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.

今日早些时间，由迪士尼发行的童话改编电影《白雪公主和七武僧》片方曝出最新消息称：西尔莎·罗南将非常有可能加盟本片出演主角白雪公主。

作为好莱坞90后萝莉中的领军人物，西尔莎不仅小小年纪就凭借《赎罪》获得了奥斯卡最佳女配角的提名，之后参演的《可爱的骨头》、《汉娜》等片也都备受瞩目。目前西尔莎正在与《白雪公主》片方进行最后的商谈，如果一切顺利，到2013年观众就可以看到西尔莎版的“白雪公主”了。

电影的故事背景是19世纪的香港，童话故事里的魔镜被打破后分成七块，巫婆为了恢复其容貌与魔法，必须寻回魔镜再把它重新拼凑好。她已经找到了六块，最后一块挂在富家女、白雪公主转世的英国女孩娜塔丽脖子上，娜塔丽千里迢迢的赶赴香港的家，来参加父亲的婚礼，可是却遭遇继母的迫害，于是她无奈逃亡至中国大陆地区，并在那里遇到了7个国际武僧，娜塔丽得知自己命中注定要和邪魔对抗，毫不畏惧，反而是在武僧的训练和保护下努力打败恶势力。

虽然是根据著名的经典童话改编，但是故事的框架已经完全被移植到现代，人物设定和情节也都会进行非常大的改造。这也是在塔西姆版的《魔镜魔镜》和环球版的《白雪公主与猎人》之后又一部“白雪公主童话”改编电影。另有消息称，迪士尼为了吸引全球各地的观众，现在正计划从中国、俄罗斯和日本等国家分别挑选一些著名演员来出演“七武僧”。据说片方已经派人前往这些地区，与他们有意招揽的一些演员们会面，不过到现在为止一切都还没有定数。

除了演员阵容迟迟难以敲定，该片的导演人选也几度易主，之前被列入考虑的弗朗西斯·劳伦斯（《地狱神探》、《我是传奇》）以及香港导演袁和平最后均告退出，接替导演之位的是一位优秀的广告导演，也是圈内著名的视效总监迈克尔·格雷西。如果一切进行得顺利，电影有望在今年秋天开机。