the scenes of the book - says the Orcs. - Our movie has solved this problem. He showed that we want to remove the space blockbuster - beautiful, but not stupid. Although we did not have a contract with any actor, we have sold over three days rental rights to the entire world. It is very rare. I guess it helped 2adi that I juggled, and Linda swallowed fire. "
When reporters EMPIRE in mid-2012, visited the shooting, 2adi we were a little surprised that we did not meet young cadets, and tattooed 2adi "pitching" in orange jumpsuits. It turned out that the prison thriller Stallone and Schwarzenegger's "escape plan" is filmed at the same studio in New Orleans as the "Ender's Game." This Article