Asa Butterfield And Chloe Moretz Joins Scorsese's CABRET

Earlier today we heard that Sir Ben Kingsley and Sacha Baron Cohen have signed on for Martin Scorsese‘s adaptation of THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET based on the best-selling children’s historical fiction book by author Brian Selznick. The project is picking up its pace because Deadline New York said two more have joined the cast…

It’s Marty’s first Children movie, so you gotta have kids.. Asa Butterfield, the kid who made some of us unleash our tears in The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas is set to play the title character, an orphan living in a train station.
Chloe Moretz, (Kick-Ass, 500 Days Of Summer, LET ME IN) one of the most in demand teen actress since Dakota and Abigail, is set to play the female lead, Isabelle
Cohen will play the station inspector while Kingsley will play silent filmmaker George Melies, a pivotal character in the story

The live action feature will be produced by Scorsese’s The Departed Oscar winning producer Graham King who’s been in talks with a number of studios to find a distributor, but they’re putting this project on a fast track and shooting is expected to start on June 1st, 2010 in London

Here’s the official synopsis of the book…
ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo’s dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.