Saturday, December 17, 2011

Ender's Game Cast its Stilson

17 year old Canadian actor Brendan Meyer has joined Gavin Hood's sci-fi film, Ender's Game
says Heat Vision


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

Meyer will play Stilson, Ender’s classmate who taunted him during ground school in the futuristic film.

"True Grit" actress Hailee Steinfeld is set to play the lone female in the child army who develops a relationship with Wiggin. Ben Kingsley is gonna play a legendary war hero presumed to be long dead. Harrison Ford  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. But may have moved on

Hood wrote the adapted script and will helm.

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

Production set to start in February with a 2013 release date.

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