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101-424: In the 2013 film adaptation of Ender's Game , Ender is portrayed by Asa Butterfield . In the first book of the series, Ender's Game , Ender is the youngest and most well-rounded of three children; his parents received permission to have a third child, which is rare because of the state's strict two-child policy . His existence was called for by a program aiming at producing commanders for humanity's war against

202-400: A Formic in the game, and then simulated images involving his siblings. Anderson note these unusual additions to the game are seemingly altered by Ender's interaction with it. Graff promotes Ender to lead his own squad, which is made up of misfit students. They are put in increasingly difficult battles. In a surprise match against two other teams, including Bonzo's Salamander Army, Ender devises

303-574: A book anonymously called The Hive Queen , which tells the story of the war from the Formic perspective and starts to change public opinion of him. Peter, who has become the Hegemon, the head of the world government on Earth, recognizes Ender as the author and asks him to write a second work, about him. Ender authors The Hegemon . The two books become very influential, and eventually they are always published together. Ender and Valentine begin to search for

404-502: A boycott were picked up by a number of other groups and individuals in the media. In response to the boycott, Card released a statement in July 2013 to Entertainment Weekly : Ender's Game is set more than a century in the future and has nothing to do with political issues that did not exist when the book was written in 1984. With the recent Supreme Court ruling, the gay marriage issue becomes moot. The Full Faith and Credit Clause of

505-411: A commendable number of well-acted, solidly written sci-fi thrills." On Metacritic , the film has a score of 51 out of 100 based on reviews from 39 critics indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. Peter Debruge of Variety magazine called it "An impressive, thought-provoking astro-adventure that benefits from

606-448: A difficult time maintaining a force strong enough for all three people to live. The maximum number of people Ender can keep alive and healthy at any given time is two. In the beginning young Val suffers the most, because Ender is the least interested in her mission, until it is revealed that she, along with Miro and Jane , are looking for the home planet of the descolada virus . Peter never has to compete for Ender's life force because Ender

707-526: A former Battle School student who caused an uprising in India before she was subdued and exiled by Peter Wiggin's Hegemony. Once there, Ender agrees to help Virlomi quell an uprising by a group called the Natives of Ganges, led by a young man named Randall Firth , who is under the delusion that he is the son of Achilles de Flandres . They have adopted "The Hive Queen" as a rallying cry, and have begun to belittle

808-489: A former Formic planet near their homeworld to meet with Rackham, who explains that the Formics share a hive-mind mentality and how he exploited it to win the battle. Ender finds that his former squad members are also there to help him train in computerized simulations of large fleet combat; Rackham puts special emphasis on the fleet's Molecular Detachment (MD) Device that is capable of disintegrating matter. The group's training

909-411: A new fleet for a counterattack. Cadet Andrew "Ender" Wiggin draws the attention of Colonel Hyrum Graff and Major Gwen Anderson because of his aptitude in simulated space combat so is recruited into Battle School. In the school he is placed with other cadets his age, but Graff treats him as extraordinary, thereby subjecting him to ostracism. The cadets are placed in squads and perform training games in

1010-485: A new script in consultation with the then-designated director Wolfgang Petersen . Four years later, Card wrote a new script not based on any previous ones, including his own. In an interview with Wired , Card admitted two obstacles in writing his scripts were being able to "externalize" Ender's thoughts and making it work, "for people who had never read the book." Card announced in February 2009 that he had completed

1111-475: A novel strategy of sacrificing part of his team to achieve a goal, impressing Graff. Bonzo attacks Ender after the match, but he fights back. Bonzo falls during the struggle and suffers a serious head injury. Bonzo is then briefly seen in the infirmary receiving emergency surgery, leaving his ultimate fate ambiguous. Distraught, Ender quits Battle School, but Graff has his sister, Valentine , convince him to continue. Graff takes Ender to humanity's forward base on

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1212-561: A planet where the Queen can restore her race. Speaker for the Dead begins 3000 years after the events of Ender's Game and the Xenocide. Ender is departing from the planet where Valentine has found a husband. He has acquired an integrated computer by which he communicates with a powerful sentient program known as Jane . She reveals herself only to Ender. He has taken the role of Speaker for

1313-472: A preview of the film. The second mission had the users compete by once again posting to Facebook and Twitter to try to get their names on a mosaic IMAX poster. The Dragon Army won both missions. The final mission had the users enter sweepstakes from Xbox , IMDb , Yahoo! , and Fandango . There was no winner for the final mission. On September 3, the Battle Room Training game was released on

1414-459: A protective covering for the pupa. Cocoons may be tough or soft, opaque or translucent, solid or meshlike, of various colors, or composed of multiple layers, depending on the type of insect larva producing it. Many moth caterpillars shed the larval hairs ( setae ) and incorporate them into the cocoon; if these are urticating hairs then the cocoon is also irritating to the touch. Some larvae attach small twigs, fecal pellets or pieces of vegetation to

1515-402: A pupal stage are holometabolous : they go through four distinct stages in their life cycle, the stages thereof being egg, larva , pupa, and imago . The processes of entering and completing the pupal stage are controlled by the insect's hormones, especially juvenile hormone , prothoracicotropic hormone , and ecdysone . The act of becoming a pupa is called pupation, and the act of emerging from

1616-464: A puppet. Upon arrival at Shakespeare, Ender easily crushes Morgan's attempted coup, with help from Hyrum Graff back on Earth. Ender liberates Alessandra from her mother. After two years as governor, and after completing The Hive Queen and The Hegemon , Ender convinces Valentine to move on. Ender's first stop, at the request of Hyrum Graff, is the Hindu colony of Ganges, which is governed by Virlomi ,

1717-473: A recruitment video was released telling users to go to the I.F. Battle School website. Once there, users would be prompted to log onto their Facebook accounts and take a short aptitude test, which when finished would place the user into either Asp, Dragon, Rat, or Salamander Army. Armies would go on to compete against one another in different missions. The first missions involved the users sharing their army assignments on Facebook and Twitter . Doing so unlocked

1818-466: A researcher who has died from contact with the planet's indigenous species, the piggies . When he arrives at the planet 22 years later (relativity having aged him less than two weeks), he finds that the original call for a Speaker has been rescinded. Two other requests, however, have been made to speak for more recent deaths. Ender discovers that both calls originated from the same family; the first from Novinha 's daughter Ela , requesting someone speak for

1919-532: A script for Ender's Shadow existed, which Hood wanted to film concurrently with Ender's Game , but there was not enough money. Hood discussed a potential sequel as well, noting the Children of the Fleet novel may be more desirable as a follow-up than the next novel in the series, Speaker for the Dead . Given the first film's poor box office opening, a sequel was immediately considered unlikely, confirmed when

2020-497: A script for Odd Lot Entertainment , and that they had begun assembling a production team. In September 2010, it was announced that Gavin Hood was attached to the project, serving as both screenwriter and director. Card said he had written "about six" different scripts before Hood took over. In November 2010, Card stated that the film's storyline would be a fusion of Ender's Game and its parallel novel, Ender's Shadow , focusing on

2121-525: A suitable planet to start a new Formic colony with the Queen egg. In addition, source author Orson Scott Card has an uncredited voice cameo as the pilot of the shuttle that takes Ender to the battle school space station. The first decision I made was not to pursue the Peter — Valentine subplot with the Internet, because that's just watching people type things into the computer. The second decision I made

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2222-422: A surface by a Velcro -like arrangement of a silken pad spun by the caterpillar , usually cemented to the underside of a perch, and the cremastral hook or hooks protruding from the rear of the chrysalis or cremaster at the tip of the pupal abdomen by which the caterpillar fixes itself to the pad of silk. ( Gr. kremastos 'suspended') Like other types of pupae, the chrysalis stage in most butterflies

2323-430: A worldwide gross of $ 127.9 million. The film lost a projected $ 68 million for the studio, with Variety including it in its list of the "Hollywood's Biggest Box Office Bombs of 2013". On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 62% based on 225 reviews, with an average rating of 6.10/10. The critical consensus states: "If it isn't quite as thought-provoking as the book, Ender's Game still manages to offer

2424-484: A young genius, Han Qing-jao , to deduce the existence of Jane, who is tied to the ansible system. Jane reveals herself to Qing-jao in an effort to prevent her from informing the authorities by telling her that the OCD her people suffer from was governmentally orchestrated. However, the report to the authorities is still dispatched and the government enacts a plan to temporarily deactivate the ansible network to purge Jane from

2525-425: A zero-gravity "Battle Room". Ender quickly adapts to the games, devising new strategies older students had not contemplated. Graff reassigns Ender to Salamander Army, led by Commander Bonzo Madrid . Bonzo treats Ender as inept and a liability, preventing him from training with the rest of the squad. Cadet Petra Arkanian takes him under her wing and trains him privately, and a mutual attraction seems to develop. In

2626-497: Is a non-feeding, usually sessile stage, or highly active as in mosquitoes. It is during the pupal stage that the adult structures of the insect are formed while the larval structures are broken down. The adult structures grow from imaginal discs . The pupal stage may last weeks, months, or even years, depending on temperature and the species of insect. For example, the pupal stage lasts eight to fifteen days in monarch butterflies . The pupa may enter dormancy or diapause until

2727-544: Is an exceptional individual, even among the elite students. Ender excels in academics, his main interest being a team-based three-dimensional laser tag competition in the zero-g Battle Room. He becomes a masterly player and strategist, and is eventually assigned command of Dragon Army. He molds this group of unwanted students into the most successful army in the history of the school. Ender's unprecedented success engenders his fellow commanders' jealousy, who subject him to torment. The lead bully, Bonzo, attempts to kill Ender in

2828-407: Is annoyed by Jane's commentary and turns off his connection to her. Jane, without consulting Ender, sends incriminating reports to the interstellar authorities, who order the arrest of Miro and Ouanda, the researchers who have been investigating the piggies . The colony's charter is canceled, and the colonists are forced to rely on Ender for guidance. Meanwhile, Ender has been receiving pressure from

2929-414: Is contained in a protective silk case called a cocoon . The pupa of some species such as the hornet moth develops sharp ridges around the outside called adminicula that allow the pupa to move from its place of concealment inside a tree trunk when it is time for the adult to emerge. Pupa, chrysalis, and cocoon are frequently confused, but are quite distinct from each other. The pupa is the stage between

3030-439: Is filled with behind-the-scenes images of the making of Ender's Game as well as interviews with the producers, artists, directors, and cast. Included with the book are nine Battle School army logo stickers, an ID Badge for Ender, and two removable International Fleet posters. Ender's Game Battle School is the official board game based on the film Ender's Game . Published on November 13, 2013, by Cryptozoic Entertainment ,

3131-432: Is hailed as a hero, but he is stricken with guilt for having unknowingly committed speciocide . His subordinates are returned to Earth to their various home countries, but Ender is too potent for any one country to have. War would break out over him. So, Peter, who is becoming a major political force on Earth, brokers a deal in which his brother is sent into permanent exile. Ender journeys with his sister Valentine to one of

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3232-545: Is his half-sister . Ender recommends that the colony declare itself in rebellion to sanctions from the Intergalactic Congress. He re-establishes contact with Jane, who masks their ansible signal. He enters into a relationship with Novinha. Valentine agrees to travel to the colony. On the far side of the planet, he has discovered a site reminiscent of a dream he had in Ender's Game . With her guidance, he plants

3333-438: Is his protector and only friend. When he is accepted into Battle School, he is brokenhearted at leaving her, but she assures him that they will always have a bond. Battle School is an Earth -orbiting space station that trains and evaluates military child prodigies , with the goal of finding the leader they need to win the war. Ender is exposed to significant emotional anguish and physical danger, but it soon becomes clear that he

3434-771: Is interested in Peter's mission to prevent the Lusitania fleet from using the Molecular Disruption Device on Lusitania . When Ender is fully invested in Peter and young Val, Ender himself begins to deteriorate. This causes Ender to collapse while working in the monastery garden, falling in and out of consciousness for the remainder of the book until his death. Ender's physical manifestation is gone, but his life force continues through Peter (young Val gives up her physical manifestation for Jane and her life force continues through Peter as well). A book that chronicles

3535-403: Is often called metamorphosis , metamorphosis is really the whole series of changes that an insect undergoes from egg to adult. When emerging, the butterfly uses a liquid, sometimes called cocoonase , which softens the shell of the chrysalis. Additionally, it uses two sharp claws located on the thick joints at the base of the forewings to help make its way out. Having emerged from the chrysalis,

3636-404: Is one in which there is little movement. However, some butterfly pupae are capable of moving the abdominal segments to produce sounds or to scare away potential predators . Within the chrysalis, growth and differentiation occur. The adult butterfly emerges (ecloses) from this and expands its wings by pumping haemolymph into the wing veins. Although this sudden and rapid change from pupa to imago

3737-448: Is rigorous, and Anderson expresses concern over this, but Graff notes they have run out of time. Ender's final test is monitored by several fleet commanders. As the simulation starts, Ender finds his fleet over the Formic homeworld, vastly outnumbered. He orders most of his fleet to sacrifice themselves to protect the MD long enough to fire on the homeworld. The resulting chain reaction burns

3838-408: Is the capability of making sounds or vibrations to scare potential predators. A few species use chemical defenses including toxic secretions. The pupae of social hymenopterans are protected by adult members of the hive. Based on the presence or absence of articulated mandibles that are employed in emerging from a cocoon or pupal case, the pupae can be classified in to two types: Based on whether

3939-452: Is very soft and loving, and Peter is purely evil. Horrified, Ender removes himself from further efforts so as to not risk creating more things like his pseudo-siblings. Children of the Mind begins where Xenocide left off. Ender's story revolves around his "pseudo-offspring" Peter and young Val. Ender's life force is now split between three different people. Throughout the book, Ender has

4040-485: The Formics , or "Buggers." Ender is bullied at school for being a "Third," particularly by a bully named Stilson. After Stilson engages him in a fight, Ender beats him up so severely that the boy is hospitalized and subsequently dies, although Ender does not learn of this until much later. Ender is tormented by his brother Peter , a sadist , who resents the attention Ender gets from the military. His sister, Valentine ,

4141-484: The 1980s and 1990s to sell the rights of Ender's Game to Hollywood studios, but refused when creative differences became an issue. With the formation of Fresco Pictures in 1996 (which Card co-founded), the author decided to write the screenplay himself. In a 1998 interview, Card discussed the process of adapting the novel into a screenplay. In 2003, Card submitted a screenplay to Warner Bros. , at which time David Benioff and D. B. Weiss were hired to collaborate on

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4242-498: The Ancient Greek term χρυσός ( chrysós ) for gold. When the caterpillar is fully grown, it makes a button of silk which it uses to fasten its body to a leaf or a twig. Then the caterpillar's skin comes off for the final time. Under this old skin is a hard skin called a chrysalis. Because chrysalises are often showy and are formed in the open, they are the most familiar examples of pupae. Most chrysalides are attached to

4343-684: The Audi fleet shuttle quattro to the motion picture. The partnership with ICEE included releasing two limited time flavors: Battle School Blastberry and Orbital Orange, along with a "Train Like an Astronaut" sweepstakes. Growing Basics offered a chance to win a trip to the Los Angeles premiere of Ender's Game . The Langers Juice Company gave away an Ender's Game T-shirt with three proof-of-purchase . Barnes & Noble also offered various promotions including novels collected in boxed sets inspired by

4444-561: The Bugger species. Through rudimentary telepathic communication with the Queen, he learns that the entire conflict had been a mistake arising from the inability of the two species to establish communication with each other. He also learns from the Queen that the Buggers regretted having mistakenly fought humans and forgive Ender for destroying their world. Ender promises to find the Queen a home to reestablish her people in safety. Ender writes

4545-630: The Constitution will, sooner or later, give legal force in every state to any marriage contract recognized by any other state. Now it will be interesting to see whether the victorious proponents of gay marriage will show tolerance toward those who disagreed with them when the issue was still in dispute. Producer Roberto Orci responded in Entertainment Weekly in March that he was not aware of Card's views when he took on development of

4646-409: The Dead , Miro must go as well. Ela goes because she is the only one with enough knowledge to produce the needed viruses. The test flight occurs with unexpected side effects. Ela produces the new viruses, but Miro also gives himself a new undamaged body. Ender inadvertently creates copies of his brother and sister from his memories. They are more based on those memories than reality; therefore, Valentine

4747-412: The Dead, keeping his real identity a secret. A Speaker for the Dead volunteers to try to make sense of the life of a deceased individual for the bereaved. Thanks to his portrayal of himself in his books, The Hive Queen and The Hegemon , Ender is despised as a xenocide: the killer of an entire intelligent species. Ender departs for the planet Lusitania, where a request has been made to speak on behalf of

4848-462: The Formic War. After defeating the Formics, Ender remains on Eros. Throughout the voyage to Shakespeare, Admiral Morgan attempts to usurp Ender's lawful position as Governor of Shakespeare. Dorabella seduces Admiral Morgan and tries to use her daughter, Alessandra, to seduce Ender, hoping that, through her own marriage to Morgan and Alessandra's to Ender, Morgan can rule Shakespeare using Ender as

4949-472: The Hive-Queen's pupa in preparation for the rebirth of the Formics. During the events of Xenocide , Ender is looked to as an unofficial leader by the rebel colony of Lusitania. He is helping Novinha protect humans from the descolada virus . Descolada is fatal to humans, but is essential for the piggies' life and reproduction. The Formics have an immune system that is advanced enough to protect them, and

5050-434: The Hive-Queen's pupa to allow her to settle on this world because she has been in telepathic contact with another race. Ender assumes this race is the piggies, although they seem simple and not telepathic. After the sanctions are put in place, he gets Miro and Ouanda to allow him to visit the piggies, who have been asking to meet him, the "original Speaker". Ender admits to being the original Speaker. The piggies demonstrate that

5151-690: The LGBT community. This was the last film to be distributed theatrically by Buena Vista International in Japan before the Japanese theatrical brand was renamed Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International starting with Need for Speed in March 2014. On February 11, 2014, Ender's Game was released on DVD, Blu-ray , VOD , and PPV , with an early Digital HD window beginning January 28. The DVD includes deleted / extended scenes with optional audio commentary with Director Gavin Hood and audio commentary for

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5252-454: The adults struggle to get control of Ender, we pity him because of what's happening to him, but we want the adults to succeed. I think it makes for a much more complex and fascinating film than it would have been if I had tried to keep secrets. Since Ender's Game was published in 1985, author Orson Scott Card had been reluctant to license film rights and artistic control for the novel. Card explained that he had many opportunities through

5353-520: The ansible. Ender%27s Game (film) Ender's Game is a 2013 American military science-fiction action film based on Orson Scott Card 's 1985 novel of the same name . Written and directed by Gavin Hood , the film stars Asa Butterfield as Andrew "Ender" Wiggin , a gifted child sent to an advanced military academy in space to prepare for a future alien invasion . The supporting cast includes Harrison Ford , Hailee Steinfeld , Viola Davis , Abigail Breslin , and Ben Kingsley . The film

5454-412: The appropriate season to emerge as an adult insect. In temperate climates pupae usually stay dormant during winter, while in the tropics pupae usually do so during the dry season . Insects emerge (eclose) from pupae by splitting the pupal case. Most butterflies emerge in the morning. In mosquitoes, the emergence is in the evening or night. In fleas, the process is triggered by vibrations that indicate

5555-469: The biggest screen available." Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times praised "the stunning and gorgeous visuals covering every inch of the screen" and describes the film as a "challenging adventure that should satisfy most young fans of the book while keeping the adults engrossed as well." Marc Bernardin of The Hollywood Reporter is critical of the lack of empathy and shallowness of

5656-405: The butterfly will usually sit on the empty shell in order to expand and harden its wings. However, if the chrysalis was near the ground (such as if it fell off from its silk pad), the butterfly would find another vertical surface to rest upon and harden its wings (such as a wall or fence). Moth pupae are usually dark in color and either formed in underground cells, loose in the soil, or their pupa

5757-758: The characters constantly talk about how mean they can be, but their actions suggest otherwise." Joe Neumaier of the New York Daily News gave the film zero stars, and called it "one of the dullest, dumbest, most tedious movies this year. It makes Battlefield: Earth and John Carter look like The Godfather parts 1 and 2 . Dune is Lawrence of Arabia next to this thing." Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal wrote: "Not only does "Ender's Game" have many scenes in zero gravity, but this zero-sum fiasco has zero drama, zero suspense, zero humor, zero charm and zero appeal." In November 2013, cast member Aramis Knight , who played Bean, said

5858-536: The colonies being established on the now-abandoned Bugger worlds. Once there, he discovers a fertilized pupa of a Queen Bugger, hidden in a place that the Buggers designed for him to discover by modeling it to resemble part of an interactive computer game he played during his years in Battle School, which they found out during his dreams of them in Command School. The pupal Queen is capable of restoring

5959-495: The death of Novinha's husband Marcos , and the second from Novinha's eldest son Miro , who has asked for a speaker for the researcher Libo . Ender begins to investigate Marcos and has frequent contact with Novinha's family. His approach endears him to most of the children as a father figure. He discovers that Marcos was abusive to his wife. While in dialogue with the Children of the Mind, the planet's religious monastic order, he

6060-415: The development of the film for over 15 years, Card himself, and Ed Ulbrich. Executive producers included Bill Lischak, David Coatsworth, Ivy Zhong and Deborah Del Prete . In an interview with Brigham Young University newspaper The Universe , Card said that his role as producer was in the early stages and that the screenplay is 100% Hood's. Special effects workshop Amalgamated Dynamics provided

6161-505: The entire planet. The simulation ends, and Ender believes the test is over. The commanders restart the video screens, showing that Ender's fleet was in a live mission, destroying the Formic homeworld. Despite Graff congratulating him, Ender realizes that he has committed genocide of a race that had never re-attacked Earth. While asleep, Ender is awoken by the Formic Queen and is directed to a Formic structure nearby as being similar to

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6262-405: The entity responsible for training the children cadets). Though the site is now filled with short, movie promotional posts, the original site contained new canonical information and characters from the film universe, including archivist Stephen Trawcki, I.F. Major Gerald Stacks, I.F. Academic Secretary Gwen Burton, I.F. Rationing Spokesman Reed Unger, and former Hegemon James van Laake. On July 17,

6363-432: The film "pacy and visually pleasing despite an overload of ideas". Bradshaw concludes: "The movie's apocalyptic finale indicates that it's bitten off considerably more than it can chew in terms of ideas, but it looks good, and the story rattles along." Simon Abrams of RogerEbert.com says, "The movie... is way too kind, and the drama suffers greatly for it...The film's biggest problem is a matter of tone and characterization:

6464-417: The film adaptation. He said that "the movie should be judged on its message, not the personal beliefs of the original author", who had minimal involvement in the film. Orci also stated that "if it's on the screen, then I think it's fair game." Lionsgate released a statement stating that "we obviously do not agree with the personal views of Orson Scott Card", while highlighting the company's longtime support of

6565-583: The film with Producers Gigi Pritzker and Bob Orci. The Blu-ray also includes an eight-part featurette called "Ender's World: The Making of Ender's Game " and a featurette called "Inside the Mind Game". Ender's Game was the number one film in North America during its opening weekend, earning $ 27 million from 3,407 theaters with an average of $ 7,930 per theater. The film ultimately grossed $ 61.7 million domestically and $ 63.8 million internationally, for

6666-477: The film. Pik-Nik offered a chance to win a trip for a family of four to the Kennedy Space Center . Popcorn, Indiana held a sweepstakes to win a private screening for the winner and up to 250 friends. Star Studio also offered photobooth backgrounds from Ender's Game . On May 6, 2013, the official movie site for Ender's Game , I.F. Sentinel , launched (I.F. stands for International Fleet,

6767-569: The game is designed by Matt Hyra. Played inside the Battle Room, the player takes control of an Army led by either Commander Ender Wiggin or Commander Bonzo Madrid . With different abilities granted to each Commander, the Armies try to either capture each of its opponent's Gates or freeze the opposing Commander while avoiding other frozen players and Stars. Along with various T-shirts , a 2014 wall calendar , and film inspired covers for both

6868-477: The humans have been using anti-viral dietary supplements, but both defenses are starting to fade in the face of the virus' mutations. Ender is also attempting to keep the peace on planet between the three species. The humans resent the piggies for being the reason they can't kill the descolada virus outright. The existence of the new Formic colony is not general knowledge, but Ender knows that their appearance and their non-human way of reasoning would cause friction with

6969-439: The humans. Novinha's youngest children Grego, a rabble-rouser among the humans, and Quara, who sees the virus as sentient and is bringing up objections to the research her mother and sister are doing, are troublesome. The piggies and the Formics are worried about the approaching human fleet, which may destroy the planet if the descolada virus is unleashed on humanity. Research ordered by the government on another planet, Path, leads

7070-414: The important elements of both. In October 2013, he explained that this "buddy-movie approach" between Ender and Bean was a proof of concept and once Hood took over he decided to use Petra as more of a major character. On January 28, 2011, it was reported that Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci would be producing the work and would begin presenting the script to prospective investors. On April 28, 2011, it

7171-491: The larva and adult stages. The chrysalis generally refers to a butterfly pupa although the term may be misleading as there are some moths whose pupae resembles a chrysalis, e.g.: the plume winged moths of the family Pterophoridae and some geometrid moths. A cocoon is a silk case that the larvae of moths, and sometimes other insects, spin around the pupa. A cocoon is a casing spun of silk by many moths and caterpillars , and numerous other holometabolous insect larvae as

7272-455: The lost years between Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead , Ender in Exile tells of Ender's initial set-off from Eros, the long journey to the first colony, Shakespeare, as well as his trip to the colony of Ganges. The court-martial of Hyrum Graff is expanded upon; some light is shed on Graff's life after he was made Minister of Colonization, as well as Mazer Rackham 's travels after

7373-484: The most economically important of all lepidopterans. The silk moth is the only completely domesticated lepidopteran; it does not exist in the wild. Insects that pupate in a cocoon must escape from it, and they do this either by the pupa cutting its way out, or by secreting enzymes , sometimes called cocoonase , that soften the cocoon. Some cocoons are constructed with built-in lines of weakness along which they will tear easily from inside, or with exit holes that only allow

7474-418: The movie finished its box office run with a projected loss of $ 68 million for the studio. Informational notes Citations Further reading Official media sites Movie databases Other links Pupa A pupa (from Latin pupa  'doll'; pl. : pupae ) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages. Insects that go through

7575-444: The name of Ender Wiggin, coining the phrase "Ender the Xenocide". Ender and Randall engage in physical combat, which leaves Ender near death. Ender reveals Randall's true parentage (two of Ender's old friends and squadron commanders, Julian 'Bean' Delphiki and Petra Arkanian Delphiki Wiggin ), after which Randall renounces his secret name, Achilles, and renames himself Arkanian Delphiki. Ender reunites Randall and his mother by way of

7676-507: The next match, Bonzo benches Ender while the rest of the Salamander Army fights another team. However, seeing the team losing and Petra in trouble, Ender comes to her aid and helps Salamander Army win. Ender plays a computerized "mind game" set in a fantasy world, which presents difficult choices to the player. In one situation, Ender creates an outside the box solution to overcome a seemingly unsolvable problem. Later, he encounters

7777-555: The novel and the Ender's Game Ultimate Collection comic collection, Funko released two Pop! Vinyl figurines of Ender Wiggin and Petra Arkanian . Ender's Game is also the first film to offer 3D printed replicas of in-film 3D assets. Summit Entertainment collaborated with Sandboxr, a 3D printing service, to open a new merchandising platform offering fans the unique ability to customize and build 3D prints from assets used in production. Ender's Game partnered with Audi to bring

7878-449: The outside of their cocoon in an attempt to disguise it from predators. Others spin their cocoon in a concealed location—on the underside of a leaf , in a crevice , down near the base of a tree trunk , suspended from a twig or concealed in the leaf litter . Contrary to popular belief, larvae do not completely liquify inside the cocoon. The silk in the cocoon of the silk moth can be unraveled to harvest silk fibre which makes this moth

7979-412: The planet itself using Doctor Device, a weapon that destroys matter, but only if it is concentrated enough. Only a few ships manage to get close enough, but they destroy the planet. Afterwards, he is told that it was not a simulation; he and his classmates had been unknowingly issuing orders to real ships in real battles. The last battle destroyed the Bugger homeworld and eradicated the Bugger species. Ender

8080-468: The point of breaking, he thinks this will convince his instructors that he is not the person to lead the Fleet into battle against the Formics. Instead of fighting a hopeless battle against the enemy, Ender orders his squadron leaders to conduct a series of seemingly purposeless skirmishes. The enemy does not realize until too late that Ender's fleet is gradually drawing closer to the planet. When Ender's surviving ships are close enough, he sends them to destroy

8181-435: The possible presence of a suitable host. Prior to emergence, the adult inside the pupal exoskeleton is termed pharate . Once the pharate adult has eclosed from the pupa, the empty pupal exoskeleton is called an exuvia ; in most hymenopterans (ants, bees and wasps) the exuvia is so thin and membranous that it becomes "crumpled" as it is shed. Measuring the timing of this emergence is of interest to chronobiologists because

8282-473: The power to pull any object she knows about in great detail outside the known universe, where conscious thought has physical power. Ender goes on the first test flight, because Jane's existence was a direct result of his time at the Battle School; therefore, Jane is most likely to be able to keep Ender's form in her mind. Since Ender has passed Jane off to Miro due to the previous misunderstanding in Speaker for

8383-460: The process is regulated by circadian clocks in many species, necessitating different assays to measure eclosion timing. In a few taxa of the Lepidoptera, especially Heliconius , pupal mating is an extreme form of reproductive strategy in which the adult male mates with a female pupa about to emerge, or with the newly moulted female; this is accompanied by other actions such as capping of

8484-559: The production due to a scheduling conflict. Production began in New Orleans , Louisiana , on February 27, 2012. The film was released on November 1, 2013, in the United States. The original soundtrack for Ender's Game was released on October 22, 2013. The film's score was composed by Steve Jablonsky . Originally, James Horner was announced to compose the film's score, but it turned out that Jablonsky would be doing

8585-407: The pupal appendages are free or attached to the body, the pupae can be classified as one of three types: A chrysalis ( Latin : chrysallis , from Ancient Greek : χρυσαλλίς , chrysallís , plural: chrysalides , also known as an aurelia ) or nympha is the pupal stage of butterflies . The term is derived from the metallic–gold coloration found in the pupae of many butterflies, referred to by

8686-475: The pupal case is called eclosion or emergence. The pupae of different groups of insects have different names such as chrysalis for the pupae of butterflies and tumbler for those of the mosquito family. Pupae may further be enclosed in other structures such as cocoons , nests , or shells . The pupal stage follows the larval stage, or in some cases a prepupal stage, and precedes adulthood ( imago ) in insects with complete metamorphosis. The pupa

8787-446: The reproductive system of the female with the sphragis , denying access to other males, or by exuding an anti-aphrodisiac pheromone. Pupae are usually immobile and are largely defenseless. To overcome this, pupae often are covered with a cocoon, conceal themselves in the environment, or form underground. Some species of Lycaenid butterflies are protected in their pupal stage by ants. Another means of defense by pupae of other species

8888-411: The ruined castle from the game. She acknowledges Ender's role in the genocide and moves to kill him, but when he shows remorse, she spares his life. The dying Queen gives Ender a Queen egg that she has been protecting. With the war ended, Ender is promoted to admiral, given a small ship, and left to his own devices. In a letter to Valentine, he confides that he is going into deep space, determined to find

8989-482: The score. The end credits song was recorded by The Flaming Lips featuring Tobacco, titled "Peace Sword", which was sold separately as an EP. Ender's Game: Inside the World of an Epic Adventure is a reference book published by Insight Editions. With a foreword by Ender's Game film director Gavin Hood , the book is broken into four parts: Ender's World, Battle School, Inside Zero-G, and Parallel Worlds. The book

9090-592: The shower, but fails. Ender kills Bonzo without knowing it. With time running short, he is transferred directly to Command School on Eros, bypassing other schools Battle School graduates would normally attend. There he trains in interstellar fleet combat with holographic simulators. After Ender masters the game, it changes from one with direct control of ships to one where he relays commands to his classmates from Battle School: Julian "Bean" Delphiki , Alai , Shen , Petra Arkanian , Dink Meeker , Crazy Tom , Hot Soup , Fly Molo , Vlad , Dumper , and Carn Carby . Under

9191-577: The special character effects for the film, with founder Tom Woodruff Jr. providing character suit performances . In a 1999 interview, Orson Scott Card confirmed that Jake Lloyd was under consideration for the role of Ender Wiggin, asking fans not to judge Lloyd based on his performance in The Phantom Menace , saying that a better script and direction would result in a better performance. In July 2008, Card stated that he would like to see Nathan Gamble play Ender, and expressed regret that he

9292-531: The story, and wrote: "If only adapter-director Gavin Hood's movie had been tempered with craft and care and wasn't such a blunt instrument, one that seems designed as a delivery system for CGI derring-do instead of the heartbreaker it should be." Bernardin notes the zero-gravity battle scenes might have seemed to be unfilmable, and he commends the special effects, but says the film was unlucky to have come out so soon after Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity , which did it far better. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian called

9393-496: The studio. In the future, humanity is preparing to launch an attack on the homeworld of an alien race, called the Formics , that had attacked Earth and killed millions. The Formic invasion was stopped by Mazer Rackham, who crashed his fighter spaceship into the Formic queenship at the apparent cost of his life. Over the course of 50 years, gifted children are trained by the International Fleet to become commanders of

9494-464: The system. Qing-jao's father agrees to help with the descolada problem regardless of his daughter's actions, in exchange for a cure for the OCD that plagues them. The Lusitanian researchers agree, but though a cure is designed, it proves impossible to synthesize; they can't cure the OCD without removing the genius as well, and the counter for the descolada won't be created. Meanwhile, they deduce that Jane has

9595-501: The trees they grow from the corpses of those who have been ritually killed is their reproductive stage. The ritual killings of the two xenologers were misunderstandings; the piggies were under the false impression that humans reproduced in a fashion similar to themselves. Ender "speaks" for Marcos and reveals many secrets, mostly Novinha's. Foremost among them is that Marcos was incapable of having children, and Novinha's children are offspring of Libo. This means that Miro's girlfriend Ouanda

9696-415: The tutelage of Mazer Rackham, the legendary savior of humanity in the previous war, Ender and his trusted companions take on a grueling series of ever more difficult battle simulations and emerge victorious every time. The final battle takes place above a planet against an enemy with an overwhelming numerical superiority. Ender perceives this as an unfair test and resolves to break the rules. Worn down almost

9797-534: The website. In this game, the user would shoot at different colored stars. A website called Battle School Command Core opened on September 19, 2013. The website was for those residing in the United Kingdom . The site had six games with a prize for each, including a grand prize trip for two people to NASA . In July 2013, the group Geeks OUT boycotted the film in protest at Orson Scott Card's views on homosexuality and same-sex marriage . The calls for

9898-425: Was "probably too old" for the part. Early in the film's development, in an interview in 1998, Card considered changing Hyrum Graff to a female character, recommending a "dry comic" such as Janeane Garofalo or Rosie O'Donnell for the role. In the same interview, Card suggested Andre Braugher or Will Smith for the role of Mazer Rackham. Brendan Meyer was originally cast in the role of Stilson, but had to leave

9999-486: Was announced that Summit Entertainment had picked up the film's distribution and Digital Domain joined Odd Lot Entertainment in a co-production role. Gavin Hood was aboard as director and screenwriter, and Donald McAlpine joined as cinematographer. The producers were Gigi Pritzker and Linda McDonough of Odd Lot Entertainment, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci of K/O Paper Products, Robert Chartoff and Lynn Hendee of Chartoff Productions, who had worked with Card on

10100-536: Was released in Germany on October 24, 2013, followed by a release in the UK one day later. It was released in the United States, Canada, and several other countries on November 1, 2013, and was released in other territories by January 2014. Ender's Game received mixed reviews from critics and underperformed at the box-office , grossing only $ 125.5 million on a $ 110–115 million budget with a projected loss of $ 68 million for

10201-481: Was to give that information about the surprise at the end from the start. In my script we know who Mazer Rackham really is and we know what is at stake as Ender plays his games. But Ender doesn't know, so I think the suspense is actually increased because the audience knows we're about the business of saving the world and that everything depends on this child not understanding that. We care all the more about whether he wins—and we worry that he might not want to. As we watch

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