Orson Scott Card is working on a sequel
to the film Ender's Game, which opened Friday in the United
States.
A proposed boycott of the film over
Card's anti-gay views and his support of groups that oppose marriage
equality have put a damper on the movie's release.
Until recently, Card, a Mormon, was a
board member of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), the
nation's most vociferous opponent of marriage equality.
Producers have sought to distance the
film from its author in recent months in a effort to head off the
boycott. And this week, it was leaked that Card, who wrote the book
the film is based on, “won't profit” from ticket sales.
“But multiple sources from both
inside and outside the companies that produced the Ender's Game
film – distributor Summit Entertainment, visual effects company
Digital Domain and book-rights holder OddLot Entertainment – tell
TheWrap that Card's fee [$1.5 million] has already been paid through
a decade-old deal that includes no backend,” TheWrap
reported.
However, Card
told Wired that other projects hinge on the success or
failure of Ender's Game, including a sequel already in the
works.
“In terms of film, Ender's Game
is actually the beginning, not the end,” Card said. “No one will
touch anything else of mine until they see how Ender's Game
does. Unless the film absolutely tanks, which I'm not expecting,
then the floodgates could open. I have probably a dozen books that
are much, much more doable on film than Ender's Game.”
(Related: Orson
Scott Card says Ender's Game row over gay marriage not “true
picture.”)