Saoirse Ronan has landed the lead in the film adaptation of author Stephenie Meyer's "The Host."
According to Deadline, Ronan will play Melanie Stryder, who must fight to maintain her own identity when her body is invaded by an alien presence.
Ronan was most recently seen in the thriller "Hanna," in which she played an assassin out for revenge. She was 13 when she was nominated in 2008 for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her work in "Atonement." Ronan will next appear in "Violet & Daisy" and will have a role in Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit."
Andrew Niccol ("Gattaca," "The Truman Show") wrote the screenplay for "The Host," while the identity of the director is still somewhat in the air, with Niccol and Susanna White ("Nanny McPhee Returns") both being rumored.
Meyer's Web site describes "The Host" as follows:
With the film series based on Meyer's "Twilight" series having already grossed $788 million so far (with the two-part "Breaking Dawn" still to come), it is no surprise that "The Host" is in the pipeline. Although I'm not a fan of her vampire series, I am of Niccol and am curious to see what he will do with this.
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Ronan was most recently seen in the thriller "Hanna," in which she played an assassin out for revenge. She was 13 when she was nominated in 2008 for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her work in "Atonement." Ronan will next appear in "Violet & Daisy" and will have a role in Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit."
Andrew Niccol ("Gattaca," "The Truman Show") wrote the screenplay for "The Host," while the identity of the director is still somewhat in the air, with Niccol and Susanna White ("Nanny McPhee Returns") both being rumored.
Meyer's Web site describes "The Host" as follows:
Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away.
Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact and continue their lives apparently unchanged. Most of humanity has succumbed.
When Melanie, one of the few remaining "wild" humans is captured, she is certain it is her end. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, was warned about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the glut of senses, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.
Wanderer probes Melanie's thoughts, hoping to discover the whereabouts of the remaining human resistance. Instead, Melanie fills Wanderer's mind with visions of the man Melanie loves—Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she has been tasked with exposing. When outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off on a dangerous and uncertain search for the man they both love.
With the film series based on Meyer's "Twilight" series having already grossed $788 million so far (with the two-part "Breaking Dawn" still to come), it is no surprise that "The Host" is in the pipeline. Although I'm not a fan of her vampire series, I am of Niccol and am curious to see what he will do with this.
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