Viola Davis Attached To Ender’s Game and Beautiful CreaturesPosted by Wilson Morales
February 2, 2012
Source: Variety
With an Oscar nomination and SAG award in hand, Viola Davis has now found her next two projects, landing a supporting role in Summit Entertainment’s “Ender’s Game” and a role in Warner Bros. and Alcon’s “Beautiful Creatures.”
“Beautiful Creatures” will be helmed by Richard LaGravenese with Erwin Stoff producing.
Pic is an adaptation of the Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia tome and follows two teens who must confront a curse that has haunted the girl’s family for generations.
Davis plays a librarian and friend of the teenage boy’s deceased mother who loves the boy like a son and will do whatever in her power to protect him.
LaGravenese penned the adaptation.
Gavin Hood is helming “Ender’s Game,” starring Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin and Harrison Ford.
Hood also penned the adaptation based on Orson Scott Card’s novel. Set in Earth’s utopian future, story follows a genius strategist recruited by the government to help destroy an insect-like alien race.
Davis will play a military psychologist who oversees the emotional welfare of the young trainees in Colonel Graff’s military program. She also helps design the games that test their skills and resilience.
OddLot, K/O Paper Products and Digital Domain are production partners on “Ender’s Game.” OddLot’s Gigi Pritzker and Linda McDonough are producing with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman via their K/O Paper Products banner, as well as Lynn Hendee, Robert Chartoff and Card. OddLot’s Bill Lischak and K/O’s Mandy Safavi will exec produce with Digital Domain’s Cliff Plumer and Ed Ulbrich.
The plan is for Davis to shoot “Ender’s Game” first and follow with “Beautiful Creatures” later in the year.
Davis is the second actress nominee this week to lock up a new project — on Monday, Rooney Mara landed the female lead in Steven Soderbergh’s “Side Effects.”
Davis is also developing an untitled skein for HBO with “Pariah” helmer Dee Rees.
