January 27, 2011 (Sampurn Wire): Universal has been planning to remake the fairy tale Snow White for a long time now. The buzz is that in this modern version of the tale named Snow White and the Huntsman will have Viggo Mortensen as the Huntsman. Previosuly it was reported that the Inglorious Bastards star Michael Fassbender was to be the Huntsman but the actor preferred to join the team of Ridley Scott for the prequel of Alien.

So now the project of the Huntsman might be bagged by Viggo. In the original fairly tale Huntsman leaves with Snow White to kill her and get the heart of the girl for the Evil Queen. But instead leaves Snow White in the woods without killing her. In this new tale of Snow White the Huntsman is going to turn into the protector of Snow White.

The latest buzz regarding the casting for Snow White is that Universal would like to bring Kristen Stewart on-board for the role of the beautiful, coy girl after whom the Evil Queen is or they might cast someone lesser known actresses like Hailee Steinfeld or Jennifer Lawrence. Many actresses has been linked so far with the project in relation to the casting of the Evil Queen, it is heard that Charlize Theron might take up the role. The film is to be directed by Rupert Sanders and is scheduled for a Dec 21st 2012 release and the makers would like to start rolling of the film from this summer.

-- Sampurn Wire