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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Universal Pictures has released the first full-length trailer for The Huntsman: Winter's War. The fantasy-epic sees Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron reprise their roles as the Huntsman and the Evil Queen Ravenna respectively from 2012's Snow White and the Huntsman.
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Emily Blunt joins the cast as Ravenna's sister the Ice Queen along with Jessica Chastain as Sara, a brave warrior who fights alongside the Huntsman.
"Long before the evil Queen Ravenna (Theron) was thought vanquished by Snow White's blade, she watched silently as her sister, Freya (Blunt), suffered a heartbreaking betrayal and fled their kingdom," reads the film's official synopsis. "With Freya's ability to freeze any enemy, the young ice queen has spent decades in a remote wintry palace raising a legion of deadly huntsmen — including Eric (Hemsworth) and warrior Sara (Chastain) — only to find that her prized two defied her one demand: Forever harden your hearts to love."
"When Freya learns of her sister's demise, she summons her remaining soldiers to bring the Magic Mirror home to the only sorceress left who can harness its power. But once she discovers Ravenna can be resurrected from its golden depths, the wicked sisters threaten this enchanted land with twice the darkest force it's ever seen. Now, their amassing army shall prove undefeatable... unless the banished huntsmen who broke their queen's cardinal rule can fight their way back to one another."
On Monday, Universal released character posters for Hemsworth and Theron revealing the film's new title. Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, the visual effects supervisor on the original film takes over directing duties from Rupert Sanders who made headlines in 2012 after he was photographed kissing Kristin Stewart following Snow White and the Huntsman's premiere.
Colin Morgan, Sam Claflin, Nick Frost, Sheridan Smith and Alexandra Roach also co-star.
The Huntsman: Winter's War opens in theaters Apr. 22, 2016.
