Harrison Ford Searching for 'Ender's Game'

Harrison Ford is coming back to space. According to Variety, the grizzled action hero is positioned to see the grizzled military officer Colonel Hyrum Graff inside the approaching adaptation of 'Ender's Game' opposite youngsters Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin and Asa Butterfield ('Hugo'). Using the popular 1985 novel by Orson Scott Card, the story follows Ender (Butterfield), a genius student, who's employed with the government to get rid of an alien race known to as Buggers. Ford's Graff can be a military officer who trains recruits within an academy that Ender attends. Gavin Hood, most broadly known for your critical bust 'X-Males Roots: Wolverine,' will direct. Clearly that Hood credit doesn't bode well for 'Ender's Game,' nor does Ford's recent adventures with extra terrestrial activity ('Cowboys & Aliens'). Hey, no less than using aliens won't completely blindside us, unlike it did because the the archaeology of gortyn of gortyn-designed movie Ford starred in in 2008. Ahem. 'Ender's Game' is positioned for just about any March 15, 2013 release date. [via Variety] [Photo: FilmMagic] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook