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When she got an Oscar nom for playing the precocious brat in Atonement, who would have guessed Saoirse Ronan would become Ireland’s answer to Chuck Norris? Ronan, who starred in Hanna, next headlines as a resistance fighter in the Andrew Niccol-directed adaptation of Twilight Saga author Stephenie Meyer’s The Host. Now she’ll take on yet another action role. She’ll star in Disney’s The Order of the Seven. That started out as the revisionist fairy tale Snow And The Seven. But with Mirror Mirror and Snow White And The Huntsman coming from other studios, Disney felt a kung fu Snow White was overkill. The current logline: A centuries old and once revered Order of Warriors, now a jaded group of outlaws, must reclaim their destiny after the reemergence of an ancient evil empress. Ronan will play Olivia Sinclair, a British ex-pat of 19th Century Hong Kong who guides the warriors back to their noble roots. The film will be lined with stars from China, Russia and Japan. Jayson Rothwell and Michael deBruyn wrote the most recent script, with the first done by Josh Harmon & Scott Elder. Commercials helmer Michael Gracey will direct. Andrew Gunn is producing.
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When did she become the teen action queen?
When Hanna was one of the best movies of 2011.
Umm…after Hanna perhaps?
I’m still pissed she wasn’t cast as katniss. Blows jennifer completely out of the water.
Agreed, although Hailee Steinfeld would have been best of all, since Katniss is an olive skinned skinny young teen, and Jennifer is a chunky milk-white woman.
On WHICH PLANET is Jennifer Lawrence “chunky?” Thanks for the best laugh of the week!
She does have a chubby face, but it just looks like baby fat. And because of that, people may think that she’s bigger than she is.
I don’t believe The Host will have as much action as Hanna, or as the line “resistance fighter” implies, but I do believe Saoirse will rock the dual character
Saoirse would’ve been the best possible Katniss, but between her and Jennifer, it’s like choosing between Pink Floyd and The Who, you can’t possibly go wrong if you choose either one.
And Jennifer is not chubby, she is a curvy beauty, for fuck’s sake. No wonder…
so badass. @red you’re right – hanna was totally one of the best movies of 2011. and largely thanks to ronan.
and let’s hope they get an amazing band/artist to score it too a la chemical brothers.
She should have been nominated for an for her performance in Hanna.
I think she is the most talented actress. With each role she does, I see a completely new character. It comes across as completely effortless.
She should have been nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Hanna.
Oh, Hollywood, when will you stop ripping off anime? Fushig Yugi already did it.
already did what? Fushigi Yugi is nothing like either a ‘kung fu Snow White’ or the log line written above.
I had to chime in here too. Hanna was a very cool movie. I haven’t seen it since opening weekend, but I’m pretty sure it was badass on the action front, and she did a great job (as she did in Lovely Bones).
Hm, guess I’ll go grab the Hanna bluray!
This kinda resembles Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai.
Wrong this is nothing like Seven Samurai it’s more like The Magnificent Seven and that makes it completely different.
I’m right you film geek because both movies have similar premises therefore it RESEMBLES Seven Samurai.
Right because both movies have similar premises therefore it RESEMBLES Seven Samurai.
HANNA was gorgeously directed garbage. Probably the most violent PG-13 film of all-time and with some awful performances (and accents to match) from the Euro cast. Ronan rocks though, I give you that!
Thank you for the irrelevant, non-positive comment that really has nothing to do with the article.
“HANNA was gorgeously directed garbage.”
That’s a ridiculous opinion.
“Probably the most violent PG-13 film of all-time”
How is this a negative aspect?
“and with some awful performances (and accents to match) from the Euro cast.”
I disagree.
Peter Weir’s “The Way Back”. She was wonderful in that film.
Girl can act. I’m a fan.
As I posted on here before SR, is a young Meryl Streep. She always gives a brilliant performance!!!
I’m not sure when her movie ‘Byzantine,’ comes out. She plays a music loving vampire and learned to play a Beethoven piano sonata in just 12 weeks. She’d never played piano before.
She never ceases to IMPRESS !!!
LOL somehow I’m not impressed. You make out like she’s a virtuoso or something. . . she ain’t. SHe had 12 weeks to prepare a piece (she prepared the most EASIEST part I think) when she practically had no A) part time job or B) schooling or any other responsibilities besides preparing for Byzantium. With all that time one would probably get an idea to take up an extra hobby like playing the paino.
Ronan is such an extraordinary talent, she’ll succeed in anything she does. There are other talented actresses out there like Dakota Fanning, Steinfeld, Moretz and Breslin but Ronan is in a league of her own. Her range in movies already dwarfs that of some accomplished oscar winning actors and she’s not even 18 yet. I can’t wait to watch her career skyrocket!
You sum up beautifully in just four sentences Tony what a growing number of people feel about this extraordinary young performer. We do have a bevy of gifted young actresses working today, but Saoirse is exceptional in her natural acting ability and her incredibly powerful screen presence.
As a huge fan of hers, I’m so looking forward to her further development as she matures and gains more life experience. I’ve never seen anyone quite like her at such a young age.
So this is an action comedy,right? The synopsis definitely sounds like a comedy which will be a great change for Ronan who proved swhe can handle drama and action. Now onto handling laughs.
@Jill…you’ve probably never played piano before have you? I’ve been at it for 14 years and believe me, Beethoven is haaaaard to master and in 12 weeks for someone who has never even touched an instrument. It takes talent. Anyone can work at it but not a lot succeed.
This movie looks like fun!
lol I do play the piano and I’m not naive enough to believe that someone with no instrumental training can “master” Beethoven in 12 weeks. Like I said in my post that you responded, Ronan had ample amount of time to prepare this piece, and in the articles that talk about it they speak of the “adagio” mov’t of this particular work. I’m not doubting her dedication to make the character believable, I’m strongly doubting the actors mastery that people herald. She’s great actor, but NOT a great pianist. Get it straight.
sry about the double post. For some reason my posts aren’t showing up so I assume something went wrong on approving them – I resorted to repeating myself but apparently after my second post, my first shows up. Weird.
Her beauty brings a tear to my eye. Look forward to her future projects. I’m guessing we will see her onstage one of these dyas, following in the footsteps of her idol, The great Cate Blanchett.
Keep trying as much you want, Hollywood, but no one’s gonna buy this little girl as an action star. Hanna was garbage, the Host is pure tween fangirl Twilight-level garbage, and this kung-fu Snow White crap is gonna be garbage.
Action film with female lead = D.O.A.
BANK ON IT!
@ aglider: Hanna wasn’t garbage, in fact it’s an art-house action thriller done right and it wasn’t even a Hollywood studio picture, and you probably haven’t read The Host. I bet once you saw Meyer’s name you thought “teen fan girl” which is far from the truth for this novel. If you actually read the article it implies that she recruits these seven warriors so her character is in the same vain as Elizabeth Swan in the first Pirates. The only thing in Hollywood that is pushing her to be an action star is this articles headline – it says one thing and says almost the complete opposite. Talk about misleading “journalism.”
Ronan is a good actress but jeeez (LOL!) I think some of you are over doing it a bit….that is, unless you are either part of her PR team or relatives of Ronan or…something._
LOL, yes. It’s a jungle with all the plants in here.
To bad these people aren’t “plants” (love it how some people always resort to that) because there really isn’t anything to complain about this actress. People are just commenting on her acting talent which she has plenty of and has demonstrated more then once, so it’s no fluke. One thing to be sure of on Deadline articles: industry people bitching about a legit talent and assuming her PR team (if she even has one) is invading the comment section.
J, I’d like to make one correction to your post….if I may…Saoirse is a great actress.
Hanna was pure awesomeness! I can’t wait to see Saoirse in this flick. Anyone else notice movies are kind of built around her? Lately she’s always the first one cast and also has the lead.