People Magazine Gives Us a First Look at The Host Movie
Mar 23,2012
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The Host: Take a First Look at Stephenie Meyer’s New Sci-Fi Movie
Hunger Games fans who flock to theaters this weekend will also get a sneak peek at a very different kind of love triangle.
A teaser trailer for The Host, the film adaptation of the 2008 sci-fi romance novel by Twilight author Stephenie Meyer, will unspool before The Hunger Games begins.
“It’s kind of an alien love story,” director Andrew Niccol tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue, which features an exclusive first look at the film, due March 29, 2013.
Irish actress Saoirse Ronan plays Melanie, one of the world’s last remaining free spirits. As an alien named Wanderer assumes control of Melanie’s soul, Melanie’s remaining emotions still draw her to a handsome human named Jared (Max Irons).
Rounding out the cast: Diane Kruger, who plays Seeker, an alien sent to regulate the takeover of Earth’s population.
Author Meyer is a producer on the film, but Twihards take note: vampires and werewolves are nowhere to be seen in The Host.
For more exclusive scenes from The Host and Ronan’s view on her characters’ bizarre love triangle, pick up this week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday
We also got our first two promotional images, both of Saoirse Ronan and Max Irons. This means we now have a new Promotional Images section in the Gallery.

EXCLUSIVE: Diane Kruger is negotiating to star alongside Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons and Jake Abel in The Host, the Andrew Niccol-directed adaptation of the Stephenie Meyer science fiction novel. The film takes place at a time when a parasitic alien species called The Souls has just about wiped out the human population. The Inglourious Basterds star will play The Seeker, who is charged with overseeing the conversion of a young rebel soldier (Ronan) whose consciousness has been infiltrated by Wanderer, a soul that has taken control of bodies and minds but who is daunted by the young human’s spirit — and obsessed with the memories of her boyfriend and her brother — and sets out to track them down. The Seeker pursues her, knowing that the conversion of the rebel will lead to the discovery and eradication of the rebel movement.






















