Snow White and the Huntsman

[Sawyer]

I already didn't like the idea of Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen, but now that I've seen Charlize in action........ damn, Roberts really doesn't stand a chance.

 

[Sawyer]

double post

 

[jmc]

I already didn't like the idea of Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen, but now that I've seen Charlize in action........ damn, Roberts really doesn't stand a chance.

A) we haven't seen her take yet, b) they are going to be completely different versions.

 

[Sawyer]

A) we haven't seen her take yet, b) they are going to be completely different versions.

c) it won't be as good.

 

[kvz5]

The trailer looks good and as expected Charlize looks fabulous. Team Queen Charlize FTW!

 

[Wolf Boy]

Looks badass.

 

[kickass]

If they made Snow White younger............and if they wanted a different actress.............would anyone object to.............Chloe Moretz?

 

[san15]

I'm glad Charlize Theron is doing more mainstream movies.

 

[jmc]

If they made Snow White younger............and if they wanted a different actress.............would anyone object to.............Chloe Moretz?

Chloe hasn't got name recognition. Stewart is kinda the new it girl at the moment.

 

[Liam_H]

Outside of all that stuff, I wouldn't object but she seems too young. It would feel kind of strange seeing her in that role right now.

 

[PWN3R]

Well hot damn, that trailer was unexpectedly awesome. The Queen is nutso, and Snow White even manages to ooze badass.

Here's the song in case anyone is curious:
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[Rowsdower!]

Yeah, I wasn't expecting much out of this movie, but it actually looks really cool. Theron looks pretty damned sinister and Hemsworth looks badass. Still not sure about Stewart, but I'm hoping she turns out a good performance here like she did in The Runaways and not like... everything else I've seen her in.

 

[Thundercrack85]

I thought the mirror was a bit strange, but some points for creativity.

Did I miss the dwarves in the trailer?

Is this going to be a new trend in Hollywood? Take fairy tales and turn them into dark edgy movies?

 

[Rowsdower!]

Well, a lot of fairy tales do have dark undertones, so there's that. But yeah, it is a bit of a surprise turning Snow White into an action movie.

It's a pretty good strategy though, really. Girls will want to see it because it's Snow White and BELLLLLLLLAAAAA is in it, but guys actually will be interested too because of the battles, plus Thor is there.

 

[Thundercrack85]

That's true, and it's certainly a better trend than turning board games into movies.

Still, Snow White going Joan of Arc is kind of a stretch.

 

[Rac]

If they made Snow White younger............and if they wanted a different actress.............would anyone object to.............Chloe Moretz?

She's not pretty in the least. Could play one of the dwarves, doho.

Is this going to be a new trend in Hollywood? Take fairy tales and turn them into dark edgy movies?

Most of them have always been dark... You've just grown up with the modern day watered down versions.

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

in my mind Hemsworth will always be Thor in every character he plays, and you can clearly see in the trailer there is definitely some Asgardian influences in his fighting haha

 

[Lencho01]

http://collider.com/evan-daugherty-snow-white-the-huntsman-after-thought-interview/125962/

Screenwriter Evan Daugherty Talks SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN, the Film’s Action-Adventure Style, and His TV Show AFTER THOUGHT

by Scott Wampler Posted:November 11th, 2011 at 6:25 am

Yesterday, the first teaser trailer for Rupert Sanders’ Snow White and The Huntsman arrived online, and—based on the feedback I’ve been privy to—the response has been cautiously optimistic. The film features Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Kristen Stewart (the Twilight franchise), and Charlize Theron (the upcoming Young Adult), and from what we saw in the trailer, Sanders has put together the most action-packed take on the Snow White story ever to grace the silver screen. But besides Hemsworth tossing around a big-ass hatchet, what can we expect from this somewhat-bizarre new take on the Snow White story? I sat down with one of the film’s writers, Evan Daugherty, to get answers. You can find out what he had to say for himself after the jump, folks.
http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/snow-white-huntsman-movie-poster-kristen-stewart-01.jpg
Let’s just come right out and say what everyone’s thinking here: do we really need another Snow White movie? Like Robin Hood, the Snow White legend has been adapted to film many times, with varying degrees of success (the Disney version is the gold standard, but God knows there’s been plenty of other adaptations: IMDb tells me there’s no less than 20 films with Snow White in the title), and another go ‘round seems like it might be…well, a little less than original.

At least, that’s what I was thinking before yesterday’s Snow White and The Huntsman teaser trailer arrived. This version—written by Evan Daugherty, Hossein Amini, the improbably-named Evan Spiliotopoulos, and directed by Rupert Sanders—showed off what appears to be a bit of an epic: massive monsters, elaborate sets, Hemsworth whipping hammers around like lawn darts, and—in one very memorable shot—star Charlize Theron writhing around in nothing more than what appears to be milk. This version of Snow White might turn out to be a complete trainwreck (I’d bet against that, but who knows these days?), but if that trailer’s any indication, it’ll be one of the most interesting-looking, action-packed, Snow White-based trainwrecks Hollywood’s ever produced.
Anyway, the trailer got me curious, so I was happy to sit down with Evan Daugherty to ask a few questions about the production. If you’re into the whole brevity thing, here’s the highlights from our chat:

• Daugherty just sold a TV pilot to NBC, currently titled After Thought, which he tells me is “Inception meets CSI”.
• Daugherty says he wrote the film “sitting in a dorm room in (his) boxers” back in 2003.
• He also tells us that Snow White and The Huntsman is more “action-adventure”-ish than the other Snow White project currently on the horizon (that’d be Mirror, Mirror, arriving next March).

And now, for the rest of our slightly-more-patient readers, here’s the full transcription of the conversation I had with Daugherty last night:
So, the trailer debuted online today, and—from what I’ve seen—the response seems to be pretty positive…

EVAN DAUGHERTY: Yes!

And so, the first question I want to ask you is, why another Snow White movie? We’ve seen a whole bunch of variations on the Snow White story. To me, it’s the same thing as another Robin Hood. So, what’s different about this version?

http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/snow-white-huntsman-movie-poster-chris-hemsworth-01.jpgDAUGHERTY: Well, I wrote this script in 2003, when I was a humble college student, sitting in my boxers and writing in my dorm room. And I came up with the idea of writing an action-based Snow White, with this kind of Huntsman character as kind of a way in. So, that’s something I’m sort of proud of. Some people think that this is the era of revisionist fairy tales, and was this sort of a cynical grab? Well, the fact of the matter is, this is something that came from a very organic place. I think there’s something to be said for the fact that people in Hollywood didn’t want to make it back then, y’know, and that fairy tales somehow became a trend…but, for me, when you’re looking back at those old fairy tales, those stories are sort of about men saving women and the heroic prince saving the damsel in distress. And that didn’t seem like a particularly modern way of talking about things. So, my guiding principle became, “What if, instead of saving Snow White, the Huntsman teaches Snow White to save herself?”

Uh-huh.

DAUGHERTY: So, the reason I’m excited about it is, what had been a sort of frilly, fairy-tale world has been reinvented with a more subversive tone. There’s more action and adventure, it’s very Lord of The Rings-ish, and that’s something that’s been in there from the very first draft. People seemed kind of surprised by the teaser, but I was like, “Yeah, well, that’s what it is.” Y’know, I read the talkbacks and the comment boards, and there’s always some haters out there…but I think with this people see our intentions.

I think the teaser did a pretty decent job of showing that it was a different take on the story, for sure. When you were writing, did you have anyone in mind for the part of Snow White? If you were writing or back in 2003, surely you weren’t thinking of Kristen Stewart for the role back then, right?

DAUGHERTY: Not really. That was more in the era of Keira Knightley, but funnily enough, and I think I was telling this to Kristen, but…I wrote Snow White shortly after Panic Room came out. And when we were just hanging around the dorms with my buddies talking about the movie, I think I did say that Kristen Stewart would be good for the role. Obviously, she’d need to be a little older, but it would take a few years to get the movie made. I mean, that was her first big thing—Jodie Foster’s daughter in Panic Room.

http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/snow-white-huntsman-movie-poster-charlize-theron-01.jpgI always forget she was in that.

DAUGHERTY: Well, y’know, she’s really young, and she’s got super-short hair. But it’s a great movie, and she had to carry quite a bit of…y’know, there’s only, like, four people in that movie. That’s a pretty big acting load for that age.

What did it feel like when you found out they actually wanted to make it after all these years?

DAUGHERTY: It was insane, surreal. I wrote it purely for fun—I mean, also because I wanted to be a screenwriter someday, but also for fun—but it wasn’t until years later that I got an agent, and even then it was sitting on a hard drive for a long time. But once it started coming together it was just surreal. When I wrote the scene about the Huntsman being sent to kill Snow White by the Queen, I was just sitting alone in my room, thinking up weird stuff. And then, this morning, seeing the trailer, I was like, “well, there’s that scene”. It’s really just surreal. And cool.

What do you think about the competing Snow White project? It seems like every few years two projects will spring up that are mirrors of one another: Deep Impact and Armageddon, or when they were talking about making two Alexander movies. Now it’s two Snow Whites. What do you think about that: creative synergy, or is someone getting ripped off?

DAUGHERTY: I don’t think people are getting ripped off. That’s just a function of the way Hollywood works behind the scenes. The truth is, there are probably eight more Snow White scripts floating around out there. And once one Snow White script got hot, other people started pulling out their Snow White scripts. I dunno, I think theirs is a little more kid-friendly, a little more cartoon-y and family-friendly? I think it’s called Mirror, Mirror now, so it doesn’t even have Snow White in the title. But it seems like the two movies are trying to distance themselves from one another, which seems like a smart move.

Yeah, I’d agree.

DAUGHERTY: When I visited the set for Snow White a couple weeks ago, it was like…y’know, it’s a big Lord of The Rings kinda thing, with axe-fighting and trolls and armies fighting. And I think the other’s more fairy-tale-ish and traditional.

http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/snow-white-huntsman-movie-poster-kristen-stewart-02.jpgObviously that would put pressure on a production to get your movie out first, but in a practical sense, how much do you actually think about that stuff? Is it something hanging over the production every day, or something you think about once and then never again, or not for a long time?

DAUGHERTY: To be honest, I haven’t heard too much about the other Snow White recently. In the early days, there was some talk, and we were like, “Do we need to worry about this?” But not now. Once it became clear that we were getting Charlize and Chris and Rupert Sanders we stopped worrying about their movie and more about ours. By the way, though, their movie comes out first. Ours comes out in June, while theirs comes out in March…but remember, when Deep Impact and Armageddon came out, both those movies did well. I think there’s room, especially since each is carving out its own vibe.

Cool. Now, Kristen Stewart’s a wildly popular actress amongst the Twilight set, and Snow White’s a popular story with children. But for every two Twilight fans, there’s probably one Twilight…uh…non-fan. How are you planning to convince all the Twilight haters and non-fairy-tale fans that they need to come out to theaters to see another Snow White? Do you anticipate any difficult getting adult males into theaters for this?

DAUGHERTY: Well, that’s a very good and salient point you make. Because it is based on a fairy tale, and it does have a female lead. But one of the great things about this sort of project—and one of the reasons I think they wanted to make it—was that this movie isn’t just about Snow White. It’s called Snow White and The Huntsman, because you’ve got Kristen Stewart being mentored by Chris Hemsworth, who’s sort of doing his badass Thor thing. But instead of hammers, he’s got axes. So, I think the teaser kind of speaks for itself. I think it’s kind of a tough, muscular, gritty…and, by the way, I’ve visited the set, and I can tell you that this is a pretty badass Kristen Stewart that you haven’t seen before. So, hopefully, I’d say look at that teaser. Up until now, when I’ve told my peers—guys in their 20’s and 30’s—that I was working on a Snow White action movie, they were kind of like, “OK, yeah, well, good luck with that”. But after the teaser was up, I posted that to my Facebook or whatever, and they were like—hopefully honestly—“wow, this actually looks pretty cool”.

I think you were smart to have an action-heavy trailer. And some of the effects looked pretty cool.

DAUGHERTY: Yeah! And, by the way, the movie’s a lot like the teaser. I’ve seen a mock-up of the opening battle, and it’s pretty intense. No one’s pulling the wool over anyone’s eyes.

http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/charlize-theron-snow-white-and-the-huntsman-image.jpgWhat kind of rating are you aiming for?

DAUGHERTY: I’m almost certain it’ll be a PG-13. Don’t quote me on that…or, well, yeah, quote me on that. But this is going to be as smart and cool as a big action movie can be. There’s some swords, some hacking, some axes and scary creatures…

Just out of curiosity, what’s that big-ass beast-looking thing in the woods that we see in the trailer? I was curious about that.

DAUGHERTY: Ah, yes. I dunno if I should say. I dunno what I’m on radio-silence on. It’s…I’ll say this: that’s a critical moment in Snow White’s progression from where she starts at the beginning on the road to become the armored Snow White we see at the end of the trailer.

Cool. You got any other projects you wanna talk about?

DAUGHERTY: Yeah! That TV show, After Thought, is really exciting. It’s a cross between Inception and CSI that I’m working on with Melissa Rosenberg from the Twilight movies. And we’re shooting a movie that I wrote in January that used to be called Shrapnel; it’s now called Killing Season. That stars Robert DeNiro and John Travolta, and it’s…remember that movie The Edge, where it’s like two dudes fighting in the woods, very small-scale? It’s like that.

Awesome! Well, thanks for your time, and hopefully we’ll talk to you again before the film comes out!

DAUGHERTY: Absolutely!

And that, my friends, was my time with Evan Daugherty. Stay tuned for more on Snow White and The Huntsman as we get closer to the film’s June, 2012 release date, and be sure to sound off in the comments section with your thoughts on yesterday’s teaser trailer: if Evan’s telling us the truth (and we believe he is!), he’ll be reading your thoughts!

 

[kedrell]

Oy! Like I needed another reason to want Theron to play the Enchantress in Thor 2.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Better than what I was expecting. Though it was still hard not to see just Kristen Stewart instead of Snow White.

 

[nightwing06]

wasnt excited about this film but the trailer is impressive...most impressive!!!!

 

[BestGirl]

If they made Snow White younger............and if they wanted a different actress.............would anyone object to.............Chloe Moretz?

I would've preferred Hailee Steinfeld.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I've been of the mind that this could be good since it was announced, however the trailer far surpassed my hopes, it looks brilliant with three ideal leads and a superb visual style.

love all the mythical dark fantasy stuff i see in trailer

i especially love the mirror look they went with

instead of big bald face in mirror we have the golden mirror melt,crawl,and rise up into a hooded creature with a booming voice

This for me was the shot of the trailer, I absolutely love the inventive way they have brought the magic mirror to life.

All this Kristen Stewart hate has gotten beyond boring. Maybe it's because I haven't seen the Twilight films (nor do I intent to), but I've seen her in some other stuff such as Welcome to The Riley's, Into the Wild and she's not bad as people make her out to be. The only minor annoyance is that she's always biting her lip but other than that she's a decent actress. Now go see some of her other stuff and stop watching the crappy Twilight movies, people.

Agreed, I've only seen the first Twilight movie but I've seen Kristen in other films where she was really good, if the script here is good she will deliver.

Is it true that Hemsworth punched Patterson?

Because if so, he is even more awesome.

Why would he do that?

EDIT: Also "This one's going after the teen/twilight market", is not correct at all! Twilight fans might see it because Stewart, but it seems the trailer mostly rustled the jimmies of my kind of people; people who like dark fantasy, and gothic stuff (Solomon Kane, LotR, Sleepy Hollow, Pan's Labyrinth etc.).

Exactly. This feels like it may scratch my LOTR itch.

Maybe the Queen wants Snow White's heart because her heart is pure. The Queen's is evil. maybe that's what the Mirror seems to base his perception of beauty on. Not the beauty of your skin on the surface, but the beauty WITHIN.

Ohh. Deep. lol.

Spot on, as I read through all the "Charlize is hotter" posts I kept thinking how people were missing the point of the moral of the tale hook.

 

[Erzengel]

I'm not a Kristen Stewart hater. However, from the magic mirror that does that T2 morphing into a humanoid, to Charlize Theron turning into a murder of crows and sucking the life out of people, my suspension of belief can only go so far without thinking Kristen Stewart is the "fairest" one of all.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

I've been of the mind that this could be good since it was announced, however the trailer far surpassed my hopes, it looks brilliant with three ideal leads and a superb visual style.



This for me was the shot of the trailer, I absolutely love the inventive way they have brought the magic mirror to life.



Agreed, I've only seen the first Twilight movie but I've seen Kristen in other films where she was really good, if the script here is good she will deliver.



Why would he do that?

Exactly. This feels like it may scratch my LOTR itch.



Spot on, as I read through all the "Charlize is hotter" posts I kept thinking how people were missing the point of the moral of the tale hook.

Until The Hobbit comes out, of course.