Have you been waiting anxiously for the release of the movie version of O.S. Card's Ender Game? If you were like me, you were chewing nails when we found out it wasn't slated until March of 2013 but at least we had a date....now the function word here was March....because...hope you're setting down...it has been pushed back to November 1, 2013! Michael Hinman writing in Airlock Alpha speculates that it is to coincide with the release of the sequel to The Hunger Games, which will be released 3 weeks later. That sounds insane to me...I really does sound like a recipe for how to kill a movie! A movie based on a book little known outside the genre up against the sequel to a familiar movie....EG may be dead before before it hits the starting blocks.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Summit Entertainment, a division of Lionsgate, is doing this on purpose! They are going to publicize both films together, and actually use the excitement surrounding "Catching Fire" (Hunger Games pt2) to get more attention to "Ender's Game."
Really? REALLY?! I agree with what Michael said just prior to this brilliant marketing announcement....Most studios would keep so similar films well apart from one another...
oh well, you can read the article
here
oh and check out the movie poster. That is a FAN made movie poster!
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Lets just be happy it is still on the schedule and hasn't been canned. And yeah, this seems like a sure fire way to try and ice a movie fast. Then also, they may be planning on using the momentum of the sequel, to drive their viewing up. It's a gamble that could work, but may also prove instantly fatal.
Well, at least it isn't a horrible remake of a once good movie. I am guessing still that the remake of The Monster Squad is going to be not nearly as good or as funny as the original.
Forgot to send this too you. But here is what wiki has to say about what happened to a teacher who read this.
In March 2012, a middle school teacher of 14 year olds in South Carolina was placed on administrative leave for reading excerpts of Ender’s Game to his students, after a parent complained that the book was pornographic, primarily based on "curse words" in the text.[27] The parent also asked the local police to file criminal charges, which the police have declined to do.[28] The teacher had also read to the students from Devil’s Paintbox by Victoria McKernan and Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case by Agatha Christie.
Here is the link if you want to post it properly.
In March 2012, a middle school teacher of 14 year olds in South Carolina was placed on administrative leave for reading excerpts of Ender’s Game to his students, after a parent complained that the book was pornographic, primarily based on "curse words" in the text.[27] The parent also asked the local police to file criminal charges, which the police have declined to do.[28] The teacher had also read to the students from Devil’s Paintbox by Victoria McKernan and Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case by Agatha Christie.
The world is insane.
Yeah, I would say you have the right out look kall. At least we still have the movie....One that I will avail myself of.
Kall
Hey, can I post that as a look at what (blog name) sent me....can ya believe it?!!! Or if you want, I can add you to the ed staff, up to you. Some people opt out because the blog is in part a portion of the radio program. Supin ta think on
Lallamis I am not printing you latest comment. Please do not panic. We were delving into more email and chat than on subject comment
However I did want to note that I forever find that frustrating. I was spelling the way I thought it was supposed to go and the spell checker was constantly flagging it as misspelled, and I would change it. Much the same as it's its' and just plain its ALL go through the checker fine....but in my mind are wrong....So it would seem that a lot of spelling is phonetically misspelled, and I may or may not be at fault....I think, it would seem....maybe....
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