SWATH Update: Chris Hemsworth Confirmed as Kristen's 'Huntsman'

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Snow White Producer  palakspatel tweets "Chris Hemsworth confirmed to play "Huntsman" opposite Kristen Stewart in Snow White And The Huntsman." 

Deadline EXCLUSIVE: Now that 'Thor' opened strongly around the world, its star Chris Hemsworth is one hot Aussie hunk. He's just closed a deal for the good guy role opposite Twilight Saga star Kristen Stewart as the Huntsman in 'Snow White And The Huntsman' which is Universal's version of the fairy tale.

slashfilm Chris Hemsworth has been the favorite to play the Hunstman in Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman for the past couple weeks, and with Thor opening to solid numbers all around the world, he’s now closed a deal to take the role. He’ll be working under the direction of Rupert Sanders and playing opposite Kristen Stewart (as Snow White), Charlize Theron (as the Evil Queen) and Sam Claflin (as the Prince).

via KStewAngel

Latest Production info as of  May 14 ,2011 via @Larry411/Larry Richman
STATUS: Mid-September 2011
LOCATION: London
PRODUCER: Joe Roth - Palak Patel WRITER: Evan Daugherty - Hossein Amini
DIRECTOR: Rupert Sanders  LP: Sam Mercer
CAST: Charlize Theron - Kristen Stewart - Sam Claflin - Chris Hemsworth

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Snow White (Stewart), is an incredible beautiful young woman with raven hair, fair skin, and ruby red lips. Snow White's beauty is ultimately its own curse because, when she becomes the fairest in the land, she becomes a threat to her step-mother Ravenna (Theron). Snow White loves Prince Charmant, a boy of the same age who she was separated from as a teen. Snow White has been forced to live under the hard rules of Ravenna where her only friends were the animals that would come to see her. Snow White's life is turned upside down when Ravenna discovers that Snow White is about to become the fairest. She's driven from the castle and Eric is sent to kill her. Eric is a huntsman who is haunted by the death of his wife, Sara. He was deeply in love and cannot silence the pain caused by her loss. He drinks heavily and spends his days hunting for the White Wolf that killed Sara. He is purely mercenary, taking the money Ravenna offers to bring the most beautiful maidens in the land to the castle. However, when Eric discovers that the White Wolf works for Ravenna, he escapes with Snow White to the Dark Forest and begins preparing to get his revenge.
(Release date December 21, 2012.)

Great news! Woot!