‘Ender’s Game’ Gets A Synopsis, Still Directed By Gavin Hood

Summit Entertainment today released the official synopsis for their upcoming adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s Enders Game.

Ender’s Game is my favourite book, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to anyone. I’m hoping I’ll be able to be just as enthusiastic about the film version, but seeing as director Gavin Hood doesn’t have the best track record at adapting preexisting stories and characters. He of course, was at the helm of 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine (though the blame can’t all be put on him).

The film features quite the cast, including the likes of Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Abigail Breslin, and Harrison Ford. Check out the synopsis below, and let us know if you’re looking forward to the movie!

In the near future, a hostile alien race (called the Formics) have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander, Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley), all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford) and the International Military are training only the best young children to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a shy, but strategically brilliant boy is pulled out of his school to join the elite.

Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult war games, distiguising himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military’s next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he’s trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.

Ender’s Game is set to touchdown in theatres on November 1st, 2013.