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  • Asa Butterfield Talks ‘Ender’s Game’ with BBC America

    Asa Butterfield Talks ‘Ender’s Game’ with BBC America

    In this quick chat with Ender’s Game star Asa Butterfield, BBC America asked him to explain a bit about the movie’s premise and about working again with Sir Ben Kingsley, who will play war hero and mentor Mazer Rackham. “The script has been amazingly adapted to the book.” says Butterfield. “It’ll be amazing.”

    When asked how he’s able to maintain a normal life while being a child actor, Butterfield said, “It’s difficult because I am doing something barely no one else my age does, but I do try to keep my acting life and my normal life separate, so whenever I’m at school I just do whatever a normal 14 year-old kid does, I play computer games, hang out with mates, read.”

    Butterfield says he’d love to work with Tim Burton on a future project.

    Ender’s Game begins filming in New Orleans next month. Production is currently casting extras for the Battle School.

    Source: BBC America via Ender’s Ansible

  • Asa Butterfield at the Critic’s Choice Awards

    Asa Butterfield at the Critic’s Choice Awards

    Asa Critic's ChoiceAsa Butterfield, the 14 year-old who will be playing Ender Wiggin in the production for Ender’s Games set to start next month in New Orleans, attended the Critic’s Choice Movie Awards sporting hair newly dyed black.

    Preparation for his role, perhaps?

    Although the color of Ender’s hair is never specifically mentioned in the books, Butterfield normally walks around with a set of brown locks, so the change so soon before filming begins could be an indication that they’re going to have their film version of Ender with black hair.

    Hair color aside, who knew a boy could look so thin in a suit?

    Source: Glamour UK

  • Meet Jimmy “Jax” Pinchak AKA Peter Wiggin

    Meet Jimmy “Jax” Pinchak AKA Peter Wiggin

    With principal photography for Ender’s Game set to start in New Orleans in just over three weeks, we’ll be doing short profiles of all the young actors cast in the movie so far. Last week, we started off with Aramis Knight, who will be playing one of Ender’s toon leaders Bean.

    This week, we’ll be taking a look at Jimmy “Jax” Pinchak, who landed the pivotal role of Ender’s sociopathic older brother Peter Wiggin. Pinchak will turn 16 during filming of Ender’s Game.

    Pinchak began his career as a child actor when he was just six years old, first playing the character Jody Davis of the television series Family Affair.

    Although the majority of his work has been in television, Pinchak has worked alongside some well known actors in movies such as Tom Hanks in The Polar Express (2004) and Chloe Moretz in the Swedish horror remake Let Me In (2010).

    Pinchak has a deep voice, which will no doubt help a lot when he’s domineering over his two younger siblings. It’s still unclear how big of a role Peter Wiggin will be in the film, but since Peter plays such a significant role in the development of Ender’s character, he’s certainly got a lot to live up to.

    Check out this clip of Pinchak from an opening sequence of NCIS:

  • Meet Aramis Knight AKA Bean

    Meet Aramis Knight AKA Bean

    Aramis KnightWhile Ender’s Game features a wide cast of known child actors including Asa Butterfield (Ender), Abigail Breslin (Valentine), and Hailee Steinfeld (Petra), one of the most important of those characters is Bean, who will be played by 12 year-old Aramis Knight.

    Knight first began acting when he was six years old, when he had a small part in the pilot episode of ABC’s alien drama series Invasion in 2005. Since then, he’s done a lot of acting in television, appearing in shows such as NCIS, Ghost Whisperer, Dexter, and even an episode of LOST as Sam, Sayid’s nephew. (video below)

    Interestingly enough, Knight has already worked with mega star Harrison Ford, who is set to play Colonel Graff, the leader of the Battle School, in the movie Crossing Over.

    With such a lengthy resume behind him, he seems to be big enough to fill the shoes of little genius Bean. He’s described as being 4’10”, which doesn’t really lend much to the fact that he’s supposed to be extremely small (thus the name “Bean”), but a lot could be done to make him look smaller on screen. Does he look like the Bean you’ve imagined?

    View his demo reel on IMDB or watch this video of him in LOST, season 6:

  • Harrison Ford and Abigail Breslin Officially Join Cast of ‘Ender’s Game’

    Harrison Ford and Abigail Breslin Officially Join Cast of ‘Ender’s Game’

    Abigail BreslinA slew of actors were reported to be officially joining the cast of Ender’s Game today, with Harrison Ford being cast as Colonel Hyram Graff and Abigail Breslin as Ender’s sister Valentine Wiggin.

    Other casting announcements:

    Aramis Knight has been cast as Bean, Ender’s smallest and most brilliant recruit in Dragon Army.

    Moises Arias has been cast as Bonzo Madrid, the leader of Salamander and Ender’s first commander.

    Jimmy “Jax” Pinchak has been cast as Peter Wiggin, Ender’s sociopath older brother.

    Conor Carroll has been cast as Bernard, the first enemy that Ender makes on the shuttle launch to Battle School.

    Khylin Rhambo has been cast as Dink Meeker, Ender’s friend and ally in the Battle School.

    Suraj Parthasarathy has been cast as Alai, one of Ender’s toon leaders in Dragon Army.

    Source: Variety

  • Brendan Meyer Joins ‘Ender’s Game’ as Stilson

    Brendan Meyer Joins ‘Ender’s Game’ as Stilson

    According to an insider’s source of the Hollywood Reporter, 17 year old Brendan Meyer from the Disney XD series Mr. Young has been cast as the bully Stilson who torments Ender Wiggin at school.

    Although the role is very small, the character Stilson has a lasting impact on Ender as he makes his way through Battle School, coming back to haunt Ender when he begins to play the fantasy game Giant’s Drink.

    Meyer joins Asa Butterfield (Ender Wiggin) in the production, which begins filming in New Orleans next February, while Hailee Steinfeld and Ben Kingsley are still in negotiations to join the cast.

    View Meyer’s IMDB profile.

  • Ben Kingsley to Play Mazer Rackham

    Ben Kingsley to Play Mazer Rackham

    Ben Kingsley

    According to the Hollywood Reporter, Ben Kingsley is in talks to play war hero Mazer Rackham in the movie adaptation of Ender’s Game, which is tentatively scheduled to begin principal photography next February, though the headline and the article give different versions of the story.

    Kingsley has worked with star Asa Butterfield before in last month’s Hollywood delight Hugo. Although there has yet to be studio confirmation on either Kingsley’s casting or more recently, Hailee Steinfeld in talks to play Petra Arkanian, Kingsley seems to be a great fit for the character, who is presumed dead by the world long after he single-handedly puts an end to the last Formic invasion. Rackham then becomes a mentor to Ender as he completes his training.

    Kingsley has played a wide variety of roles, with some of his most memorable being from Shindler’s List, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, and House of Sand and Fog.

    Source: The Hollywood Reporter

  • Hailee Steinfeld in Negotiations for ‘Ender’s Game’ Movie for Petra Arkanian

    Hailee Steinfeld in Negotiations for ‘Ender’s Game’ Movie for Petra Arkanian

    Hailee Steinfeld

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, the young star of last year’s True Grit is in talks to join the cast of Ender’s Game.

    Although she was nominated for an Academy Award, Steinfeld has yet to follow up her stunning performance with additional work, but this role would put things back in motion for her in February of next year.

    Steinfeld is negotiating for the role of Petra Arkanian, Ender’s lone female soldier in Dragon Army. Ender first meets Petra when he arrives in the Battle School and the two children become friends, training together for years.

    What do you think of her being Petra? There’s absolutely no doubt she can act and she’s only slightly older than Asa Butterfield, who looks younger than his 14 years, so their youthfulness matches up nicely with the books.

  • Asa Butterfield Confirms Casting for ‘Ender’s Game’ Movie

    Asa Butterfield Confirms Casting for ‘Ender’s Game’ Movie

    Just over a week ago, it was reported that Asa Butterfield, the young star of Martin Scorscese’s Hugo had been offered the part of Andrew “Ender” Wiggin for the film adaptation of Ender’s Game.

    Today, Butterfield confirmed that he has accepted the role via Twitter.

    Asa ButterfieldThe film, which is set to begin filming early next year, will be released in March 2013. Fans of the novel have been waiting decades for this film to be made and this casting is definitely a sure sign of it finally happening.