![]() ![]() Rowling and Suzanne Collins, who made deals that gave them a say in the filmmakers' decisions and kept the money flowing. That goes in contrast to authors like J.K. Sources "both inside and outside the companies that produced the" movie confirmed to Dickey that Card gets no back-end on the movie, and has already been paid the money he will get from the adaptation through a "decade-old deal." Card's deal for the movie, which lingered in development for many years, was done long ago, and Dickey explained that, by the time the iteration of the project that finally made it to the screen got underway, "Card’s involvement, both creative and financial, had dissolved to virtually nil."Ĭard has a producing credit, but he wasn't involved in the film creatively, Dickey reports. Though there has been a call to boycott the film over Card's support of anti-gay causes, Josh Dickey of The Wrap reported yesterday evening that Card will not benefit-at least not directly-from the film's success. Orson Scott Card, the outspokenly homophobic author of the book Ender's Game, won't get any of the box office money from the movie that opens tomorrow. ![]() This article is from the archive of our partner. ![]()
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