Well, looks like ol Orson Scott Card is on the ol book tour, and he's spreading the word. I'll be keeping my ear to the ground on this one waiting to hear anything definate. Until then... here's the report....

Last Wednesday (May 12) we saw Orson Scott Card give a reading and talk about his upcoming projects. He is a popular science fiction and fantasy writer, and he was been trying for years to make his "Ender's Game" book into a movie.

After a few script tries and false starts, he will finish a new script this week that keeps the focus of the story on Ender, the young boy and hero of the book. This also keeps the screenplay more like the book. Orson was forced to abandon this approach with earlier scripts, because studios wouldn't risk a big movie that's so dependent upon a young actor.

But then Orson found out that Jake Lloyd read "Ender's Game" and wants to be Ender. So Orson has made a new script, will fly out to Hollywood later this month to pitch it, and if he can get Jake to sign on, the movie has a chance.

Also, Orson has a new book coming out this August entitled "Ender's Shadow." This is actually a retelling of Ender's Game, but from the perspective of a different character (Bean).

Orson's dream would be to do a screenplay for "Ender's Shadow" as well, and shoot both movies at the same time with the same actors, then release them a few years apart.

This is all according to what we heard Orson Scott Card tell us, and he said it was fine to spread the word.

Thanks for doing and maintaining your site. It's a blast to read.

Sincerely,

Tom B