The creators behind ParaNorman have cast Asa Butterfield in their first live action role as star after Kodi Smit-McPhee left the project.
Asa Butterfield will now star alongside Gillian Anderson. He will play a young grim reaper moving between our world and what comes next. Butterfield is known for Hugo and Ender’s Game and is a rising British star.
SOURCE: HollywoodReporter.com