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According to Deadline, the role of Ender Wiggin in Gavin Hood's adaptation has been offered to Asa Butterfield. I haven't seen a lot he's been in, but he is lead character is Martin Scorsese's new movie HUGO. My initial thoughts are... Well, I don't really have any initial thoughts outside of absolute excitement. I'm a little nervous as he's 14 years old, but hey, if he has the acting chops I can forgive age.

What are your thoughts?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2633535/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Sorry, here's the link to the article. http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/hugo-st ... ders-game/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Dude.

Craig.

STOP IT.

You're making this all too real. This is just too much.

And now I have to watch Hugo.

I didn't even want to watch Hugo.

Mergh.

I hope he has a good language coach. It would be more than a little odd if Ender has a British accent.

exciting news!

he doesn't look 14 to me. he doesn't look ender's age, he looks more like 11 or something. if they actually get filming... i think they can work with it.

Correction: The report says that Butterfield has been offered the role, not that he has accepted/signed (IE, "cast"). Nothing appears to be official yet. Let's see if this turns out (most likely, it will.)

And from something I heard recently, the production of EG "is in full swing." Apparently, they've already done a lot of pre-production planning (which is UNFORTUNATE, since I wanted in on that!)

It's true... Hood has hired his Art Director and Costume Director -- both of which have large sci if movies under their belts (AVATAR and TR2N, respectively). If anything, the movie will look great, but I'm hoping for more!

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What??!! What about Jake Lloyd?

What??!! What about Jake Lloyd?

Too soon.

What??!! What about Jake Lloyd?

If Jake Lloyd gets to be Ender, I should get to be Petra. I'm younger than he is! They cast 20-somethings and 10 year olds all the time.

Jake Lloyd will have a cameo role as Mick, the guy that takes Ender's pudding.

What??!! What about Jake Lloyd?

If Jake Lloyd gets to be Ender, I should get to be Petra. I'm younger than he is! They cast 20-somethings and 10 year olds all the time.

Sorry, but that role belongs to Dakota Fanning, who is apparently still only 17? Shouldn't she be in her 20s by now?

This is wonderful news! =)

For some reason, I'm getting less excited about the movie.

Are these...script sides???

http://www.showfax.com/role_selection.c ... 3&p=115498" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


To download a role, click on the name of the desired role. If you do not see the sides you need, call the Showfax office at (310) 385-6920; outside Los Angeles (800) 886-8716, or send email with details: Request for Sides.

Roles:

Alai
$ 4.00
Bean
$ 4.00
Bernard
$ 2.00
Bonzo
$ 3.00
Dink
$ 2.00
Ender
$ 6.00
Mick
$ 2.00
Peter
$ 2.00
Petra (rev Sep 12, 2011)
$ 6.00
Rose
$ 2.00
Stilson (fka Stillman)
$ 3.00
Valentine
$ 6.00

And now I have to watch Hugo.

I didn't even want to watch Hugo.

Mergh.

Same. Although I may just watch the "Striped Pajamas" one instead.

Ooh, he was in Striped Pajamas? That was good!

Since I started reading the books, Ender had the AI little boy's face.... Too bad he's all grown up now...

Since I started reading the books, Ender had the AI little boy's face.... Too bad he's all grown up now...

Haha, Haley Joel Osment was all the rage to claim to play Ender, back in the day. Alas, unless we did a complete revamp of the script to allow 23-year-olds, he's pretty much out. Of course, if they did that, suddenly a huge group of P-Webbers would be viable for casting! So maybe it is good to hope.

I don't think they'd let us in the movie if we're sitting in prison for murdering the guy who writes the 20-year-old Ender script.

Are these...script sides???

http://www.showfax.com/role_selection.c ... 3&p=115498" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


To download a role, click on the name of the desired role. If you do not see the sides you need, call the Showfax office at (310) 385-6920; outside Los Angeles (800) 886-8716, or send email with details: Request for Sides.

Roles:

Alai
$ 4.00
Bean
$ 4.00
Bernard
$ 2.00
Bonzo
$ 3.00
Dink
$ 2.00
Ender
$ 6.00
Mick
$ 2.00
Peter
$ 2.00
Petra (rev Sep 12, 2011)
$ 6.00
Rose
$ 2.00
Stilson (fka Stillman)
$ 3.00
Valentine
$ 6.00

Nifty! Cool find =)

Last month in a hotel computer room, I found script pages for another movie involving a character named Achilles, but it seemed to be set in Boston. I IMBD-ed the casting company and they didn't seem to be attached to the Ender's development.

I was very disappointed.

Ok, NOW it's official...

http://www.endersansible.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Based on what I've heard about HUGO and Asa's performance in it, I'M ECSTATIC!

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Whoever updated the Twitter feed, kudos. Saw it at work, retweeted, weeeeee!

Also posted to Reddit. Thus far: zero interest. I miss the general subreddit...

I'm liking this kid. This is the appropriate response to getting the part of Ender: "Oh yes. Im really doing it. F*** YEAAA!!!"

And he makes good video game decisions: "EA's 'Battlefield 3' vs Activision's 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3' My vote is going with BF3"

I'm liking this kid. This is the appropriate response to getting the part of Ender: "Oh yes. Im really doing it. F*** YEAAA!!!"

And he makes good video game decisions: "EA's 'Battlefield 3' vs Activision's 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3' My vote is going with BF3"

Given the role he is going to be playing someone needs to introduce him to Starcraft.

Given the role he is going to be playing someone needs to introduce him to Starcraft.

I will do it. I will shoulder that burden.

lol, just saw this on his twitter:

asabfb Asa Butterfield
OMG ZERG RUSH!!!!!!!!! Kekekekekekekeee :')

asabfb Asa Butterfield
Starcraft didn't take 64 hours after all. In face it finished last night. Time to bang it out

So, wait. Did somebody actually do that? Or was it just a coincidence?

I think it was just a coincidence. But after the fact I tweeted at him to remark on it - no idea whether or not that was seen.

A 11 year old would have been believable. 14, not so much. Very skeptical about this decision.

It's all going to depend on how much he grows during filming. He still looks young enough to pull it off (since the script has been changed to 10 years old), but he's at the age where that won't last long.