Snow White and the Huntsman 2 News
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- Entertainment Weekly: Box office preview: 'Jungle Book' to conquer 'Huntsman: Winterâs War'
- Variety: Box Office: ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’ Debuts to $1 Million on Thursday
- The Wrap: ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’ Doesn’t Match ‘Snow White’ at Thursday Box Office
- Filmonic: International Box Office: The Jungle Book Hits $338 Million
- BoxOfficeMojo: Analysis: 'Jungle Book' To Repeat at #1 Over 'The Huntsman: Winter's War'
- Deadline: ‘The Huntsman’ Slays $1M In Thursday Night Previews – Box Office
- The Wrap: 5 Reasons Why ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’ Won’t Match the Original
- SlashFilm: Interview: Why Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Chose to Make ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’ His Directorial Debut
- Latino Review: 'JUNGLE BOOK' To Make A Monkey Out Of 'THE HUNTSMAN' This Weekend
- IGN Movies: Gravity Director Helping on Serkis' Jungle Book
- Cinema Blend: Andy Serkis' Jungle Book Hired A Very Special Consultant, Here's What We Know
- Badass Digest: EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! Crazy Discussion About THE JUNGLE BOOK
- Denver Post: Stars, stories lost in "Huntsman" sequel
- JoBlo: Movie in a Nutshell: Snow White and The Huntsman
Universal Pictures has released an official trailer tease from the upcoming "Snow White And The Huntsman" spin-off film "The Huntsman: Winter's War," starring Chris Hemsworth, Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain and Charlize Theron.Have a look at the trailer below and let us know what you think.The fantastical world of Snow White and the Huntsman expands to reveal how the fates of The Huntsman Eric and Queen Ravenna are deeply and dangerously intertwined.
- Cinema Blend: The Huntsman Trailer: Winter's War Is Here With A Ton Of Great Actors
- Moviefone: 'The Huntsman: Winter's War' Trailer Has Frozen Emily Blunt, Hot Jessica Chastain
- Hollywood Reporter: 'The Huntsman: Winter's War' First Trailer Reveals Evil Queen Team
- Total Film: Watch the teaser trailer for The Huntsman: Winter's War
- Comic Book Movie: First Official Trailer & Two New Posters For THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER'S WAR
- Screen Crush: 'The Huntsman: Winter's War' Trailer: Snow White Gets Frozen
- The Playlist: Watch: First Trailer For 'The Huntsman Winter's War' With Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Jessica Chastain & Emily Blunt
- Entertainment Weekly: See the epic new trailer for 'The Huntsman: Winter's War'
- MovieWeb: 'The Huntsman: Winter's War' Trailer Is Here
- Shockya: The Huntsman: Winter’s War Gets A New Trailer
- Dread Central: Official Trailer Unveiled for The Huntsman: Winter’s War
- Variety: ‘The Huntsman Winter’s War’ Trailer: Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron Face Off Again
- Chud: ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’ Trailer Isn’t the Worst Thing I’ve Seen This Week
- MTV Movies Blog: ‘Huntsman: Winter’s War’ Trailer Teaser Presents A Polar Bear-Riding Emily Blunt
- FilmoFilia: Six The Huntsman: Winter’s War Posters
- SlashFilm: ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’ Full Trailer [UPDATED]
- Bleeding Cool: Chris Hemsworth Gets Frozen In Full Trailer For The Huntsman: Winter’s War
- MTV Movies Blog: Chris Hemsworth Is Ready to Start A War In First Official’ ‘Huntsman’ Trailer
- HitFix: First trailer for 'The Huntsman' is a scenery-chewing feast of powerful women
- JoBlo: Emily Blunt & Charlize Theron team up as evil queens in The Huntsman trailer
Universal has released a 15 second tease of tomorrow’s trailer for their upcoming The Huntsman: Winter’s War starring Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain. When ice queen Freya learns of her sister Ravenna’s death, she retrieves the Magic Mirror. She also learns Ravenna can be resurrected and threatens to cover the land in darkness. Click here to view the embedded video. The Huntsman: Winter’s War opens on April 22nd, 2016. The Huntsman: Winter’s War Trailer Tease Promises No Mere Fairy Tale
- Dark Horizons: "Huntsman" Sequel Gets Title, First Posters
- AintItCool: AICN HORROR looks at THE SIMILARS! BOUND TO VENGEANCE! MARY, MARY, BLOODY MARY! QUEEN OF BLOOD! TALE
- ScreenRant: The Huntsman Gets an Official Title, Synopsis, & Character Posters
- SlashFilm: ‘Snow White’ Spinoff ‘The Huntsman’ Gets New Title, New Synopsis, and New Posters
- MTV Movies Blog: Jessica Chastain And Emily Blunt Join The ‘Huntsman’ Squad — See The Pics
Kristen Stewart‘s Snow White may not be returning for The Huntsman, but it seems like everyone else is. Sam Claflin is the latest to board the fantasy spinoff, joining Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, and Nick Frost. Get all the latest updates on The Huntsman after the jump.
The Sam Claflin The Huntsman casting was reported by TheWrap. Claflin starred in the first film as William, Snow White’s childhood friend. He basically fills the prince role from the classic Snow White fairy tale.
- Screen Crush: 'The Huntsman' Brings Back Sam Claflin as Snow White's Love Interest, But Still No Snow White
- We Got This Covered: Sam Claflin Returning For The Huntsman
- Cinema Blend: The Huntsman Is Bringing Back Almost Everyone But Snow White
- Coming Soon: Sam Claflin Returns as William for The Huntsman
- Coming Soon: Sam Claflin to Lead Robin Friday Biopic
- The Wrap: ‘Hunger Games’ Star Sam Claflin to Play Soccer Legend Robin Friday in Biopic
- MovieWeb: 'Robin Friday' Biopic Casts Sam Claflin as the Lead
- Empire Magazine: Sam Claflin To Tackle Robin Friday Biopic
The cast of The Huntsman, the prequel to the 2012 fantasy Snow White and the Huntsman, already has a solid cast. Chris Hemsworth is reprising his title role, with Charlize Theron back as Ravenna and newcomers Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain coming aboard. And while all the dwarves from the first film aren't back, Nick Frost is at least back as Nion. Now some more dwarves are entering the mix as THR reports The Trip star Rob Brydon, Quartet actress Sheridan Smith and The Iron Lady supporting star Alexandra Roach have all taken roles as the gruff ensemble of dwarves this time.
- Digital Spy: Sheridan Smith, Rob Brydon cast as dwarves in Snow White sequel The Huntsman
- Film School Rejects: Meet the New Female Dwarves of the Snow White and the Huntsman Sequel
- We Got This Covered: The Huntsman Spinoff Bags A Trio Of Dwarves
- Rotten Tomatoes: News: The Huntsman Has Its Dwarves
- Dark Horizons: "Huntsman" Gets Three New Dwarves
- SlashFilm: ‘The Huntsman’ Picks Up Three More Dwarves
- JoBlo: Chris Hemsworth's The Huntsman finds three new dwarves; Nick Frost to return
- MovieWeb: 'The Huntsman' Casts 2 Female Dwarfs
- Empire Magazine: Nick Frost Back For The Huntsman
Universal Pictures
Universal is doing a pretty good job of making its Snow White and the Huntsman sequel/spinoff/prequel sound appealing. First, of course, they got rid of Kristen Stewart – that’s now Cesar Award-winning Kristen Stewart, who isn’t bad in the first movie but is still unfortunately a deterrent for many moviegoers.
And they kept Marvel’s Chris Hemsworth, titled the thing to his character as The Huntsman and added current favorite action heroine Emily Blunt as a Frozen-ish Snow Queen character.
- Vulture: Jessica Chastain Will Be in the Snow White and the Huntsman Spinoff
- SlashFilm: Jessica Chastain Joins ‘Snow White’ Prequel ‘The Huntsman'; Nick Frost to Return
- ScreenRant: ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ Spinoff Adds Jessica Chastain
- Cinema Blend: The Huntsman Just Added Jessica Chastain, 2 Others
- Rotten Tomatoes: News: Jessica Chastain Joins The Huntsman
- Digital Spy: Jessica Chastain to star opposite Chris Hemsworth in The Huntsman
- Dark Horizons: Jessica Chastain Joins "Huntsman" Sequel
- We Got This Covered: Jessica Chastain Joins The Huntsman
- Moviefone: 'The Huntsman' Adds Jessica Chastain
- Screen Crush: 'The Huntsman' Casts Jessica Chastain in a Mystery Role, Nick Frost to Return as a Dwarf
- The Playlist: Jessica Chastain Joins 'The Huntsman'
- JoBlo: Jessica Chastain joins Chris Hemsworth in The Huntsman
- Empire Magazine: Jessica Chastain Heads For The Huntsman
- MovieWeb: 'The Huntsman' Gets Jessica Chastain and Nick Frost
- HitFix: Has 'The Huntsman' made Jessica Chastain the Queen of Comic-Con 2015?
- Entertainment Weekly: Jessica Chastain joins cast of <em>The Huntsman</em>
- FirstShowing.net: Jessica Chastain is Joining 'The Huntsman' with Chris Hemsworth
- MovieWeb: 'The Huntsman' Gets Jessica Chastain and Nick Frost
- Latino Review: Chastain Joins Hemsworth In 'Huntsman' Prequel
Snow White (Kristen Stewart) will be sitting out Universal’s The Huntsman, and now it looks like most of her dwarf friends will be, too. Only two of the seven dwarves are expected to appear, according to a new report.
Still set to return are the evil queen (Charlize Theron), and of course the Huntsman himself (Chris Hemsworth). Cedric Nicolas-Troyan is directing.
- We Got This Covered: The Huntsman Will Be Heavy On The Hemsworth, But Light On The Dwarves
- Entertainment Weekly: ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ prequel will have fewer dwarves
- Dark Horizons: Fewer Dwarves In The "Huntsman" Prequel
- ScreenRant: ‘The Huntsman’ Will Only Feature Two of the Seven Dwarves
- Empire Magazine: The Huntsman Suffers A Dearth Of Dwarves
- Screen Crush: 'The Huntsman' Only Has Room For Two Out of Seven of Those Friendly Dwarfs
- Comic Book Movie: THE HUNTSMAN: Nick Frost, Toby Jones & Eddie Marsan Won't Be Back
- IGN Movies: The Huntsman Will be Short 5 Dwarfs
- MovieWeb: 'Huntsman' Will Only Bring Back Two of the Seven Dwarfs
Universal's The Huntsman has gone through a lot of changes over the past couple of years. But now it looks like we're closer to what the film will actually be, which is a prequel directed–not by Frank Darabont of The Walking Dead–but Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, who served as second unit director for Snow White and the Huntsman.Troyan also served as visual effects supervisor on Snow White, and received an Oscar nomination for his work on said film.
- Hollywood Reporter: 'The Huntsman' Finds New Director
- Variety: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan to Replace Frank Darabont as ‘Huntsman’ Director
- Entertainment Weekly: ‘The Huntsman’ finds a new director, eyes Emily Blunt to join cast
- AintItCool: Frank Darabont has dumped THE HUNTSMAN, but a replacement has already been found!!
- Digital Spy: The Huntsman hires Cedric Nicolas-Troyan as new director
- We Got This Covered: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Will Direct The Huntsman
- Moviefone: 'The Huntsman' Moves Forward With New Director, And Maybe Emily Blunt Too
- The Wrap: ‘The Huntsman’ Taps Director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan to Replace Frank Darabont
- SlashFilm: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan to Direct ‘The Huntsman’ After Frank Darabont Departure
- JoBlo: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan to direct The Huntsman following Frank Darabont's exit
- Collider: THE HUNTSMAN Finds New Director in Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
- MovieWeb: 'The Huntsman' Gets Director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
- Comic Book Movie: Chris Hemsworth's THE HUNTSMAN Gets A New Director
- Empire Magazine: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Set To Direct The Huntsman
- FirstShowing.net: VFX Supervisor Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Set to Direct 'The Huntsman'
- ScreenRant: ‘The Huntsman’ to Be Directed by ‘Snow White’ VFX Artist Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
It's being reported that director Frank Darabont has left Universal's planned SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN prequel/spin-off THE HUNTSMAN due to creative differences. It's not clear if the studio will still use Darabont's draft of the script for the project, or if Universal will hire someone else to rewrite it.
But THE HUNTSMAN isn't dead; according to Deadline,...
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- Collider: Frank Darabont Exits THE HUNTSMAN; Emily Blunt in Talks to Play Villain
- SlashFilm: Frank Darabont Leaves ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ Sequel; Emily Blunt in Talks
- ScreenRant: ‘The Huntsman’ Loses Director Frank Darabont; Emily Blunt in Talks to Co-Star
- FirstShowing.net: 'The Huntsman' Loses Director Frank Darabont, Gains Emily Blunt
- Bleeding Cool: Frank Darabont Exits The Huntsman
- MovieWeb: 'The Huntsman' Targets Emily Blunt as the Villain
- Screen Crush: 'The Huntsman' Targets Emily Blunt For a Wicked Role
- Empire Magazine: Emily Blunt In Talks For The Huntsman
- MTV Movies Blog: Emily Blunt Is Bringing A ‘Frozen’ Connection To The ‘Snow White And The Huntsman’ Sequel
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The loss of its director is certainly not slowing down the prequel The Huntsman. A follow up to the 2012 fairy tale adventure Snow White and the Huntsman, this next chapter is lining up Emily Blunt to star as the main villain. While yesterday's report claimed that Charlize Theron was expected to reprise her role as the evil Ravenna, that may no longer be the case.Frank Darabont left the project earlier in the week, with both the director and Universal Pictures citing 'creative differences'. It is believed that the studio already has a replacement directed waiting in the wings.
- The Wrap: Emily Blunt in Negotiations to Play Villain in ‘The Huntsman’ Opposite Chris Hemsworth (Exclusive)
- Comic Book Movie: Emily Blunt To Play Villain In THE HUNTSMAN; Director Frank Darabont Exits
- Collider: Frank Darabont Exits THE HUNTSMAN; Emily Blunt in Talks to Play Villain
- Screen Crush: 'The Huntsman' Targets Emily Blunt For a Wicked Role
- Deadline: Frank Darabont Exits ‘The Huntsman'; Emily Blunt Still Circling
- Cinema Blend: The Huntsman May Add Emily Blunt, Get The Details
- Digital Spy: Emily Blunt in talks for role in Snow White and The Huntsman prequel
- SlashFilm: Frank Darabont Leaves ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ Sequel; Emily Blunt in Talks
- The Playlist: Jennifer Lawrence Takes 'The Dive' With James Cameron, Emily Blunt Heads To 'Huntsman 2' & More
- ScreenRant: ‘The Huntsman’ Loses Director Frank Darabont; Emily Blunt in Talks to Co-Star
- Dark Horizons: Darabont Drops, Blunt Joining "Huntsman 2"
- Hollywood Reporter: Frank Darabont Drops Out of 'The Huntsman'
- Variety: Frank Darabont Leaves Universal’s ‘The Huntsman’
- Dread Central: The Huntsman Loses Frank Darabont but Keeps its Release Date for Now
- Digital Spy: Snow White and the Huntsman: Director Frank Darabont leaves prequel
- Entertainment Weekly: Frank Darabont no longer directing ‘The Huntsman’
- Screen Crush: 'The Huntsman' Loses Director Frank Darabont, Will Have to Hunt For a New Director
- MovieWeb: 'Huntsman' Loses Director Frank Darabont
- Bleeding Cool: Frank Darabont Exits The Huntsman