While Asa Butterfield has officially come on board for Ender’s Game, producers are still looking for their lead military character, the one who puts Ender through all of his paces in Battle School.
Viggo Mortensen’s name was tossed around, but nothing concrete happened.
According to Variety, the top name on the pile for the Hyrum Graff character is Harrison Ford.
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.
Ender’s Game is supposed to come out March 15, 2013.
And by then, it’s assumed that the originator of the story, Orson Scott Card, will still be irrationally afraid of gay people.