The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)
Action, Adventure, Drama | 22 April 2016 (USA)
As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land; two renegades - Eric the Huntsman - who previously aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna, and his forbidden lover, Sara set out to stop them.
Director:
Cedric Nicolas-TroyanWriters:
Evan Spiliotopoulos, Craig MazinStars:
Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, Charlize Theron |Storyline
As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land; two renegades - Eric the Huntsman - who previously aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna, and his forbidden lover, Sara set out to stop them.
Details
Official Sites:
Official site | Official site [Japan]Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
22 April 2016 (USA)Also Known As:
Snow White and the HuntsmanFilming Locations:
Waverley Abbey, Surrey, England, UKCompany Credits
Production Co:
Roth Films, Universal PicturesTechnical Specs
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | DatasatColor:
Color
Movie Review
Kristen Stewart will not be returning for the sequel to reprise her role as the character Snow White. Her character is reportedly not appearing in this installment.
Universal Pictures had originally planned to do a "Snow White and the Huntsman 2", but had dropped Kristen Stewart from the sequel. It is speculated that it was due to her indiscretion with director Rupert Sanders. However, Universal's statement in Aug 2012 emphatically denied she was being dropped from the film [for the indiscretion] but they were exploring all options which later turned out to be the prequel 'The Huntsman' starring Chris Hemsworth.
Freya is also the name of a Norse goddess, associated with love, magic and death. According to the legend she was married to a god named Odr who vanished one day. Freya searched the entire world to find him, getting a new name in every land she passed by was unable to find him again. The broken hearted goddess cried tears which became gold. This experience made the goddess particularly sympathetic to lovers.
The runic inscription briefly seen on the mirror in the first trailer reads "I SEE". The glimpse seen in the second trailer reads "...IS POWER"
Chris Hemsworth who plays the lead in this film, is also famous for playing the Norse god Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Emily Blunts character is named Freya, which is the name of a Norse goddess,
Universal's director short list for the project consists of Frank Darabont, Gavin O'Connor, and Andrés Muschietti. Darabont was eventually signed for the directorial duties for the project, but dropped out of the film. Darabont stayed on as a co-writer, he was later replaced by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan who worked on Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) as visual effect supervisor and second unit director.
In the Teaser Trailer, Producer Joe Roth is credited for producing Maleficent and Alice in Wonderland, both of which are Disney films and The Huntsman is from Universal, but both are along the line of Live Action Fairytale.
The film is a spin-off of "Snow White and The Huntsman". The studio had decided to drop the sequel due to the scandalous affair between Kristen Stewart and Rupert Sanders and instead the studio decided to commission and begin development of a spin-off film which would focus on The Huntsman, which Chris Hemsworth would return in the role and that Kristen Stewart would not appear as Snow White.
Technically speaking, this film is what you'd expect. It's well edited and makes a very strong impact on the viewer. I sure hope to see more from Cecelia Peck, as she expertly directed this terrific documentary and, like Linor, showed a lot of courage to make such a film. See "Brave Miss World"...and if you live here in the States, you most likely can, as it just debuted on Netflix's streaming service.