In a Variety report confirming that HUGO star Asa Butterfield will star in ENDER'S GAME, the trade pub reports that Harrison Ford is being sought for the role of Colonel Hyrum Graff, the Commander of Training for the International Fleet.

TV Line reports that Chris Meloni, who left LAW & ORDER: SVU in the spring, is circling a role on the new season of TRUE BLOOD.

PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER star Ben Whishaw has been cast as MI6 gadget guru Q in the latest James Bond film, SKYFALL, reports Variety.

Warner Bros. has decided to offer the role of The Colonel to Ken Watanabe, reports Twitch.

HUGO star Asa Butterfield is the top choice for the lead in Odd Lot Ent.'s adaptation of Orson Scott Card's ENDER'S GAME, reports Deadline.com.

Warner Bros. is quickly casting up its adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's seminal manga AKIRA.

Bill Nighy (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN) is in talks to play the villain in I, FRANKENSTEIN, reports Variety.

Steven Soderbergh has been looking for a lead for his THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. adaptation and now Deadline.com reports that he is eying his MAGIC MIKE actor Channing Tatum.

TRAFFIC writer Stephen Gaghan has finished rewrites on M. Night Shyamalan's ONE THOUSAND A.E., reports Variety.

Max Irons (RED RIDING HOOD) has been cast as the second male lead in the big screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's THE HOST, reports EW.

Sacha Baron Cohen is in talks to join the impressive cast of Quentin Tarantino's DJANGO UNCHAINED, reports Variety.

Danica McKellar (The Wonder Years, The West Wing) and Olympic speed skating champion Apolo Ohno will take on a deadly mythical beast in the new Syfy Saturday Original Movie Tasmanian Devil, which will begin production in British Columbia this month.

Jake Abel is the top choice to join his LOVELY BONES co-star Saoirse Ronan in the big screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's THE HOST, reports Deadline.com.

Emilie de Ravin, Claire from LOST, has joined the cast of ABC's ONCE UPON A TIME, reports TV Guide.

Hayley Atwell (CAPTAIN AMERICA) has joined the cast of THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN NEMO, reports Deadline.com. She joins David Morrissey (RED RIDING) as her uncle and Hugh Bonneville (TV's DOWNTON ABBEY) as Nemo. A sequel to 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, the story has Morrissey and Atwell's characters freeing Capt. Nemo from jail to have him help investigate sea monster attacks. The $10 million 3-D production will be shot entirely on greenscreen sets. Pearry Teo

J.J. Abrams has selected Benicio Del Toro as the villain in his STAR TREK sequel, reports Variety.

20th Century Fox has come down to four actors to play John McClane's son in A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD, reports Deadline.com.

Andy Serkis has inked a seven-figure deal to star as Caesar in sequels to RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, reports Deadline.com.

Walden Media is developing a live-action version of WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? for Jennifer Lopez to star in, reports Deadline.com.

Warner Bros. is eying Gary Oldman for two big roles in their upcoming films AKIRA and ARTHUR & LANCELOT, reports Deadline.com.