Ronan Keating has revealed he has landed a role in an Australian movie, but refused to be drawn on the details.

Ronan Keating is set to make his movie debut.

The Boyzone singer - who has recently been working as a judge on the Australian version of 'The X Factor' - will return Down Under next month to shoot scenes for the top secret project.

Asked when he plans to return to Oz, 34-year-old Ronan told 2Day FM's 'Kyle and Jackie O Show': "I'm coming down on April 7, because I'm shooting my first movie in Australia. I just gave you a world exclusive actually.

"I can't tell you the title but I'm going to be on set on April 10 in Sydney.

"It's an Australian movie... I'm very excited."

Ronan - who has three children, Jack, Marie and Ali, with his wife Yvonne - previously revealed he auditioned for a role in upcoming fantasy prequel 'The Hobbit' and was keen to launch a film career.

He said: "I don't think I'll get the role of the hobbit. But I would like to take on roles which nobody would expect. I don't want to be reduced to love stories. I'd like to try dark, edgy roles. I need a challenge."

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Ronan Keating Set For Film Bow

Ronan Keating pops film cherry in Aussie flick Goddess
March 08, 2011

IRISH singer Ronan Keating will make his big break into acting when he returns to Australian shores next month to start shooting a musical feature film.

Co-starring English actress Laura Michelle Kelly, known for her stellar turn as Mary Poppins on Broadway, Goddess tells the story of young mother, Elspeth Dickens, who installs a webcam in her kitchen to keep track of her naughty twin boys and fast turns into an internet sensation with her funny sink songs.

With her husband James (Keating) off saving the world's whales, Elspeth is offered the chance of a lifetime, but struggles when it comes to choosing between fame and family.

Goddess, which marks Keating's big screen debut, starts filming at locations across Sydney on April 11.

Earlier this month, the Boyzone star let slip on fellow The X Factor judge Kyle Sandilands' breakfast radio show that he had a film shoot in the pipeline, but was coy about the details.

"I can't tell you the title, but I'm going to be on set on the 10th of April in Sydney," he told 2DayFM's Kyle and Jackie O, adding he was "very excited".

The film will be directed by Mark Lampress, who co-wrote Babe: Pig In The City and directed My Mother Frank and After the Rain, with musical direction from Judy Morris, co-director of Happy Feet and the writer of Eye Of The Storm.

The film is being produced by Richard Keddie of Hawke and Little Fish fame, and Andrena Finlay.

His break into film marks a busy career period for Keating, who turned 34 earlier this month.

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Goddess

Keating to play marine biologist in rom-com
Wednesday 23 March 2011

Ronan Keating has revealed that he is set to play the romantic lead in his first film role.
The Boyzone star has bagged the part in a romantic comedy entitled 'Goddess', reports the Irish Daily Star.

The singer will star alongside English actress Laura Michelle Kelly in the movie. He plays marine biologist James Dickens whose lonely wife Elspeth dreams of stardom.

Keating said of his new role: "I'm a marine biologist, so I'm learning all the names for the creatures in the sea.

"We start filming on April 8 in Australia. I'll be shooting there for six weeks."

He will jet out to Sydney next month to begin filming.

Keating to play marine biologist in rom-com

Laura To Play Ronan's Leading Lady
Sunday, April 3rd 2011

An Island born star of stage and screen is set to play Ronan Keating's leading lady in his film debut.

Laura Michelle Kelly's been cast as the female lead in the romantic comedy 'Goddess' due to be filmed in Sydney next month

Kelly will play Elspeth Dickens, a mother of two who dreams of finding her 'voice' despite being stuck in an isolated farmhouse with her toddlers.

For former Boyzone singer Keating it's his first role in a feature film, He told Isle of Wight Radio he's looking forward to the challenge and couldn't speak highly enough of his Isle of Wight co-star.

"She's a brilliant performer, she's just finished off playing Mary Poppins in Broadway New York, a very successful run there, she was Johnny Depp's wife in Sweeney Todd, she had a lot of great roles. This is her first proper lead role in a movie so she's very excited, I'm very excited, we've been Skypeing each other a lot and we're both ready to go now."

The film's being directed by Mark Lamprell who also directed 'Babe - Pig in the city' and is due for release in 2012.

Report by Emily Wells

Ronan heads out to Australia!
06.Apr.2011

Ronan flies out to Australia today - first he will be doing some promo for the album - he is on Today FM on
Monday 11th and then on Wed 13th he will perform on Sunrise and then go onto The Morning Show for
an interview.

Then he is into the filming of Goddess - as you may have heard Ronan explain in recent interviews it is
a musical romantic comedy with Laura Michelle Kelly in the lead, Ronan plays her husband, a marine
biologist!! Ronan will be tweeting from the set to keep us all updated on his progress as he makes his
acting debut.
http://www.ronankeating.com/news.php?item=242

me too I'm so excited to see him in the movies

ahhhhhhhh je viens de voir ses photos juste avant le tournage troooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop beau

Rom-com Goddess.com to be a “multi-million dollar movie”

Post-production company FSM has revealed it will work on a local musical romantic comedy, Goddess.com, a “multi-million dollar film” scheduled to shoot in April.

“It’s one of the biggest and most interesting Australian films we have been involved with, and our activity is across the board, including being on set doing all the data wrangling,” said FSM founder and executive producer Steve Dunn.

Goddess.com will be directed by Mark Lamprell and produced by Richard Keddie and Andrena Finlay. FSM is doing doing workflow tests, and will do VFX, DI and the full post pathway for the film.

The film’s working title was The Goddess, and it received development funding from Screen Australia and Screen New South Wales in late 2009.

FSM has previously invested in local films Beautiful Kate and Griff the Invisible. According to a spokesperson, the company has invested in Goddess.com as well.

Goddess.com

Goddess
Type Feature
Company THE FILM COMPANY & WILDHEART FILMS
Director Mark Lamprell
Producer Richard Keddie & Andrena Findlay
Writer Joanna Weinberg & Mark Lamprell
Email ella@thefilmco.com.au
Official Website www.thefilmcompany.com.au
Synopsis
Elspeth Dickens dreams of finding her "voice" despite being stuck in an isolated farmhouse with her twin toddlers.
A web-cam becomes her pathway to fame and fortune, but at a price.
Shoot Start April 2011
Shoot Wrap June 2011

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Despite being very busy, he takes time to thank his fans

Keating talks about his first movie
Monday 11 April 2011

Ronan Keating has been tweeting from the set of his new Australian film 'Goddess', updating fans on the film's progress.

In the romantic comedy, Keating's plays the husband of Laura Michelle Kelly, the actress who played the most recent Mary Poppins on Broadway.

Keating wrote on his Twitter page: "First day on set of movie done.

"Wow amazing day. Hard work this acting biz. Ha ha. Help."

The 34-year-old spent months taking lessons in America in 2009 in a bid to break into acting.

The film also stars Magda Szubanski, who plays Sharon Strzelecki in 'Kath & Kim' and is directed by Mark Lamprell, who co-wrote 'Babe: Pig In The City', in which Szubanski also appeared.

Goddess

Goddess starts her reign

By Patrick Frater
Mon, 11 April 2011

Production News

Production got underway today on Goddess, a musical comedy film starring Boyzone star Ronan Keating.

The film is directed by Mark Lamprell from a screenplay by Lamprell and Joanna Weinberg about a mother who has to choose between fame and her family after her kitchen-sink singing makes her an internet sensation. The mum is played by the UK's Laura Michelle Kelly. Magda Szubanski also stars.

Goddess will shoot at the Fox Studios in Sydney and be distributed next year by Roadshow Pictures. The film is produced by Richard Keddie (Little Fish) and Andrena Finlay (Razzle Dazzle).

On the technical side, the musical director is Judy Morris (co-director of Happy Feet, writer of Eye Of The Storm) and the director of photography is Damian Wyvill.

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Goddess (2012)

Cast

Laura Michelle Kelly : Elspeth Dickens

Magda Szubanski

Ronan Keating : James Dickens

Hugo Johnstone-Burt : Ralph