Orson Scott Card dishes on the announcement that Marvel Comics have opted the rights to publish both Ender’s Game and Ender’s Shadow; think “story board” for the Ender’s Game movie.
If you’re a fan of Futurama (and we can only assume you’re an Ender’s Game fan if you’re reading this), than the working title of one of four upcoming Futurama movies should catch your attention: Futurama: Bender’s Game.
Can we dare to hope that they’ll do more than pay homage to the title? We’ll be waiting to find out. And we’re not alone; a Wikipedian working on the official Wikipeida entry even went so far to write that “films title is a reference to the science fiction novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card.”
Last week, Director Wofgang Peterson (Troy -2004 and Poseidon -2006) insisted that the Ender’s Game film (currently noted as in pre-production on the IMDB) is still his to direct:
“I just had a meeting again with Orson Scott Card and we’re hanging in there,” said Petersen. “We are hanging in there and we will do that.”
Source: Rotten Tomatoes: Wolfgang Petersen Still on Enders Game and Two More Sci-fi Projects (Oct 3rd, 2007)