Source: Apple | Posted By: Dan Geer
Hollywood has keenly set its sights on the story of Snow White recently, developing various projects which all re-imagine the classic fairytale. First off, a few weeks ago, ABC just debuted its new show, Once Upon a Time, which centers around Snow White’s daughter discovering her fairytale past while living in the real world. There is also a theatrical film set to debut next March titled Mirror, Mirror, starring Lily Collins as Snow White, an exiled princess who seeks out seven rebels to win back her birthright after the evil Queen, played by Julia Roberts, steals control of the kingdom.
To top it all off, a third, and possibly more visually epic take on the Snow White story is coming to theaters this June titled Snow White and the Huntsman, starring Kristen Stewart as Snow White, Charlize Theron as the Queen, and Chris Hemsworth as the Huntsman. In this particular retelling, a Huntsman is ordered by the Queen to kill Snow White, but instead winds up becoming her protector and fellow warrior in a quest to annihilate the Queen. Now, before you go and write off the film as just another Twilight-ish movie simply because Stewart’s in it, watch the trailer and then form your opinion. I think you’ll be quite surprised at how good this looks!
Official Synopsis:
In the epic action-adventure Snow White and the Huntsman, Kristen Stewart (Twilight) plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen (Oscar(r) winner Charlize Theron) out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth, Thor) dispatched to kill her. Sam Claflin (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) joins the cast as the prince long enchanted by Snow White’s beauty and power. The breathtaking new vision of the legendary tale is from Joe Roth, the producer of Alice in Wonderland, producer Sam Mercer (The Sixth Sense) and acclaimed commercial director and state-of-the-art visualist Rupert Sanders.
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Snow White and the Huntsman, directed by Rupert Sanders, stars Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Ian McShane, Toby Jones, Nick Frost, Ray Winstone, Sam Claflin and Bob Hoskins. It is slated to hit theaters nationwide June 1, 2012!
