Kristen Stewart in negotiations to play Snow White

Kristen Stewart is the fairest them of all.

The Twilight star is in negotiations to star in Snow White and the Huntsman, putting her on the road to topline the movie alongside Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron for Universal’s take on the fairy tale.

The deal is not done and could still fall apart, but both sides want it to happen.

Stewart is a name that Universal kept coming back to since acquiring the project. Still, it went through a series of screen tests with actresses such as Riley Keough, Felicity Jones and Alicia Vikander. As The Hollywood Reporter previously reported, Stewart was still being courted as late as last week, andUniversal finally made an offer over the weekend.

Commercial helmer Rupert Sanders is making his directorial debut on the pic, which amps up the action quotient from the fairy tale and plays up the relationship between White and the Huntsman. In the new scenario, when she is banished and on the run by the evil queen (Theron), the Huntsman (Mortensen) takes her under his wing to protect her, and she becomes his protege, learning how to fight and defend herself.

source: hollywoodreporter.com via lion_lamb


Kristen Stewart in talks for 'Snow White'

Kristen Stewart is in negotiations to star as Snow White in Universal's "Snow White and the Huntsman."

Stewart will join Viggo Mortensen who, as daily Variety first reported, is in talks to play the huntsman in this original retelling on the classic fairy tale. Pic revolves around the relationship between Snow White and the man ordered to kill her by the evil queen, but eventually lets her go. In this version, the huntsman becomes a protector and mentor to the girl as the try to escape the queen's kingdom. Charlize Theron is also talks to play the queen. Pic will be directed by Rupert Sanders with Evan Daugherty penning the script and Joe Roth producing. Project has become a top priority of Universal's since winning a bidding war the on the spec in the fall and is set to go into production this summer with a Dec. 21, 2012 release date.

It's also one of a handful of "Snow White" projects in the works, including Relativity's "The Brothers Grimm: Snow White" with Tarsem Singh directing and Disney's "Snow White and the Seven."

Stewart can be seen next in Walter Salles' "On the Road" and "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1."

source: variety.com
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