HUGO Star Asa Butterfield Offered Lead in ENDER'S GAME

I know I'm not the only one who grew up with Ender's Game, so the news of a movie adaptation is pretty exciting. Although, right about now I can guess you all are wondering, "Who the hell is this kid?" Well my friends, you shall see soon enough. Asa Butterfield is starring in the Martin Scorsese film Hugo, which is coming out next Friday. And you better remember this kid's name, since it seems like he may just end up being our Ender Wiggin. For those of you who aren't all that certain about what Ender's Game is, here's a brief description. Recruited as a child soldier, Ender learns battle tactics through the use of anti-gravity games equipped with nothing but his jumpsuit and his wits. To find out more information on the project, hit the jump.



Ender's Game will be directed by Gavin Hood, who has previously directed...well...X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I can imagine a lot of the excitement has died down with the mention of that God awful movie, but I have my hopes. Deadline has reported that Butterfield has officially been offered the part of Andrew "Ender" Wiggin. In case you are wondering what other films he has been in, well, here's a brief list: Son of Rambow, The Wolfman, and Nanny McPhee Returns. The film has been given a release date of March 15, 2013. Until then, I shall inform you on any other casting choices for this adaptation that we all have been waiting to see for so long.

In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race’s next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew “Ender” Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn’t make the cut—young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.

Ender’s skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister.

Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender’s two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.