is now a movie!

On Mark Zuckerberg’s profile and many interviews, you hear him mention “The Ender’s Game” as a book he took inspiration from. Well now according to Variety Magazine it’s coming to a movie with a stellar cast.

Harrison Ford stars in it. The director of Xmen and Wolverine are in it. I’m particularly excited about this because this talks about colonisation of a race vs the humans led by tactical geniuses (a colony led by power hungry intelligent group of humans against another colony of insectoid beings). This is like Terran vs Zerg in Starcraft 2 made into a movie!

The story according to Wikipedia is

Set in Earth’s future, the novel presents an imperiled humankind who have barely survived two conflicts with the Formics (an insectoid alien species also known as the “Buggers”). These aliens show an ant-like group behavior, and are very protective of their leader, much like Earth ants protecting their queen.

In preparation for an anticipated third invasion, an international fleet maintains a school to find and train future fleet commanders. The world’s most talented children, including the novel’s protagonist, Ender Wiggin, are taken at a very young age to a training center known as the Battle School. There, teachers train them in the arts of war through increasingly difficult games including ones undertaken in zero gravity in the Battle Room where Ender’s tactical genius is revealed.