‘Hugo’ Reunion in Space: Young Asa Butterfield has already been cast as the lead in the upcoming science-fiction thriller
Ender’s Game, and now
Ben Kingsley is in talks to play “a legendary war hero presumed thought to be long dead.” Butterfield and Kingsley previously acted together in Martin Scorsese’s
Hugo (pictured above); Hailee Steinfeld is already set for another lead role. (
The Hollywood Reporter)
Han Solo, Baseball Integrator: While
Harrison Ford has also been considered for a supporting role in
Ender’s Game, he is now in active talks to star as Branch Rickey, the baseball executive who signed Jackie Robinson and integrated Major League Baseball, in a film currently titled
42. Robert Redford had previously been attached to play the part. (
Entertainment Weekly)
From a Literary Detective to a TV Spy: With the recent departure of Steven Soderbergh from
The Man From U.N.C.L.E., the project needs a new director, and
Guy Ritchie might be that man. Ritchie’s most recent film is
Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows, which comes out next week. (
Deadline)
Hell on Halloween: Director
Neil Marshall is in preliminary discussion to helm
Hellfire, a horror movie set at a theme park on Halloween. The hope is that it will become a franchise for CBS Films; Marshall previously made
The Descent and
Centurion, among other bloody genre flicks. (
Deadline)