Preview of the film version of "Ender's Game"

[Bob Schroeck]

I stumbled over this while reading CNN's website this afternoon -- a http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/12/05/e ... irst-look/]short article with some photos about the upcoming film version of Ender's Game.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Stephen Mann]

Interesting. I thought the kiddies were younger than that. These look like mid- to late-teens.

[Bob Schroeck]

Yes, they are a bit older than the book specifies. It's the mechanics of film-making, though -- it's hard to find believably young kids who are also good actors, at least in the quantities needed for movies like that. (In that regard the Potter movies hit the jackpot...)
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Stephen Mann]

it's hard to find believably young kids who are also good actors, at
least in the quantities needed for movies like that.

Yeah, but that's just a matter of widening your casting call. Part of the story is the loss of innocence in the kids as they go through battle training. It's easier and more poignant to do that with younger kids than young adults.