It was also later revealed that Card’s Speaker for the Dead and Children of the Fleet what both were being considered for a potential sequel. Interestingly, Card’s Ender’s Shadow serves as a parallel to ‘Ender’s Game’, as it depicts the same events from Bean’s point of view. In fact, there were plans to make an immediate follow-up which didn’t work out due to budget constraints. In fact, the team behind the film had several options with regard to the direction the sequel/follow-up could take.Īround the time of the film’s release, it was revealed that a script for ‘Ender’s Shadow’ existed. Given the scope of the source material, a sequel would have definitely made sense.
‘Ender’s Games’ certainly sets up a sequel as Ender decides to set out on a new mission. In the final moments of the film, Ender writes to his sister revealing that he will go into deep space and form a new Formic colony. He struggles with his feelings and encounters a dying Formic queen who gives him a Queen egg that she had been protecting. Ender is horrified and enraged at the genocide he committed, or rather, was made to commit. The film’s ending reveals that Ender unwittingly ends up killing the entire Formic planet as he was told it was all a simulation. The recruits are trained by several tests and games, all of which Ender participates in. Ender Wiggin, an unusually gifted child who is a cadet at the Fleet, is recruited and sent to Battle School, an advanced military academy in space, to prepare for a future alien invasion. Gifted children are being trained by the International Fleet to become commanders for counterattacks. ‘Ender’s Game’ is set in a futuristic world where aliens called Formics (buggers) have previously attacked Earth. But is it too late now? Could we still get an ‘Ender’s Game’ sequel? Here’s everything you need to know.Įnder’s Game 2 Plot: What Can It Be About? A sequel that was certainly in the cards given the scope of its source material. Though the fact remains, the film’s weak collection definitely diminished its chances of getting a sequel. But there is no way to know what impact the boycott actually had on the film’s performance. It is believed that part of the reason for the film’s bombing was Geeks OUT’s call for a boycott based on Card’s homophobic views against same-sex marriage.
In fact, it was also included in Variety’s “ Hollywood’s Biggest Box Office Bombs of 2013“. It ultimately grossed upto $125.5 million against a $115 million budget. However, ‘Ender’s Game’ bombed commercially despite being number one during its opening week. Not too great to guarantee a sequel, but not too bad to rule out its chances either. It has a somewhat fresh score of 61% on Rotten Tomatoes. All in all though, the film received a mixed critical response. Despite not doing well at the box-office, the film earned itself a decent fan-following, along with several critics praising the film for its visual style and performances. ‘Ender’s Game’ is the first part in the series, and the only one that got adapted into a film.