Happy Birthday, Asa - From Your "Ender's Game" Family!

The clock just chimed midnight in England and Asa Butterfield is now officially 16 years old. Happy birthday!

To celebrate Asa's 16th, we asked a few of his Ender's Game friends to send in a birthday greeting and they rose to the occasion, more than happy to help celebrate the day of the guy we will all soon know as Ender Wiggin.

We'll let the pictures speak for themselves.


Stunt coordinator Garrett Warren and stunt fight choreographer JJ Perry

Brandon Soo Hoo (Fly Molo) -- Fun fact: Asa's nickname at Space Camp was Tea Bag. Brandon's was Soooshi.

Aramis Knight (Bean)

Cameron Gaskins (Pol Slattery)

Khylin Rhambo (Dink Meeker)

Suraj Partha (Alai)

Conor Carroll (Bernard)

Michael Provost (Asa's acting double)	Cassandra from Ender's Ansible

Crystal from EnderWiggin.net	Kelly from Ender News

"You don't have to command anybody," said Dink, "but you're always our commander."

 Happy birthday, Asa. We can't wait to find out what the rest of 2013 has in store for you.

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The best part of the teaser poster...

... was finding out what "those triangle things" actually were.

Stars. Who knew?

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Pick up an "Ender's Game" Teaser Poster at WonderCon!

Can't wait to get your hands on your own copy of the recent Ender's Game teaser poster? Lucky fans attending WonderCon in Anaheim this weekend (March 29-30) don't have long to wait -- the studio has made mini-posters available throughout the convention!

Here some info from the studio regarding where you can pick one up:

"The posters can be found at the Wondercon Freebie table throughout the show. KROQ will be giving them away on on-site Saturday (March 29th) from 4pm - 7pm. Additionally, they can look for the Ender's Game team that will be wandering in areas outside of the convention center. "

Any lucky Launchies attending WonderCon this weekend? Feel like sending us some photos? You can reach us anytime at endernews@gmail.com.

Good luck, guys. Let us know what you find!

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Harrison Ford: "I think [Ender's Game] could be great."

Harrison Ford sat down with ET recently to talk about his upcoming projects, Ender's Game included. When asked how his experience on the movie was, Ford replied:

Very interesting. It's a very ambitious movie and I was very interested in the opportunity to be part of it. The character I play is interesting to me... I haven't seen anything much. I think it could be great.

View the full video below.

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Official Site IF-Sentinel: Now With Splash Page

Last week, a few observant Ender's Game fans noticed that Summit had added links to both the official movie Twitter (@EndersGameMovie) and site (IF-Sentinel.com). While the latter previously only redirected visitors back to Summit-Ent, it looks like some updates have been made as there is now a super cool splash page, complete with the tagline we've all been waiting to see: The Enemy's Gate is Down:

Right now, apart from some social media links (Facebook, Twitter, G+, and Tumblr), all we get is a bit of a tease: "The next invasion is imminent. Stay informed." We'll certainly be doing so, as it looks like something is coming our way fairly soon -- something exciting if this promotional page is anything to go by.

What do you guys make of it? Is there anything in particular you hope to see from IF-Sentinel.com once it launches? Theorize in the comments!

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EnderCast Episode #07: The Enemy's Gate

 

 Hey Launchies! Yesterday Crystal and I recorded and released another episode of EnderCast titled The Enemy's Gate. In this episode we covered:

-- The poster! There's a lot of poster talk, actually.
-- Gavin Hood's Yahoo! Movies interview
-- Bob Orci’s trailer tweet
-- Trailer release rumor
-- CinemaCon 2013

We hope you enjoy! And don't forget, you can also subscribe to us on iTunes and listen to EnderCast whenever and wherever you like.

Thanks for tuning in!

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"Ender's Game" on Beyond the Trailer

Ender's Game was featured today on the popular YouTube-based entertainment news show "Beyond the Trailer." The host, Grace Randolph, gives a super quick and spoiler-y rundown of Orson Scott Card's story and what we know about the Ender's Game movie so far.

It's a pretty good watch, and she brings up some fun points. It's interesting that she describes Bean as "Ender's biggest competition at the school" since in the novel they never really competed in anything. However, it's rather possible that the character shows up very early in the film's storyline and thus exists initially more as Ender's competitor than his protégé.

What do you guys think -- has Bean's storyline been altered due to time constraints so that he's acquainted with Ender well before Dragon Army? If so, do you think it's friendly competition or a real Battle School rivalry?

It's super exciting that entertainment bloggers are starting to cover the movie -- and we'll only be seeing more of this sort of thing as promotion for the movie picks up!

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