We’d already caught a glimpse of Snow White and the Huntsman ‘s Crayola-dappled Middle Earth before director Rupert Sanders let on about his darker vision for the fairy tale. But now, with a latest trailer making the rounds, it can be confirmed: SWATH ! Pretty dark! Not a whole lot to add, really, except that despite all appearances, I’d still take Charlize Theron’s character in Young Adult over her heart-hungry Queen in an Evil-Off, 10 times out of 10. [via Xfinity TV ] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Clip show Theron’s cold-hearted Queen Ravenna on the hunt for Stewart’s sword-wielding Snow White. By Jocelyn Vena Kristen Stewart in the “Snow White and the Huntsman” trailer Photo: Universal “Snow White and the Huntsman” is certainly the antidote to “Mirror Mirror.” For every giggle that Julia Roberts throws about in the trailer for “Mirror,” Charlize Theron (Queen Ravenna) throws a cold stare and an even colder threat in a new “Show White” trailer released Monday (March 19). Bathed in dark images and darker themes, this “Snow White” blockbuster focuses on the bloodthirsty queen in her hunt for revenge and eternal power. The key to continue her tyranny and remain the fairest of them all is Snow White’s (Kristen Stewart’s) heart. Enter the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth), who has been ordered to get that heart, or else. With the classical premise laid out, the trailer is full of a sword-wielding, chainmail-clad Snow White, out to use her innate good to destroy the queen’s evil. The trailer focuses on the good-versus-evil plot while teasing the film’s eye-catching effects and landscapes. Where Ravenna brings destruction, Snow brings light, love and life. Much of Stewart’s role in the trailer relies on her ability to look both tough and vulnerable. “I see what she sees,” Stewart’s Snow reveals at one point. “I can kill her.” The trailer closes with Ravenna pledging, “Let them come,” as her evil cackle plays out the trailer. When Theron and Stewart stopped by the “Today” show Monday (March 19), Theron talked about reviving fairytales for modern audiences. “I think these stories, thematically, bleed into a lot of stuff that’s relevant,” she said. “So I’m not shocked that we’re having an outbreak of a lot of these kinds of classic fairytales being retold. There’s a way to do them in different worlds, and I think that’s the case with this. They were definitely made for very specific audiences and very different audiences.” So, was Stewart shocked by turning “Snow White” into an action film? “It is [an action movie]. It had a reason,” she told the “Today” show on Monday (March 19). “It never felt like it was a movie where you were just trying to have a strong girl character be badass. You want to join the cause, like any good script you read. I believe in it so much.” What do you think of the “Snow White and the Huntsman” trailer? Leave your comment below! Check out everything we’ve got on “Snow White and the Huntsman.” For young Hollywood news, fashion and “Twilight” updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com .
At South by Southwest film festival, ‘Cabin in the Woods’ scribe tells MTV News, ‘It’s a ride.’ By Kara Warner Joss Whedon Photo: Michael Buckner/ Getty Images Joss Whedon has a big year ahead of him. In a little more than a month, fans will finally get to see the long-delayed horror movie “The Cabin in the Woods,” followed a few weeks later by the release of one of this summer’s most highly anticipated tent poles, “The Avengers.” When MTV News caught up with Whedon during the South by Southwest film festival press day for “Cabin in the Woods,” we asked him how his superhero film is coming together. “The most satisfying thing about ‘The Avengers’ is that soon I will finish it,” he said with a weary smile. “That’s quite an undertaking — although listening to Alan Silvestri conduct an 80-piece orchestra didn’t suck. It was a really beautiful experience,” he said of watching the Oscar-nominated composer at work. “He did such a great job: You’re listening to live music and watching your movie form in a way that it doesn’t until it has that music. That was exciting.” Another exciting aspect of the filmmaking process was interacting with his A-list actors: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel L. Jackson, Clark Gregg and Tom Hiddleston, to name a few. Whedon said he enjoyed “just having them all.” “When they would be together, the energy that they would give each other, the way they play off each other, the way they protect each other narratively, making sure that whoever they were coming up against had as much juice as they did. It would be easy to imagine that they would be all be like ‘me, me, me,’ and it was always ‘us, us, us,’ and that was really fun,” he explained. “Except sometimes they would just gossip so much and talk. ‘Guys, we’re rolling. We have to make a movie. This isn’t a party; this isn’t the green room.’ ” The “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Firefly” mastermind said he hopes audiences feel just as worn out at the end as he was making it. “I want them to feel exhausted and fulfilled,” he shared. “Not unlike ‘Cabin,’ it’s a ride, and we put the screws to them. We really put the characters through it, and we want the audience to be with them every step of the way and come out of it going, ‘That was an extraordinary experience, and now I want to pay to see it again.’ ” Someone who didn’t have to wait to pay to see the finished product is Whedon’s “Cabin” co-writer and director Drew Goddard. “Drew’s seen it: He saw the very first assembly,” Whedon said. “He was one of the first people I came to and said, ‘Where did I go right?’ ” Goddard could only offer a one-word review via third person: “Drew’s been told he’s not allowed to say anything about it,” Goddard said with a smile. “But it’s awesome.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos South by Southwest 2012 Related Photos SXSW 2012
Talking about Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard’s savvy and surprising genre deconstruction Cabin in the Woods , the opening night film of SXSW 2012 , is a tricky thing partly because nobody involved wants any part of the film spoiled for their opening weekend audience and also, more importantly, because those surprises really are best left discovered by virgin eyes. So rest assured: All spoilery plot details, character developments, casting choices, kills, and surprises that follow in this piece have been redacted for the preservation of discovery, leaving only all the vital bits of information up for discussion. Like, after filming in 2009 and being delayed for so long that star Chris Hemsworth is now kind of famous, is Cabin in the Woods actually any good? The quick and easy answer is (mostly) yes, though folks who rooted out early-early word on the mysterious meta-horror pic already know that nothing but raves came from an unofficial unveiling – call it a test run in friendly waters – at last winter’s Butt-Numb-A-Thon in Austin. But Friday at SXSW Cabin in the Woods had its true blue world premiere, confirming those early rumblings: It’s smart, fresh, and utterly Whedonesque, even if its ultimate point is more muddled and incomplete than profound. The basic plot setup is as follows: Five attractive college kids embark on a weekend getaway in the woods at a lakeside cabin, each repping a different classic horror movie type. There’s Curt (Chris Hemsworth), the jock; Jules (Anna Hutchison), his blonde girlfriend; Dana (Kristen Connolly), the average-but-extraordinary in a secretly-stronger-than-she-thinks kind of final girl way; Holden (Jesse Williams), Curt’s good looking friend/ Dana’s new love interest; and Marty (Fran Kranz), their stoner pal. Once at the cabin, the gang is beset by [redacted] and [redacted] ensues, in keeping with every horror movie ever made. We get to know these doomed coeds as they go through the requisite horror movie paces, ignorant to the dangers that await – the awkward/menacing brush with a [redacted] , the predictable descent into the darkened [redacted] filled with [redacted] and [redacted] and [redacted] , the moonlit rendezvous in the uninhabited backwoods where there surely aren’t any [redacted] lying in wait… and here, something wonderful happens. We learn that there’s more to these stock dead teenager types than expected – for example, [redacted] is more [redacted] than he seems, and [redacted] only recently [redacted] –adding subtle layers of sophistication to our understanding of why it is we, or anyone, expects these kids to behave according to type to begin with. And yet there’s even more going on here than meets the eye. Unbeknownst to the gang they’ve entered a [redacted] controlled by a pair of jaded [redacted] played by [redacted] and [redacted] , who run a [redacted] that manipulates every bit of [redacted] with elements like [redacted] and [redacted] . Part [redacted] , part [redacted] , they’re also voyeurs in this game, watching our heroes hurtle through scenarios straight out of horror classics from the obvious influencers ( [redacted] ) to the more heady ( [redacted] ).. Of course, [redacted] isn’t going down without a fight. And the movie, co-written by Whedon and Goddard, isn’t letting its audience go without at least one more major, mind-blowing shake-up, which is when chaos really reigns, literally and conceptually. The film is at its cleverest when it’s peeling away layers to turn clichés on their head, and it turns out that isn’t just confined to the kids in the cabin in the woods; Whedon and Goddard aren’t just having a fun little go at tired horror movie conventions — they’re trying to nuke the entire genre so it can be restarted anew. But amusing as the film is when subverting horror clichés, it loses steam and focus in its final act. Characters that had been developing in refreshingly dimensional ways get short shrift as their journeys come to abrupt ends, as if Whedon and Goddard had been so busy turning over concepts they forgot that every story needs to end well, too. Themes of faith and religion hinted at throughout the film give way to a disappointingly uninspired new mythology and an ending that is, perhaps, pointedly meaningless in many ways and more than a little nihilistic. Whedon and Goddard seem to be suggesting that they have made what should be the last and perhaps greatest horror movie ever made, at least in this generation of self-aware, referential, overstimulated mass media. The way things end in this ultimate smartypants, knowing, deconstructed, playfully reverential horror movie – which is just as much about watching horror movies as it is making them – they’ve essentially dropped the mic but are also trying to close the lid shut on the genre as it stands. Ultimately it’s a ride that deep-thinking horror fans will probably love, average moviegoers should be tickled (or possibly confused) by, and Whedon-watchers will continue to worship him for on account of it fits in his wheelhouse of eye-winking, wholesomely aware fantasy-comedy and yet marks a step outside his norm. Goddard acquits himself well in his feature directing debut, though he does struggle to juggle all the pieces and bring it all home. What begins as a clever excursion into simple, familiar territory expands exponentially until everything’s been razed, as one character suggests, to pave the way for the next wave – a fascinating declaration to end on, in the least. But then where do we go next? Cabin in the Woods will be released on April 13. Read more from SXSW 2012 here. Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Bruce Lee as Spidey? Harvey Keitel as Wolverine? Now this is fantasy superhero casting I can get behind. Check out these and more pieces of gorgeous concept art from French artist/creature designer Alexandre Tuis , who racked his pop culture-loving memory banks to envision Marvel’s most famous heroes as played by a roster of legends and favorite actors. Rutger Hauer as Thor? Come on now . Perfection. Tuis is a talented artist who’s contributed concept art to film productions including Dark Shadows and the soundalike Dead Shadows and cites Frank Frazetta as an inspiration; he frequently circles back to his love of movies in his work, hence fun side projects like this Marvel series. Scroll down to see Tuis’s Marvel superheroes, re-imagined (all art work reposted with permission): Harvey Keitel as Wolverine: Eat your heart out, Hugh Jackman. Bruce Lee as Spider-Man: If only! Possibly the best fantasy Spidey casting I’ve ever heard. Arnold Schwarzenegger as Colossus: No need to hide an accent! Plus, the added cheeky nod to the T-1000. Who’s made of metal now? Rutger Hauer as Thor: Hauer in his heyday as the Norse god. Chris Hemsworth who? Head to Tuis’s website for the full set of Marvel superheroes, including some truly inspired choices including Zorro / Lost in Space ‘s Guy Williams as Iron Man and Bill Bixby as (what else?) the Incredible Hulk.
Justin Bieber is many things: a great singer, a young heartthrob, a charitable individual . But he’s just a man, folks. He can’t hold it forever. The artist was forced to make this admission recently after getting accosted by a fan on the way to the bathroom, leading to a Facebook posting in which he addressed those “mad” at him for not stopping to pose for a photo by saying: “im not a robot. let me piss first.” He then added via Twitter: “gotta just Kill em with Kindness. I know my responsibility. but sometimes i just gotta hurry up and take a piss though. lol” Bieber is clearly not angry at his followers, however, as he gifted them the photo above via Instagram this week. He also Tweeted: “WE ARE A FAMILY…never forget that. This thing we have done..this history we are making together. WE MAKE TOGETHER!” The Biebernator is currently in the studio, laying down tracks for an album that’s expected to be released in 2012. And the quicker he can take a leak, the sooner he can get it done.
The original theatrical Snow White and the Huntsman trailer focused primarily on Charlize Theron’s evil queen. This latest version mostly follows suit, but also gives us our first glimpse at Chris Hemsworth as the titular huntsman. Kristen Stewart’s Snow White? Still not heard from. The queen’s quest to extinguish the bright light that is Snow White is the general premise of the film, which is the polar opposite of a feel-good, Disney-esque fairy tale. Perhaps that plays a role in keeping Stewart’s character shrouded in mystery so far. In any case, we can’t wait for June 1, especially after seeing this latest teaser: Snow White and the Huntsman Trailer #2
That poor Red Dawn remake just has not been able to catch a break, what with the MGM bankruptcy that stalled its initial release, the hubbub over digitally changing its baddies from Chinese to North Koreans, and the uncertainty in the air as it sat, waiting, for a new slot on the release calendar. But! It’s finally set to see the light of day November 2, 2012 — nearly three years after it was filmed — giving stars Josh Hutcherson , Chris Hemsworth , Isabel Lucas , and Adrienne Palicki more time to get even famous-er. [ Coming Soon ]
Kristen Stewart is already the center of the film universe with Breaking Dawn premiering this weekend, but Snow White and the Huntsman , with the Twilight star as the title character, is shaping up to be an epic film event in an own right. Three new posters have debuted, featuring Stewart as the fairest (and the fiercest) of them all, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, the famed Huntsman, and the incredible Charlize Theron as the evilest of Evil Queens. Click to enlarge each below: This is not to be confused with the other Snow White film due out next year starring Julia Roberts and Lily Collins (see the more family friendly Mirror, Mirror trailer ). Huntsman promises to bring the action, mystery and suspense. Check out the trailer for Snow White and the Huntsman below … Snow White and the Huntsman Trailer
We take a look back at how this Kristen Stewart/ Charlize Theron fractured fairy tale came to be. By Kevin P. Sullivan Kristen Stewart in “Snow White and the Huntsman” Photo: Universal Pictures After what has seemed like a very long wait, we finally have the first trailer for “Snow White and the Huntsman.” The trailer’s insane visuals won over movie fans when it premiered Thursday, and anticipation for the June 1 release is higher than ever before. But it’s important to remember how we got to this point. “Snow White and the Huntsman” traveled a long road filled with casting rumors, on-set injuries and rival productions, and as we celebrate the release of the trailer, let’s take a look back at everything that’s happened up until this point: Casting Calls For a long time, “Snow White and the Huntsman” was centered on the casting of Charlize Theron as Ravenna and Viggo Mortensen as the Huntsman, but even before then, talk had involved Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie . Negotiations to get Mortensen into the picture eventually broke down. Kristen Stewart joined the equation soon afterward . Eventually, Chris Hemsworth got the nod, giving us the cast we see today . Rival Projects You’ve most likely heard by now, but we are in the midst of a full-out Snow White war. Two productions based on the classic fairy tale are slated to hit theaters next year, within three months of each other, nonetheless. Though the recently titled “Mirror, Mirror,” starring Lily Collins and Julia Roberts , will be aimed at a much younger audience, according to director Tarsem Singh, such closely related projects are bound to draw comparisons. Earlier in development, the struggle came down to which movie would make it out of the gate first, the win ultimately going to “Mirror, Mirror,” which hits in March. We’ll just have to see which Snow White is the fairest of them all. The Injury A single tweet from “SWATH” co-star Max Manganello set off a wave of panic among Kristen Stewart fans . “It’s a wrap for today. Kristen has hurt herself … nothing scary. We shoot on Friday,” the tweet read, but that was enough to set the Internet abuzz with rumors about the injury. In the end, it came out that Stewart had torn a ligament during a fight scene with the dwarves. Luckily, Stewart recovered, and filming wrapped without incident. Check out everything we’ve got on “Snow White and the Huntsman.” For young Hollywood news, fashion and “Twilight” updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com . Related Videos Experts Break Down ‘Snow White And The Huntsman’
