The deal comes after director Gavin Hood (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and producers Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci (Star Trek,Transformers,“Fringe”) shopped the package around to interested studios inFebruary. Hood wrote the adaptation and will direct, which, if it’s finally made, would end a long, arduous journey to the silver screen that dates back to Card’s own attempt with Warner Bros in 2002.
The story tells of a fearful human race preparing for another imminent attack from the Formics, a fleet of insectoid aliens. To fortify their instellar defenses, the international military commissions a “Battle School” to train gifted children, like the novel’s central hero, Ender Wiggin, who excels and ascends through the ranks.
Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the incredibly successful Twilight saga, is putting those millions towards hunting for the“next big thing.” Lionsgate seems to have found it withThe Hunger Games, but Summit is aiming for an entirely new genre starring younger actor and appealing to older sci-fi fans. Card’s Hugo Award-winning book, first published in 1985, comes with a devoted following and a series of five more novels to draw from should the original outing become a blockbuster.
Hood’sWolverinewas excoriated by critics in 2008, but reports suggest that the director, whose foreign filmTsotsiwon an Oscar, wrestled for control of the cut with 20th Century Fox executives. The result was a mess, especially the special effects. This time, Deadlinereports, Hood is partnering with Digital Domain, the effects company co-founded by James Cameron and VFX visionary Stan Winston.
Summit plans to put the movie in production by early next year.
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