Ender's Game to become a screenplay...

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Originally Posted by glatt

A 6 year old actor can not carry a movie. Even a 10 year old portraying a 6 year old can not carry a movie. You would need to completely destroy the story and have Ender be a teenager. That's the only way to make the movie not suck.

I dunno about that. Anna Paquin was (I think) 8 years old in The Piano, and she TOTALLY rocked in that movie. Youngest Oscar winner ever IIRC. I'll agree that she's rare, though. I'm just worried they'll get Haley Joel Osmont to do it, which would be a shame.