SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN to open almost 7 months early!

Snow White and the Huntsman is set to open almost seven months ahead of time! Universal Pictures announced today that it had moved the release from December 21, 2012 to June 1, 2012. This means that the film will go head-to-head with Relativity's untiled Snow White project which opens June 29th.  

Huntsman will contend with Adam Shankman's Rock of Ages, which is also scheduled to open that weekend. Judd Apatow's This is Forty was supposed to come out June 1, 2012 but the studio has now moved it back to Huntsman's old date of December 21. 

Universal Pictures announced today that its epic action-adventure Snow White and the Huntsman will make a bold move into the early summer movie season with its new release date of June 1, 2012. The much anticipated film stars Twilight’s Kristen Stewart, Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron, Thor’s Chris Hemsworth and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ Sam Claflin.

This breathtaking new vision of the legendary tale from Joe Roth, the producer of Alice in Wonderland, and acclaimed commercial director and state-of-the-art visualist Rupert Sanders (Halo 3 campaign) had originally been set for release in late December of next year. With adjustments to the production timeline, however, the film will now be ready for a summer 2012 release date.

In Snow White and the Huntsman, Stewart plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen (Theron) who is out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the one girl threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman (Hemsworth) who was dispatched to kill her. Claflin plays the prince long enchanted by Snow White's beauty and power.

“As Rupert and Joe were finalizing casting and preproduction of Snow White and the Huntsman, we realized that the ambitious and fully-formed world they had promised was blowing away all expectations,” said Universal Chairman Adam Fogelson and Co-Chairman Donna Langley in a joint statement. “We’re thrilled that Universal will be bringing this singular version of a timeless story almost seven months earlier than anticipated.”

I am interested to see Snow White and the Huntsman. Chris Hemsworth and Kristen Stewart will be great together. It will be interesting to see if there is a romantic twist mixed in with the action of the story. What are your thoughts on this news?