Saoirse Ronan boards 'How I Live Now'

Ronan"Hanna" star Saoirse Ronan is positioned to topline Kevin Macdonald's "The Way In Which I Live Now," an indie drama using the 2004 novel by Meg Rosoff.Ronan may have Daisy, a teenage girl from NY City who travels to England to take a position the summer season with family inside the British countryside. When World War Ii breaks out and insurgents invade, Daisy together with a far more youthful girl named Piper must survive alone inside the forest simply because they try making it to safety.Jeremy Brock (Macdonald's "The Ultimate King of Scotland") and Tony Grisoni written the script. Film 4 is creating the pic with Charles Steel and Alasdair Flind of Cowboy Films.Ronan is presently filming Neil Jordan's "Byzantium" and may next be seen opposite Alexis Bledel in Geoffrey Fletcher's teen assassin pic "Crimson & Daisy." Irish thesp may also be set to topline Andrew Niccol's adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's youthful adult novel "The Host."Ronan is repped by CAA and Macfarlane Chard. Contact Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com