UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Stewart won't appear in 'Huntsman' sequel

|
 
British filmmaker Rupert Sanders (R) hasn't seen his wife, actress Liberty Ross, since news of his affair with Kristen Stewart (L) broke last month, People.com said. UPI/Jim Ruymen/file photo
British filmmaker Rupert Sanders (R) hasn't seen his wife, actress Liberty Ross, since news of his affair with Kristen Stewart (L) broke last month, People.com said. UPI/Jim Ruymen/file photo 
License photo
Published: Aug. 14, 2012 at 9:31 PM

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The sequel to "Snow White and the Huntsman" won't feature Kristen Stewart, the actress who played the first film's titular heroine, The Hollywood Reporter said.

Universal Pictures is re-tooling the follow-up as a spinoff to focus on Chris Hemsworth's huntsman character, rather than a sequel with both Hemsworth and Stewart, the report said.

The decision was made after Stewart and Rupert Sanders, the married director of "Snow White," publicly apologized to their respective romantic partners for their affair.

The Hollywood Reporter said Sanders is expected to return to helm the second "Huntsman" movie, but screenwriter David Koepp is leaving the project since it is taking a new course.

Universal did not respond to a request for comment on the recent developments, the entertainment industry trade newspaper said.

Topics: Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Rupert Sanders, David Koepp
© 2012 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional Movies Stories
1 of 16
Flags-In Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery
View Caption
Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Roskos with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard," participates in the annual Flags-In ceremony, May 23, 2013, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Soldiers place American flags in front of more than 260,000 gravestones in the cemetery in honor of Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
fark
Judge arrested by feds for buying heroin and carrying a gun. Appears for arraignment wearing a t-shirt...
Streetlight spotted over haunted historic barn. Aw jeez, not this shiat again
Photoshop these dam kids
Man arrested near Cleveland for stealing car off Captain America set. Investigators still trying...
Two dedicated farkers have been giving all they've got, determined to save feline lives - no matter...
SEE?? Even small market newspapers speak our language...(Insert gratuitous mention of Drew here)...