So back in April we told you Gavin Hood won the director’s chair on Odd Lot Entertainment’s adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s ENDER’S GAME. Now, after a seven month search, it seems the titular lead of the film has been decided upon.
Deadline has it that HUGO star Asa Butterfield (seen right) has won the lead role in ENDER’S GAME. The film has already been tagged with a March 15, 2013 release date., which Summit Entertainment will release.
In case you’re fuzzy:
Set in Earth’s future, ENDER’S GAME presents an imperiled humankind who have barely survived two conflicts with the Formics (an insectoid alien race also known as the “Buggers”). In preparation for an anticipated third invasion, an international fleet maintains a school to find and train future fleet commanders. The world’s most talented children, including the novel’s protagonist, Ender Wiggin, are taken at a very young age to a training center known as the Battle School. There, teachers train them in the arts of war through increasingly difficult games including ones undertaken in zero gravity in the Battle Room where Ender’s tactical genius is revealed.
Alright, let’s hear some opinions. You like Butterfield in the role, or have you not seen enough of him yet?
HUGO cutie Emily Mortimer
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