So … the fall out from the Kristen Stewart cheating scandal is starting to take shape as Robert Pattinson begins to emerge from hiding in order to promote his new film Cosmopolis and K. Stew continues to hide out in the hole she’s undoubted crawled into. A report from The Hollywood Reporter claims that Stewart has been axed from the planned sequel film to Snow White and the Huntsman … which, in case you’ve forgotten, is the film where she met married director Rupert Sanders and apparently started up their affair. Some people are spinning this story by saying Kristen wasn’t been fired from the film because the script hasn’t even been written … so there’s nothing to be fired from. BUT, there is no way that before this cheating scandal came to light the plan was to make a Snow White sequel without Snow White. Whether she was technically “fired” or not, it seems clear that the movie studio is looking to distance itself from Kristen Stewart … very likely because of the scandal that she is embroiled in right now.
Universal has decided to shelf its planned Snow White and the Huntsman sequel and is instead focusing on a solo Huntsman movie starring Chris Hemsworth. Kristen Stewart will not be invited to return if the follow-up goes forward. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the sequel to June’s Snow White, which starred Stewart, Hemsworth and Charlize Theron, is being reconceived as a spinoff movie. It’s unclear whether director Rupert Sanders will return, though one source with ties to the production says he will. However, screenwriter David Koepp, who had been hired to pen the continuation of the original film, is being settled out of his rich contract, according to sources, as the project is being transformed into something other than the movie that Koepp had been hired to write. “The studio is currently exploring options to continue the franchise,” a Universal spokeswoman says. The move comes in the wake of Stewart, 22, and the married Sanders, 41, apologizing publicly for a romantic affair after compromising photos of the duo were published in July. (Stewart was dating her Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson.) While it might have been awkward for Stewart and Sanders to reunite for a sequel, it is not clear why the decision to move forward without Stewart was made. It is highly unusual for Hollywood studios to drop stars of franchises between the first and second installments. The original plan, according to sources, was to make two films featuring the Snow White character and a third film spinning off the Huntsman, similar to how Fox’s X-Men series has spun off Wolverine. It’s far from clear whether a Snow White follow-up will ever get made. The movie was a modest hit for Universal, grossing $389.2 million worldwide on a budget of about $170 million. But Stewart, one of Hollywood’s top stars thanks to the Twilight franchise, commands a hefty salary. Declining to pick up her option would shave millions from the budget of a second movie.
While I believe, yes, Kristen Stewart hasn’t technically been “fired” from the sequel, it really does seem clear to me that IF a follow-up film is made the plan is move the focus away from Stewart‘s character Snow White … which seems like a really bad idea. How can you make a Snow White sequel without Snow White? If the studio really is intent on distancing themselves from Stewart, I don’t know that a film focusing on The Huntsman is a good enough idea for a movie. After all, as the article cited above states, Snow White and the Huntsman was only a modest hit. It remains to be seen if Kristen Stewart will be dropped from other planned projects but … maybe this would be a good time for her to take some time off and let the dust settle as much as possible.
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Honestly, I wish people would leave her alone. She’s not alone in this, she’s 22, the guy she was allegedly cheating with is MARRIED. Not to mention that RP is a known serial cheater. Poor girl, she’s so young and this will haunt her for decades to come.
@silly — Very sad but true. Women get vilified FOR YEARS when things like this happen while men do not. I mean, to this day, how many times do we hear about what a “homewrecker” Angelina Jolie is. It’s sad but she’ll eventually get past this.
@silly-
RP allegedly being a “serial cheater” doesn’t give his partner the right to cheat on him. His own past habits shouldn’t even be brought up, especially as a way of defending Kristen’s actions.
I do think you’re right in how freaking annoying it is that the woman always gets the brunt of the blame. Everyone still loves Brad despite stepping out on his vows-maybe, but Angelina is the wicked witch.Sanders gets to walk away with a clean nose, his marriage, career, and dignity in tact. It’s crap and it’s unfair.
Just want to say that I do not care for Brad OR Angelina. ;) And I don’t care for Kristen OR Sanders. This is even worse simply for the fact that there are children involved. Just… Sad.
Even if Rob cheated multiple times, she should not have slept with a married man. It also doesn’t matter how young she is. Being young doesn’t excuse someone for being stupid. I’m tired of people use “being young” as an excuse. She’s old enough to know better. I have no sympathy for her at all.
this actually seems like a good idea to me. Snow White was the most boring part of the whole movie. seems like the Huntsman had a interesting back story that would make for a good movie. (plus a whole lot Chris Hemsworth is always ok)
i found both snow white and the huntsman very boring but the queen ravena she was the only reason i liked that movie
“there is no way that before this cheating scandal came to light the plan was to make a Snow White sequel without Snow White”
I don’t know about this. I mean, with the Snow White character what could they possibly do…give her another evil stepmother? The script wasn’t even written yet, so clearly the concept/plot of the 2nd movie wasn’t set yet. I think the Huntsman can go into different fractured fairy tales, but the character of Snow White can really only exist in her own. At the end of the day, Hollywood doesn’t have a morality agenda, they are about business and getting seats filled. As the numbers for SWATH show, it wasnt successful because of Twihards. There were far too many men that saw the show, it was successful because it was advertised as an action film.
I think this was probably a concept based decision, but if it is about Stewart personally, I think that is a horrible example of the way women are treated differently from men in our society.
@Krissy — I mean … really? Snow White 2 without Snow White? I cannot believe it. I truly believe they were hoping to turn this film into at least a trilogy with the very popular K. Stew in the lead … but clearly, that has changed.
It wasn’t originally intended to have a sequel (they have sequel language in most contracts for movies with sought after stars just in case). IMO, when I heard they wanted to do a sequel, I was thinking HOW? It seemed so obviously motivated by the surprising amount of money the first one made, and not by the story. What in the world could the plot be about? (If you have ideas I would be interested in hearing them). The central conflict of the Snow White fairy tale is the evil stepmother vs. S.W. It wouldn’t make sense to do that story over again, but it also wouldn’t make sense to put the character of Snow White in a completely different storyline. She wouldn’t really be Snow White if she was doing anything other than dealing with her stepmother.
@Krissy — “It wasn’t originally intended to have a sequel” Yes, that may well be the case but I still believe that the hope/goal all along was to stretch out this Snow White thing in order to make more money.
I agree, Trent. Plus, the studio REALLY wanted Kristen for this role. They basically went after her from the get go and pushed hard to get her to play the character.
Here is a quote from Ron Meyer, head of Universal. He said this in April before the movie came out:
“Meyer said that while the upcoming Snow White and the Huntsman doesn’t appear to lend itself to a sequel, Universal thinks it can do more movies based on the character of the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) if it is successful.”
So it looks like they were considering doing sequels before it came out, but as I pointed out, they didn’t think that Snow White would carry over into a sequel because plot wise, it doesn’t make sense.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ron-meyer-universal-president-309173?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thr%2Ffilm+%28The+Hollywood+Reporter+-+Movies%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
Here is the link to the article from that quote.
I thought this was an interesting perspective on the whole drama…
http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/a-full-day-of-snow-white-speculation-reveals-the-tabloid-appetites-of-hollywood-press
Actually, it seems to me that the media is trying to spin it as KS getting fired because of the scandal to draw more attention from the project and make the story more interesting.
If I recall correctly, the producers were interviewed when the movie just came out and they mentioned that a sequel would deal with the character of the Huntsman. I remember this because I thought it was a terrible idea back then as well.
@superjosh — You may be right.
I know this is about the snow white movie but to most of her fans is because of Twilight. I myself was a late Twilight fan and thought it was stupid until my husband actually caught it on and watched it and said hey you need to watch this. I immediately fell in love and what made it even more magical was that they were together in real life so it was as if they didnt have to act their love for each other. I know this is the same for every true Twilight fan. What made and makes me mad is, the last ( supposively) Twilight will be out in November and it will not be the same. It is as if Twilight has been ruined. How are they going to be together for all the previews and parties? I just am not sure how it is going to play out but I am hoping that they will make up and get back together. I know it sounds stupid but really Twilight will just not be the same with out them two together.Sadly It will seem like just another movie with actors.
Kristen & Rob are NOT Bella & Edward! Never were! No disrespect but you sound a bit delusional. They are actors and as professionals, they will promote their movie b/c that’s what they’re paid to do. Breaking Dawn is the worse book in the series imo, but fans will still go out in droves to see it whether or not Rob & K Stew are together. :)
I know many people who have worked together and dated, and it has not always worked out. They have to be professional and keep working and learn to civil.
That is just such crap. I bet any amount of money that Rupert Sanders isn’t fired from the movie. His career will suffer NO consequences while Kristen Stewart, who is young and impulsive and every bit as stupid as we all were at 22, gets branded as a tramp. Sanders is a repeat cheater and should be the villain in this.
Hey, I managed to not shag any married men when I was 22.
I agree that it’s an unfair double-standard that he isn’t being vilified but disagree that 22 isn’t old enough to know that it’s not okay to cheat on your boyfriend or hook up with a married guy.
I don’t think that Kristen would even want to be re-associated to the film that’s at the center of the biggest scandal of her life… I don’t think she would even do the sequel, not with the baggage it carries. She will have plenty of other roles to pick from.
Let’s just stitch a scarlet A on her shirts and be done with it..Geebus..
I think that she got really popular because of the Twilight franchise and now that she’s destroyed the whole Bella(Kristen)+Edward(Rob)=4ever image, her star is rapidly falling. I imagine the offers would have been retracted and drying up more subtly if she had simply ended her relationship with Rob, but cheating was pretty much jumping off a cliff into shallow waters as far as her career is concerned.
i am 31 years old and i am in love with a married man. not to defnd my acts but sometimes you can’t control your feelings.
You may not be able to control your feelings but you can control your actions. Your emotions do not remove your accountability for your choices.
*defend
It’s an interesting turn of events that Kristen Stewart would be taking the career hit for this and not Rupert Sanders. When single Elizabeth Taylor messed around with married Eddie Fisher back in 1959, it was Eddie Fisher’s career that took the hit. He lost his NBC TV show and RCA Victor dropped him. Elizabeth Taylor, on the other hand, won an Academy Award for BUtterfield 8 the next year after the affair.
She is 22. He is a 40 year old married man. The fault is much more his than hers. What she did wasn’t right but she is allowed to make mistakes in her young life. I certainly did until my late 20s. Its unfortunate that her mistake is so public. I feel bad for her. She is young and I hope she can get past this. I don’t think Robert should take her back. I just hope she has learned from her bad judgement and not repeat it. We shouldn’t judge her so harshly. That ASS of a man should be mostly to blame.
forgett about bella playing snow white or bad actor chris hemsworth bring RAVENA ‘s story with charlize !!!!
@Ariel Echeverria — “bring RAVENA’s story with charlize !!!!” Amen to that. She was the best part of the movie.
Kristen screwed up big time – no argument there. However, it seems to me that if you love someone as much as Robert appears to love her, you don’t throw the relationship away for good over this …… Doesn’t it seem like there should be some kind of communication going between these two?