The Huntsman Winter's War (2016)

Fairy Tales. They are among the oldest stories that survive in our culture. They are some of the earliest stories that we hear and the ones that we remember. And they're about to take over the box office.

We hope you are excited about movies this month, because there are a slew of new releases that should be worth at least a watch, and may even earn a coveted spot on your shelf.

Despite her absence in The Huntsman: Winter's War, Kristen Stewart couldn't be happier about how things between her and Universal had panned out. Read on to get the whole story about why Stewart wasn't in the sequel.

When Chris Hemsworth was chosen by Marvel as the Thor of their Cinematic Universe he was a relatively unknown actor. Since then, however, he has become as known a name as any of Marvel’s other leading men. His movies don't do nearly as well, however.

In recent years, we’ve seen many interesting retellings of fairy tale as movies, whether they’re family-friendly features or hardcore action romps. These are the fairy tale characters we believe should get the cinematic spotlight shone on them.

We are moving through the spring season, and while summer isn’t here just yet, we still have some pretty big titles coming out.

The original Snow White and the Huntsman was a successful box office film, but it left many in the theater feeling something was missing. The sequel looks to be trying to make up for it by offering enough action and magical effects to cover two films.

It's early in the going, but 2016 has already had a couple of massive hits and one big budget box office flop. With that in mind, here are ten upcoming movies that could similarly fall flat on their faces.

The Huntsman: Winter's War has a chance to revive the would-be franchise that started in 2012. But to do that, it needs to deal with the events of the first film, and according to Chris Hemsworth, there's one scene over all that holds the series together.

The first trailer for Huntsman: Winter's War is actually rather epic, and suggests that it should easily surpass its truly mediocre original.

While Snow White And The Huntsman didn't exactly set the world on fire, The Huntsman Winter's War has been given a chance to redeem the would-be franchise. According to Chris Hemsworth, it does just that by correcting some of the first film's mistakes.

Thor: Ragnarok might be bringing in a female villain to challenge the son of Odin himself. So it's only fair to ask Chris Hemsworth if he has any specific candidates in mind for the job. His response is both charming and insightful.

Snow White & The Huntsman was an alternate telling of a classic fairytale before even Disney decided that was a thing that they should do. Now the sequel is on it’s way and they’re focusing on what worked the first time around and replacing the parts that did not.

Previous reports have confirmed that the upcoming Snow White and the Huntsman sequel/spin-off The Huntsman already has plans to bring back a few actors from the first film, including Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron and Nick Frost, but now new reports are coming in saying that Sam Claflin will be reprising his role as well.

It turns out that The Huntsman is being set up as a rather star-studded affair. Joining the previously announced Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron, it has now been confirmed that the movie will be bringing aboard Jessica Chastain, Emily Blunt and Nick Frost.

Snow White and the Huntsman 2 seemed ridiculous to begin with in cutting out the Snow White part. But now that the film has a solid release date of April 22, 2016, two more familiar faces revealed they won’t be returning. Actually three, but two of them didn’t really want to be involved.

According to these reports, though, Universal is now prepared to pay Charlize Theron as much as Chris Hemsworth, which signifies progress. However, as Melissa Silverstein, founder and editor of Women and Hollywood, said in the report, “Until we see some movement in these numbers, I don’t think we have accomplished what we need to accomplish.”

Right after her big win at the Critics’ Choice awards for the action film, Edge of Tomorrow, Emily Blunt is up for another badass role in the action-fantasy spin-off, The Huntsman, starring Chris Hemsworth.

Somebody give Kristen Stewart a hug. Universal has been puzzling over how to make a sequel to Snow White And The Huntsman after the first film made $396 million. Rumors circulated that she would play a small-to-nonexistent part in the new film, which would primarily focus on the character of the Huntsman played by Chris Hemsworth. But no one would have guessed the studio was ruthless enough to simply subtract her from the equation completely to make The Huntsman.

Back in 2012, the fairy tale epic Snow White and the Huntsman turned out to be a pretty mixed bag. Made for a high $170 million, the film was able to make nearly $400 million at the global box office, but it also suffered the wrath of many critics and had to deal with a behind the scenes controversy regarding star Kristen Stewart having an affair with director Rupert Sanders.

Chris Hemsworth, you sexy beast you. With Chris Evans thinking retirement, Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner working in indies and Scarlett Johansson taking on several supporting roles, Hemsworth is the only Avenger actively trying to reach the level of Iron Man A-Lister Robert Downey Jr. The question is, are franchise commitments going to help or hurt Chris Hemsworth?

Over the last six months or so there has been some confusion about whether or not Kristen Stewart would return for the sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman. Following the reveal of the actresses affair with director Ruben Sanders, there was a rumor floated that said she would not be coming back for the second film and...

Newly minted film director Rupert Sanders has had a pretty incredible year with some major highs and lows. A celebrated director of television commercials, Sanders made his feature debut this past June with Universal Pictures' big budget action adventure Snow White and the Huntsman. While critics—myself included—panned the film for its nonsensical plot and dour execution...

It would seem that the situation between Universal Pictures and Kristen Stewart isn't as heightened as it seems. Following recent reports that have surfaced saying that the studio would be making the Snow White and the Huntsman sequel as a spin-off without Stewart, Universal Co-Chairman Donna Langley has issued a statement saying...

They say that sleeping with the director is a great way to get ahead in Hollywood, but apparently that's not working out so well for Kristen Stewart. It's now being reported that Universal Pictures is scrapping their plans to make a sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman and instead will focus on making a movie about The Huntsman, who was played by Chris Hemsworth.

Nearly a year before the movie even came out the folks behind Universal's Snow White and the Huntsman were talking about the film as the first of a franchise. In an intervieq producer Joe Roth - who also worked on Disney's Alice in Wonderland - said that the idea was to have Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron return for a trilogy of movies as the Snow White, The Huntsman, and Ravenna, respectively.

Meyer said building franchises with brand-name recognition is key. He said that on the surface, Snow White doesn’t lend itself to a sequel, but further stories centered around the Huntsman could be possible.

The photo was released to the official Snow White Twitter feed, a decent reminder that fans of anticipated films need to play along with social media avenues, as studios are turning to Twitter, Facebook and more in an effort to drum up publicity for upcoming films. Sometimes it’s a simple screen grab of a popular actor or actress. But other times, it’s a unique viral game.

The studio has hired Hossein Amini to do a rewrite of the film, Deadline reports, which stars Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth in the title roles. Amini, who wrote Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, will polish the Evan Spiliotopoulos draft of the picture, which is racing to meet a June 1, 2012 release date.