SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD

   The first sequel. Maybe they'd make this one before Ender's Shadow, maybe they'd make it after. I can see a parallel movie being released right after if this movie's successful, but a distant sequel...? The obvious problem here (besides a good voice actress for Jane) would be the design of the piggies. Oh, uh, and how to time-shift Asa. Just, like, digitally, makeup, or just get a new actor, or have him actually be that old when they do come out with this thing?

THE GOOD:

1. Olhado's metal eyes, already highly visual imagery in the book, would be strongly iconic when brought to a visual medium.
2. Juicy Novinha psychology, when every man she's ever loved died and she thinks it's her fault because the piggies killed them and the secret why is in her research.
3. The ensemble cast of the Ribeira family has already strongly drawn characters, so they don't all get muddled like, say, the dwarfs in The Hobbit (how'd they handle that, by the way? Alright?)
4. Jane.

THE BAD:

1. Oh, you know, nothing. Just, uh, how it's got almost nothing to do with Ender's Game, so a true adaptation, even with such a beloved property, would be almost impossible.
2. I can actually see this getting made into a movie, though. It'd be actually kind of claustrophobic, on-screen, with the narrow streets between the buildings and trees everywhere surrounding. Not like the hallways of Battle School, which you would expect to be more so, but that would be a sound stage and this would be on location, with completely different camera techniques used. It's a very loamy future, too, which is kind of weird.
3. The piggies are very fond of evisceration, and it's kind of tough to get away with that especially seeing as how they're the good guys.

THE UGLY:

1. How to depict of Jane-minus-Jane. When Jane cut off from contact with Ender, and has no solid contact or form. This would have to be done abstractly. There's emotion there, but symbolism of this sort would be the only way to show it. Maybe have some sort of "quirky" depiction of Jane earlier on that isn't in itself 100% in alignment with the book's depiction (screens, maybe?), but would make sense during the scenes of her being cut off when you consider its necessity. Maybe echo some designs from the Giant's Drink-- Jane's birth connected to Ender would give us access to depicting her early development existing entirely in the ansible network, and so they could fall back on that.
2. The piggies themselves. The design, that is, doubtless they've got technology enough to render them convincingly.