Ron Howard, perfect for ENDER'S GAME' I think so

Hey folks, Harry here… and what a weekend here in Burbank at LOSCON!!! Add to that the incredible box office weekend that has executives all delighted… and I’d say… Good times are there to be had.

When I signed on and saw the amazing success of HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS… and as I sat on a panel on science fiction films with Orson Scott Card…. I realized something very simple. RON HOWARD needs to meet ORSON SCOTT CARD…. And together, they need to make ENDER’S GAME.

Ron has a smaller film coming up as his next directorial project… However, Ron has just experienced with THE GRINCH and this foray into extremely expensive fantasy filmmaking… his greatest monetary success.

However, the critics that are inevitably making him feel like the film was less than the box office would indicate… There are some reasons… First off, THE GRINCH was at its heart a 30 minute story stretched into over an hour and a half. Two, with Seuss departed… there was the feeling as though the property was being abused against his will… even though his wife seems to love the resulting film. And lastly, while I had fun with the film and like it… there wasn’t all that much there besides visuals and Carrey…

With ENDER’S GAME not only does he have the chance to make his first epic science fiction film.. and it is literally the perfect Ron Howard project to move forward on.

The source material is generally considered one of the top ten best science fiction novels out there. It involves a very youthful Ender… a boy genius, raised to be the very best at what it is he does.

I’ve read ENDER’S GAME, the novel, and it is captivating and thrilling… and very much the type of science fiction capable of blowing people away at a theater…while also giving them something to chew on… to think about. Now, I haven’t read Orson Scott Card’s script for ENDER’S GAME… But I know that the last thing I would want to do is read… COVERAGE of it. Ron… You are literally on top of the world right now and looking for the next BIG ONE… I’d take a look. Orson is in town. There is a reason why he’s worked with James Cameron, Spielberg and Lucas’ folks in the past…

ENDER’S GAME is a great story and book first, and great science-fiction at the same time. It hinges on a director being able to work PERFECTLY with children, complex effects and emotionally powerful material.

Besides the material, having met both of these guys, they’re suited for one another. Extremely family conscious, very American and both consummate storytellers.

Now, Spielberg is doing a science fiction telling of Pinocchio which could very well turn out to be very cool. But at its essence we have seen the basic story. Amazingly, with ENDER’S GAME this isn’t another story being told to us yet again. Well… eventually it’ll be made… folks like Chris Columbus, Spielberg or M Night… they’ll take a look at this, but right now Ron could do wonders with this… At least I think so…