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#003b Ender’s Game: A Book to Film Adaptation

Welcome to Part 2 of our third Philotic Ansible podcast episode with the Philotic Web Fan Community. Listen to Part 1, here.

Part 2: Thomas and Cassandra discuss:

• Should there be a sequel to the Ender’s Game movie?
• Which story line should a sequel follow?
• The difficulties of making a sequel
• and fan reactions to various sequels

Listen to Part 2 of this podcast here: Philotic Ansible #003b – Ender’s Game: A Book to Film Adaptation (mp3, 17:59– Right Click to Save), stream below, or subscribe in iTunes.

If you would like to suggest future podcast topics please leave them in the comments section below. Until next time, do you think there should be sequels to the Ender’s Game movie? Why or why not?

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Part 1: Thomas and Cassandra discuss

• Digital Domain’s bankruptcy
• Viola Davis and her role as Major Gwen Anderson
• special effects
• the first Ender’s Game movie still
• the official synopsis
• and Ender’s Game as a book to film adaptation

Listen to Part 1 of this podcast here: Philotic Ansible #003a – Ender’s Game: A Book to Film Adaptation (mp3, 24:34– Right Click to Save), stream below, or subscribe in iTunes.

Part 2 of this episode will be uploaded tomorrow.

We are very pleased to present the second podcast resulting from the partnership of The Philotic Web Ender Fan Community, and Ender’s Ansible. Click on the image to subscribe (it’s free).

In Part 1 of our interview with Aaron he discussed how he became a writer and his time on the set of the Ender’s Game movie. If you missed Part 1 and want to listen, click here.

In Part 2, Aaron gets into detail about working inside OSC’s Universe, gives us some insight into the expanding of Ender’s world as seen in The First Formic War series of novels, and hints at what is to come in the future of the Enderverse.

Listen to Part 2 of our interview here: Philotic Ansible #002b – Aaron Johnston, Part 2 (mp3, 33:57– Right Rlick to Save), stream below, or subscribe in iTunes.

Don’t forget to order your copy of Earth Unaware (due out tomorrow!), follow Aaron Johnston on Twitter, and listen to our special audiobook clip of Earth Unaware.

EDIT: A somewhat mixed-up version of the audio file had been linked earlier. This has been fixed. Apologies for the inconvenience or confusion.

We are very pleased to present the second podcast resulting from the partnership of The Philotic Web Ender Fan Community, and Ender’s Ansible. Click on the image to subscribe (it’s free).

This, our second podcast, features an interview by Alea (from Philotic Web) with Aaron Johnston, long time friend and collaborator with Orson Scott Card, co-author of Invasive Procedures, the Formic Wars comics from Marvel, and the highly insightful essay ‘Getting Ender Right: A Look at the Ender’s Game Screenplay Development” in  The Authorized Ender Companion. See Aaron’s website for more information his background and output, and follow him on Twitter @AaronWJohnston.

Listen to Part 1 of our interview here: Philotic Ansible #002a – Aaron Johnston, Part 1(mp3, 32:44– Right Click to Save), stream below, or subscribe in iTunes.

In the first part of our interview, Aaron explains his history, background, and experience, and how he came to be a writer of fiction. He also explains his connection with the Ender’s Game film and screenplay as Associate Producer, gives us some tantalizing insight on the process of the film’s development, as well as thoughts on what he saw on the set of the film. Fun fact: Aaron’s going to  be an extra officer in the movie.

In Part 2 (coming next week), Aaron gets into detail about working inside OSC’s Universe, gives us some insight into the expanding of Ender’s world as seen in The First Formic War series of novels, and hints at what is to come in the future of the Enderverse. Stay tuned!

Pre-order your copy of Earth Unaware today, and check out our special Audio Book Preview of the first 8 minutes of the book!

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We are very pleased to present the first of (we hope) many podcast features resulting from the partnership of The Philotic Web Ender Fan Community, and Ender’s Ansible. Please read the bottom to learn how to subscribe (it’s free).

This, our first, features an interview by Alea (from Philotic Web) with Steve Sywak, one of the original Five Founders of The Philotic Web over a decade ago, and the first ‘official’ Battle School Engineer. His designs, science, and practical explanations of Battle School technology were featured at Orson Scott Card’s EnderCon 2002, an in depth chapter on Battle School technology and design for The Authorized Ender Companion, and are the basis for the designs of the Battle School as seen in the Marvel Comics adaptation of Ender’s Game (see below).

Listen here: Philotic Ansible #001 – The First Battle School Engineer (mp3, 30:33 – Right Click to Save)

In this insightful podcast, recorded a few months ago, Steve explains his history, background, and experience, such as being lead mechanical engineer for the Cirque Du Soleil show Ka, which, according to Steve, featured the best, and closest approximation to live Zero G Battle sequences he could have imagined. (After listening to his description of the “battle belts” Steve engineered for Ka, you might re-visit OSC’s set visit, and description of the Zero G fight system being used in the film!)

NOTE: While Steve has worked with OSC on developing this material for the Ender fan community for over a decade, as far as we are aware, his visual designs have not been utilized by Summit Entertainment for their film version of the Battle School (Much to Steve’s great disappointment). Thus, what you see below most likely has no connection with the film’s version of the Battle School.

Images below present Steve’s engineering work and design, as realized by Darian Robbins, Marvel Comics, and himself!

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