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June 17

Ender’s Game Gears Up for the Big Screen!

June 17, 2013

Originally published in 1985, Orson Scott Card’s classic science fiction novel finally hits the big screen on November 1st, 2013. The novel tells the story of child-genius Ender Wiggin and his experiences in Battle School, a space station orbiting Earth. Ender, along with other exceptional children, is enrolled in Battle School to learn tactics and strategy so that he can help protect Earth from an imminent alien invasion.

The movie stars Asa Butterfield as Ender and Harrison Ford as Colonel Graff, the commander who recruits and trains Ender. The initial trailer has already excited fans with glimpses of the bugger army, combat scenes in the zero-gravity Battle Room and a talented cast of supporting actors, including Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis and Hailee Steinfeld. Although Orson Scott Card has reportedly drafted several scripts over the years, he was not involved in producing the version that was accepted by Summit Entertainment. He does, however, make a voice cameo somewhere in the film.

Despite some of the grittier details and violence in Ender’s Game, the novel has long been a popular staple for curriculum and literacy projects. Even though he’s a genius who has been singled out for military greatness, Ender is still an engaging character. Most of the book is told from his perspective as he struggles to survive the dangers of Battle School and then Command School. Like The Hunger Games’ Katniss Everdeen, Ender is a remarkable and intelligent hero forced to make ruthless and terrible decisions because of his circumstances. Ender’s Game is filled with moral gray areas that challenge the reader’s opinion as key plot points are slowly revealed.

In anticipation for the upcoming film, Ender’s Game has been updated with a movie-tie cover featuring Asa Butterfield in his Battle School gear surveying Earth through a portal (check it out here). The movie releases just three weeks before the dystopian thriller Catching Fire, making November an exciting month for books turned into films. The BookPal Team can’t wait to check out both movies this fall!

To order Ender’s Game in bulk, visit the main product page (Ender’s Game). Don’t forget to take a look at the other editions. Ender’s Game is available in bulk as a mass-market paperback, a movie tie-in version, as well as hardcover. Library bound editions are available upon request.

April 04

“The Hunger Games” a Novel by Suzanne Collins Heads to the Silver Screen

<img class=”alignleft” style=”border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px;” src=”http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/hunger_games_book_cover_011.jpg” alt=”" width=”239″ height=”360″ />Another great novel, “<a href=”http://www.book-pal.com/The-Hunger-Games-Bulk-Wholesale-p/9780439023528.htm”>The Hunger Games</a>,” is making its way to becoming the next big blockbuster hit so look for its highly anticipated release next year. Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth are headed for the fight of their lives when this gripping story comes to life on screen.

The two stars have been cast in the movie adaptation as Peeta Mellark and Gale Hawthorne, respectively. They join Jennifer Lawrence in the movie that is about a future, war-ravaged world run by a corrupt government. The books focus on Everdeen, Mellark and Hawthorne, participants in the Hunger Games Tournament. It’s a televised event in which children battle to the death.

Lionsgate hopes to make a film series out of what is an outrageously popular series of books. Hutcherson and Hemsworth are both emerging young stars; Hutcherson has featured in, among other films, “The Bridge to Terabithia,” “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” and his breakout supporting role in “The Kids Are All Right,” and will feature later this year in the remake of the 80′s action film “Red Dawn.”

Hemsworth played opposite Miley Cyrus in “The Last Song,” and will feature this year in “The Throwback” and “Arabian Nights.”

The story synopsis goes like this: “<em>In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Each year, the districts are forced by the Capitol to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the Hunger Games, a brutal and terrifying fight to the death – televised for all of Panem to see.</em>

<em>Survival is second nature for sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who struggles to feed her mother and younger sister by secretly hunting and gathering beyond the fences of District 12. When Katniss steps in to take the place of her sister in the Hunger Games, she knows it may be her death sentence. If she is to survive, she must weigh survival against humanity and life against love</em>.” Read more on <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/04/the-hunger-games-movie-hutcherson-hemsworth_n_844554.html”>The Huffington Post’s</a> website.

We will offer the <a href=”http://www.book-pal.com/Bulk-DVD-s-and-Blu-ray-Movies-s/2811.htm”>DVDs in bulk</a> when they become available but until then re-read the book to get ready for what has all the makings of a great movie!

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