Along with Divergent, Summit also gave fans a sneak peek at Ender’s Game, the sci-fi military feature based on the classic 1985 novel by Orson Scott Card.
Naturally, the big draw of this panel was the return of the big man himself Harrison Ford, who plays Colonel Hyrum Graff in the film. But also in attendance were co-stars Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld and Abigail Breslin, as well as producer Bob Orci and director Gavin Hood.
Set in the near future, a mysterious alien race has attacked Earth. To prepare for the next assault, humans begin training the best students to find their future leader. Ender Wiggin (Butterfield), a shy but brilliant boy, is recruited to join the elite Command School, where he quickly distinguishes himself in training and soon becomes a prime candidate to lead his fellow soldiers against the looming alien threat.
At the top of the panel, we screen exclusive, never-before-seen footage from the movie -- basically, though, it was a more revved up version of the first trailer, with a few more action-y bits tossed in for good measure. (Warning: SPOILERS from the exclusive footage to follow.)
The clip opened with the same Harrison Ford narration with various shots of the alien attack on Earth. From there, we saw Ender in training and working his way up through the ranks and leading his own team a the head of a battle simulation.
This was intermixed with excerpts from a secret between Ford's Graff, Sir Ben Kingsley's Mazer Rackham and Viola Davis's Major Gwen Anderson, as they discussed the importance of Ender's destiny and whether or not he should know "the truth." From there, we see one final series of massive space sequences before we cut to the title card.
Like I said, a lot of this footage we'd already seen before. However, there was a noticeable influx of aerial combat and whiz-bang explosions -- definitely more supercharged. Overall, if fans were slightly let down by the tepid first trailer, this new sizzle reel seems to instill a bit more hope for Ender's big-screen debut.
Ender’s Game hits theaters stateside on November 1.
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