There are too many other fresh, talented actresses with good reputations who can easily do the parts she would have been offered. Just look at Jen Lawrence, Shailene Woodely, Emma Stone, Amanda Seyfriend, Soarise Ronan, Emma Watson, Hallie Steinfeld, etc. The list goes on and on.

"I felt like they had a really, really great idea that seemed like a natural extension of the story… Snow White is queen now, but the mirror is still there. It doesn’t bode well for our innocent little queen."

Yet since Shawshank, I have not really loved anything Darabont has done. I loved The Green Mile book and thought the movie was a miscast misfire. The Mist was a decent enough film and The Walking Dead had a decent pilot but am I alone in thinking Darabont has had a mildly disappointing career based on the commanding heights his career started off at?

It was clear from the get-go Hemsworth's Huntsman was the interesting and entertaining character. Especially his banter and interaction with the dwarves. That right there is the line-up for a Lord of the Ring-ish team-up for this spin-off right there. The only thing that character has in common with his Thor is their muscular builds. One is a blond, magical hammer-swinging Asgardian prince with a Shakespearean accent while his Huntsman is a brown-haired, axe-wielding, Scottish-tongued, widower. EVERY role Hemsworth has been doing in the past few years (Thor, Huntsman, Rush, Red Dawn) has been different, including the accents (British, Scottish, American, etc.). The same cannot be said of your precious KStew, who was vastly overpaid for her Snow White ($35 million according to iMDB) and it essentially was Bella in another movie (not even an appropriate English accent for this film? Ugh). I'm curious how they're going to resurrect Theron's dead Ravenna. And why? Should just make up some newly-original adventures for Huntsman & the Dwarves, even have Sam Claflin's Duke William the Bowman tag along.