Tom Hardy Circling Key Role in 'Snow White and the Huntsman'« FirstShowing.net

Many fans were excited by thenewsthatInceptionstarTom Hardyhad snagged a major, unrevealedrole in the next Batman moviefrom Chris Nolan. In addition, we recently heard that he'sone of the frontrunnersfor the lead role inTotal Recall. Though his schedule seemed rather crowded, it looks like he's making time to squeeze in a project between production on the McG action comedyThis Means Warwith Chris Pine, and the upcoming sequel toThe Dark Knight.The Playlistreports that Hardy is close to signing a deal to take a major roleSnow White and the Huntsman, one of the many fairytale adaptations now in development.

Since the project was unveiled at the end of September, development has moved rather swiftly in a short amount of time to have already reached casting. Of course withThe Brothers Grimm: Snow WhiteandSnow and the Sevenstill in the works, it's easy to see why time is of the essence. In addition to Hardy's role as the titular hunstman named Eric (haunted by the death of his wife at the hands of a white wolf), apparently Universal wants to getAngelina Jolieto play Ravenna, the evil queen and villain of the piece. Though she'll be completing her directorial debut on theBosnia War set love storywe recently heard about, she doesn't have any projects lined up as an actress next year. However, hersupposed linkto Tim Burton's evil queen centric filmMaleficentmay keep her from taking the role.

As for Snow White, it looks like an unknown will take the role as a huge casting call is apparently taking place in the UK right now. Though The Playlist says the script is a very strong action adventure story, I'm kind of worried about the rushed development tainting what would-be a unique adaptation of the classic fairytale. It sounds like they're on the right track with the casting, but withcommercial directorRupert Sandersmaking his feature directorial debut with this big of a film, it does raise some concerns.What do you guys think?

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