Remember some folks were all, “It’s sexist that they’re making a sequel to SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN without SNOW WHITE!” Now that three of these four character posters feature A-list actresses looking way tougher than K-Stew’s former character, that all seems rather silly, don’t it?
There’s some wonky photoshopping on display here, particularly on Chastain, and there’s only the barest of hints as to what kind of plot we should expect (Chastain=good, Blunt=bad, Charlize=alive, lots of ice), but it certainly fits in with the striking, stylized aesthetic of the first film. We’ll have to see a trailer to see if freshman director Cedric-Nicolas Troyan can make these character look good moving around and fighting in battle, but just the idea of these three actresses (plus Hemsworth, doing the token male thing again after GHOSTBUSTERS) in the same movie is enough to get the engine going on the buzz train.
I’m sure John Krasinski’s gonna breakout that “Ice Queen” nickname the next time his wife gives him shit, but the British actress had it coming once she signed on to this role. And couldn’t they have come up with something ever so slightly more specific for Chastain’s character than , “The Warrior?” What is this, a DTV Billy Zane movie?
Either way, this WINTER’S WAR will probably coincide with the season 6 premiere of GAME OF THRONES, so two fantasy-drenched Winters are coming pretty soon. We’ll just have to see if Charlize, Blunt, and Chastain can get everyone to forget about Khaleesi for two hours this coming April.
And Theron, the best part of the first one, still looks sexy as hell in this role.
THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR may or may not reference the first film’s title character on April 22nd, 2016.
