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Ender's Game (2013)

Based on the bestselling novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game stars Asa Butterfield as the titular character, a gifted young man from a future Earth who is selected to join the ranks of a vast human army launching a counter-attack on a hostile alien race. Butterfield is joined by a cast that includes Hailee Steinfeld, Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, and Viola Davis. 

Ender's Game
PG-13
Sci-Fi
Action
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Director
Gavin Hood
Release Date
November 1, 2013
Studio(s)
Lionsgate
Distributor(s)
Lionsgate
Cast
Asa Butterfield , Ben Kingsley , Abigail Breslin , Viola Davis , Harrison Ford , Hailee Steinfeld
Writers
Gavin Hood
Runtime
114minutes

Summary

70 years after a horrific alien war, an unusually gifted child is sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future invasion.

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