Young Asa Butterfield Tweeted earlier that he was locked in for the lead role of child prodigy Ender Wiggin in Ender's Game and now Variety report that Summit Entertainment are also on the hunt for the adult lead for the movie; Colonel Hyrum Graff. Apparently Viggo Mortenson was being sought for the role but that fell through, and now sights are set on Han Solo/Indiana Jones/Rick Deckard himself, Harrison Ford..
Now that the producers have found their young lead, their focus turns to the adult lead of Colonel Hyrum Graff, the Commander of Training for the International Fleet, an elite boys’ military academy. Viggo Mortensen had been targeted for the role, but those talks didn’t work out and producers are now discussing another group of veteran thesps, including Harrison Ford
No indication yet as to which other actors might be included in that group but you guys will know as soon as we do. Gigi Pritzker and Linda McDonough are producing
Ender's Game with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. The movie is being directed by Gavin Hood.
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