Friday, December 09, 2011

Kingsley Is War Hero In Ender's Game

Ben Kingsley is in talks to join 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.

Kingsley will play a legendary war hero presumed to be long dead.

"True Grit" actress Hailee Steinfeld is set to play the lone female in the child army who develops a relationship with Wiggin Harrison Ford is 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

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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