Universal has released the first trailer for Rupert Sanders' Snow White and the Huntsman. Kristen Stewart plays Snow White in the fairy tale adaptation, where she trains in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) to fight the evil queen (Charlize Theron). I'm with this trailer until it Theron says..."Mirror, mirror on the wall...," and then I started to roll my eyes. But I'm trying to give it a chance because I like the visual style and I want to resist the urge to dismiss it just because it has "Snow White" in the title. Of course, both Snow White and the Huntsman and Tarsem Singh's Mirror, Mirror have to contend with trying to take on a new version of Snow White when for the past seventy-five years we've really only known the one with the singing dwarves. But at least with Sanders' Snow White, it looks like there's an intriguing and exciting vision behind this new take. Your move, Singh.
Hit the jump to check out the trailer. Snow White and the Huntsman opens June 2, 2012.
Official synopsis:
In the epic action-adventure Snow White and the Huntsman, Kristen Stewart (Twilight) plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen (Oscar® winner Charlize Theron) who is out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth, Thor) who was dispatched to kill her. Sam Claflin (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) joins the cast as the prince long enchanted by Snow White’s beauty and power.
The breathtaking new vision of the legendary tale is from Joe Roth, the producer of Alice in Wonderland, producer Sam Mercer (The Sixth Sense) and acclaimed commercial director and state-of-the-art visualist Rupert Sanders.