A week or so ago we reported that Hugo star Asa Butterfield was in talks to star in an adaptation of the popular young adult novel, Ender’s Game. Now Variety reports that Butterfield has locked his deal to star in the movie and attention has turned to the adult roles.
While no offers have gone out as yet, producers are currently concentrating on casting Colonel Hyrum Graff, the Commander of Training for the International Fleet, an elite boys’ military academy. Viggo Mortensen had been targeted for the role, but those talks didn’t work out and producers are now discussing another group of veteran thesps, including Harrison Ford. That doesn’t mean he’ll do it, but it’s a good hint at the direction things are going.
Ender’s Game is based on the award-winning sci-fi novel by Orson Scott Card, which revolves around a government program where gifted children are trained to prevent an imminent alien attack. They square off in a game described as a mix Quiddich and Star Wars’ light saber duels. Butterfield will play Ender, who emerges as a brilliant strategist and may be Earth’s best hope to defeat the alien scourge.
Gavin Hood (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) is set to direct Ender’s Game from his own adapted screenplay. It isn’t known when production may begin on Ender’s Game, although Summit Entertainment has already issued a March, 2013 release date.
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
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