March 28, 2024

Casting: Ronan, Booth, Bateman, McHale

How to Catch a Monster Saoirse Ronan has joined the cast of Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut "How To Catch A Monster" alongside Christina Hendricks, Eva Mendes, Matt Smith and Ben Mendelsohn. Filming begins in May in Detroit. Set against the surreal dreamscape of a vanishing city a single mother of two is swept into a macabre and dark fantasy … [Read more...]

Casting: Ronan, Riggs, Montgomery, Hamm

Cinderella Saoirse Ronan ("Atonement"), Alicia Vikander ("Anna Karenina") and Gabriella Wilde ("The Three Musketeers") are all set to test for the title role in Mark Romanek's live-action take on "Cinderella" at Disney. Cate Blanchett is already in negotiations to play the evil stepmother. Chris Weitz penned the script. [Source: … [Read more...]

Casting: Ronan, Dempsey, Bernal, Liotta

Grand Budapest Hotel Saoirse Ronan ("Hanna," "Atonement") is set to play the female lead in Wes Anderson's next movie "The Grand Budapest Hotel." Ralph Fiennes, Jude Law, Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman also star. The story is set 85 years ago in a Hungarian hotel, is partly inspired by the witty films of Billy Wilder and Ernst Lubitsch. … [Read more...]

Saoirse Ronan Is “Mary, Queen of Scots”

Saoirse Ronan ("Atonement," "Hanna") is set to play the title role in the period drama "Mary Queen Of Scots" at Working Title says Deadline. Michael Hirst ("The Tudors") penned the period drama about the Scottish queen regnant who once claimed Elizabeth the First's throne as her own and was ultimately executed for her involvement in plots to … [Read more...]

Saoirse Ronan Joins “Order of the Seven”

A while ago three "Snow White" film projects were in development - two are about to hit cinemas, while the third seemingly went quiet. Today comes word that "Atonement" and "Hanna" star Saoirse Ronan has been cast in the lead role in the film "The Order of the Seven" for Walt Disney Pictures says Heat Vision. Previously titled "Snow and the … [Read more...]

Dakota Fanning Replaces Ronan In “Effie”

Dakota Fanning has signed on for the title role in "Effie", the Emma Thompson-scripted biopic about Euphemia 'Effie' Gray says Deadline. Effie was a teenager who married famed London art critic John Ruskin (Greg Wise) in the 1850s. The marriage turned out to be a disaster with Ruskin refusing to consummate it. Effie eventually turned her … [Read more...]