EXCLUSIVE:
Universal Pictures must be expecting a fairy-tale ending for
Snow White And The Huntsman. I’m told the studio is already in discussions with David Koepp(Spiderman,Jurassic Park,Panic Room) to come aboard to write the sequel. The word is the studio hopes to fast track the project so that
Huntsman helmer Rupert Sanders can make it the next project he directs.
Huntsman bows June 1, with Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth playing the title character, and Charlize Theron playing the evil Queen Ravenna. The
trailers for the film have been intriguing, and it sure doesn’t seem that Universal lost anything by not being the first Snow White pic to hit the screen. After playing a game of chicken with Relativity Media over rival Snow White films, Relativity won that battle by
releasing Mirror Mirror on March 30. The film has so far grossed $56 million domestic, and $132 million worldwide. That’s hardly a blockbuster and the movies are so different in tone that perhaps Universal has a right to feel bullish enough to start on a sequel. CAA, David Fox and Eric Greenspan rep Koepp.