New Sneak Peek Look at Snow White and the Huntsman
Posted 01.23.12 by Ryan
2012 will see the release of two live-action Snow White movies — Universal Studios' Snow White and the Huntsman and Relativity Media's Mirror, Mirror, and the competition between the two has been ongoing since before either movie stepped in front of cameras. Mirror, Mirror won a month-long battle of schedule wrangling, securing an earlier, March release date — months before Snow White and the Huntsman's June release — prompting Mirror, Mirror director Tarsem Singh (Immortals) to declare that "two Snow White movies do not exist in this market."
Still, it was Snow White and the Huntsman that was the first to release a trailer last November, with Mirror, Mirror's trailer following days later. While differences between the two were to be expected — Snow White and the Huntsman is more of a action movie while Mirror, Mirror is an adventure comedy — it was surprising to see first-time director Rupert Sanders debut stronger visuals than Singh, who previously directed the this summer's visually-stunning Immrtals. Mirror, Mirror will have more opportunities to impress audiences with footage before its March debut, but the latest sneak peek for Snow White and the Huntsman, comprised mostly of footage from the first trailer with additional footage added to it, easily looks like the more interesting Snow White movie so far.
Reportedly planned as a trilogy of movies, Snow White and the Huntsman follows Kristen Stewart as Snow White, as she learns the art of war from the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth), who was initially hired to kill her by the evil Queen (Charlize Theron). The dwarfs will also appear, this time named after Roman emperors instead of character traits, with eight in total — the leader Caesar (Ian McShane), angry Nero (Stephen Graham), burly Tiberius (Eddie Izzard), timid Claudius (Toby Jones), blind Constantine (Bob Hoskins), twins Trajan (Ray Winstone) and Hadrian (Eddie Marsan) and Nick Frost as Gus, who is likely the comic relief. Sam Claflin(Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) plays the young Prince who is enamored with Snow White.
Next Showing: Snow White and the Huntsman opens June 1st