Actress Saoirse Ronan has joined The Order of the Seven for Walt Disney Pictures, which was previously titled Snow and the Seven.

The project was initially set up as a martial arts take on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs over a decade ago. The project has since been reworked, cutting all ties to the fairy tale. Saoirse Ronan will portray Olivia Spencer, a British expatriate in Hong Kong, who finds protection with a group of outlaw warriors. When an evil empress comes into power, Olivia helps the warriors reclaim their royal ties to the kingdom.

Commercials director Michael Gracey is making his directorial debut with The Order of the Seven, working from a new script written by Jayson Rothwell and Michael DeBruyn. Screenwriter Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3) and director Francis Lawrence were previously attached to the project. Michael Chabon wrote the original draft back in 2002.

Production is scheduled to commence this fall. It is said that Disney is hoping to raise the international appeal of The Order of the Seven by casting well-known stars from China, Russia, and Japan to play the warriors.

The Order of the Seven comes to theaters in 2013 and stars Saoirse Ronan. The film is directed by Michael Gracey.

今日早些時(shí)間，由迪士尼發(fā)行的童話改編電影《白雪公主和七武僧》片方曝出最新消息稱：西爾莎·羅南將非常有可能加盟本片出演主角白雪公主。

作為好萊塢90后蘿莉中的領(lǐng)軍人物，西爾莎不僅小小年紀(jì)就憑借《贖罪》獲得了奧斯卡最佳女配角的提名，之后參演的《可愛的骨頭》、《漢娜》等片也都備受矚目。目前西爾莎正在與《白雪公主》片方進(jìn)行最后的商談，如果一切順利，到2013年觀眾就可以看到西爾莎版的“白雪公主”了。

電影的故事背景是19世紀(jì)的香港，童話故事里的魔鏡被打破后分成七塊，巫婆為了恢復(fù)其容貌與魔法，必須尋回魔鏡再把它重新拼湊好。她已經(jīng)找到了六塊，最后一塊掛在富家女、白雪公主轉(zhuǎn)世的英國女孩娜塔麗脖子上，娜塔麗千里迢迢的趕赴香港的家，來參加父親的婚禮，可是卻遭遇繼母的迫害，于是她無奈逃亡至中國大陸地區(qū)，并在那里遇到了7個(gè)國際武僧，娜塔麗得知自己命中注定要和邪魔對抗，毫不畏懼，反而是在武僧的訓(xùn)練和保護(hù)下努力打敗惡勢力。

雖然是根據(jù)著名的經(jīng)典童話改編，但是故事的框架已經(jīng)完全被移植到現(xiàn)代，人物設(shè)定和情節(jié)也都會(huì)進(jìn)行非常大的改造。這也是在塔西姆版的《魔鏡魔鏡》和環(huán)球版的《白雪公主與獵人》之后又一部“白雪公主童話”改編電影。另有消息稱，迪士尼為了吸引全球各地的觀眾，現(xiàn)在正計(jì)劃從中國、俄羅斯和日本等國家分別挑選一些著名演員來出演“七武僧”。據(jù)說片方已經(jīng)派人前往這些地區(qū)，與他們有意招攬的一些演員們會(huì)面，不過到現(xiàn)在為止一切都還沒有定數(shù)。

除了演員陣容遲遲難以敲定，該片的導(dǎo)演人選也幾度易主，之前被列入考慮的弗朗西斯·勞倫斯（《地獄神探》、《我是傳奇》）以及香港導(dǎo)演袁和平最后均告退出，接替導(dǎo)演之位的是一位優(yōu)秀的廣告導(dǎo)演，也是圈內(nèi)著名的視效總監(jiān)邁克爾·格雷西。如果一切進(jìn)行得順利，電影有望在今年秋天開機(jī)。