Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Ford Up For Ender's Colonel

Hugo Cabret star Asa Butterfield is confirmed while Harrison Ford is in talks to star in Gavin Hood's sci-fi thriller "Ender's Game" says The Press Association.


Based upon author Orson Scott Card's book follows Andrew 'Ender' Wiggin, (Butterfield) a bullied young boy who turns out to be a master military strategist.


Viggo Mortensen was in talks to play the Colonel Hyrum Graff, the commander of training at elite boys' military academy. Ford is tops among several actors who've been approached for the role now that talks with Mortensen have broken down.

Hood wrote the adapted script

Roberto Orci Alex Kurtzman Lynn Hendee Gigi Pritzker and Linda McDonough are producing the pic

A Spring 2013 release date is already set.

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