Asa Butterfield locks 'Ender's Game'

Butterfield "Hugo" star Asa Butterfield has closed an offer to star because the title character in "Ender's Game," Odd Lot Entertainment's adaptation of Orson Scott Card's 1985 sci-fi novel, which won both Hugo and Nebula honours before breeding a set.Gavin Hood ("X-Males Roots: Wolverine") is pointing the pic, which Summit Entertainment will release March 15, 2013. Advanced tale follows a gifted youthful gamer by having an almost preternatural convenience of strategy and logistics who's employed through the government to assist fight a bug-like alien race.Since the producers have discovered their youthful lead, their focus turns towards the adult lead of Colonel Hyrum Graff, the Commander of coaching for that Worldwide Fleet, a top-notch boys' military academy. Viggo Mortensen have been specific for that role, but individuals talks did not exercise and producers are actually talking about another number of veteran thesps, including Harrison Ford.Odd Lot's Gigi Pritzker and Linda McDonough are creating "Ender's Game" with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman via their K/O Paper Items banner, in addition to Lynn Hendee and Card.Butterfield, who starred in "The Boy within the Candy striped Pajamas" before toplining Martin Scorsese's "Hugo," has additionally made an appearance in "Boy of Rambow," "Nanny McPhee Returns" and "The Wolfman." He's repped by CAA and Independent Talent Group. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com