'Ender's Game' first full trailer is released
The first full trailer for the movie adaptation of the classic sci-fi novel 鈥淓nder鈥檚 Game鈥� has been revealed.
The movie stars 鈥�Hugo鈥� actor Asa Butterfield as Ender Wiggin and Harrison Ford as Colonel Hyrum Graff, the International Fleet commander who becomes Ender鈥檚 mentor. Ben Kingsley plays Mazer Rackham, a war hero under whom Ender serves at Command School.
The novel, first published in 1985, is set during a future in which Earth鈥檚 population has been decimated by battles with 鈥渂uggers,鈥� a species of alien. Because another attack by the buggers is feared, children who are thought to have an aptitude for fighting and/or command are taken to a military school so they can be trained.
Ender is taken to this institution, known as Battle School, by Graff and is soon sent to Command School, the next step up in training. He is believed by some, including Graff, to be the only chance Earth has against the buggers.
The trailer is narrated by Ford and explains how Earth has arrived at a place in history where they would be training children for military combat.
鈥淚f we鈥檙e going to survive, we need a new kind of soldier鈥� one the enemy would never expect,鈥� Ford says as a shot of Butterfield is shown.
鈥淵ou鈥檒l be the finest commander we鈥檝e ever trained,鈥� Ford tells Butterfield.聽
The trailer also shows 鈥�True Grit鈥� actress Hailee Steinfeld as Petra Arkanian, a friend Ender makes at school, and 鈥�The Help鈥� actress Viola Davis as Major Gwen Anderson, a new character for the movie who may be based on the male Major Anderson in 鈥淕ame,鈥� an officer who often clashed with Graff. However, in the trailer, Gwen Anderson seems to have doubts about using children as soldiers, asking what looks like Graff, 鈥淵ou really don鈥檛 see them as children, do you?鈥�
鈥淟ittle Miss Sunshine鈥� actress Abigail Breslin is also shown playing Valentine, Ender鈥檚 beloved sister.
The movie will be released Nov. 1. Check out the full trailer below.
