the project has been hot and cold for years. The fact that they are child actors makes it even harder to cast. Usually when Card is feeling like its getting close he makes a statement that he thinks the child who will play Ender has at least been born. When he's feeling pessimistic about the project he states the child hasn't been born yet. He has recently talked about coming up with a breakthrough script idea during the writer's strike. He has reserved the job of writing the script to be at least partially his responsibility.
The plan is to combine Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow into one movie.
Look here for his latest comments:
http://www.hatrack.com/osc/reviews/everything/2008-01-06.shtml
its long so look for the paragraph that starts "Its hurting me too,"
On a related note The battle room will soon become a video game. See here:
http://www.hatrack.com/misc/game.shtml
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