{"id":62579,"date":"2012-02-02T18:18:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T18:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2012\/02\/02\/viola-davis-enders-game-beautiful-creatures\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T13:34:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T13:34:59","slug":"viola-davis-enders-game-beautiful-creatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/viola-davis-enders-game-beautiful-creatures\/","title":{"rendered":"Viola Davis Attached To Two Films, with One Being A Leading Role"},"content":{"rendered":"

Viola Davis Attached To <\/strong>Ender’s Game and<\/strong> Beautiful Creatures<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

February 2, 2012<\/p>\n

Source: Variety<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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With an Oscar nomination and SAG award in hand, Viola Davis<\/strong> has now found her next two projects, landing a supporting role in Summit Entertainment’s “Ender’s Game” <\/strong>and a role in Warner Bros. and Alcon’s “Beautiful Creatures.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Beautiful Creatures” will be helmed by Richard LaGravenese<\/strong> with Erwin Stoff producing.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

LaGravenese penned the adaptation.<\/p>\n

Gavin Hood<\/strong> is helming “Ender’s Game,” starring Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin<\/strong> and Harrison Ford<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The plan is for Davis to shoot “Ender’s Game” first and follow with “Beautiful Creatures” later in the year.<\/p>\n

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.”<\/p>\n

Davis is also developing an untitled skein for HBO with “Pariah” helmer Dee Rees<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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