The Huntsman: Winter's War

The Huntsman: Winter's War
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
Written by	Evan Spiliotopoulos Craig Mazin
Based on	Characters created by Evan Daugherty
Produced by	Joe Roth
Starring	Chris Hemsworth Charlize Theron Emily Blunt Nick Frost Sam Claflin Rob Brydon Jessica Chastain
Narrated by	Liam Neeson
Cinematography	Phedon Papamichael
Edited by	Conrad Buff
Music by	James Newton Howard
Production companies	Roth Films Perfect World Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	March 29, 2016 (2016-03-29) (Hamburg) April 22, 2016 (2016-04-22) (United States)
Running time	114 minutes[1] 120 minutes (extended edition)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$115 million[2]
Box office	$165 million[3]

The Huntsman: Winter's War is a 2016 American fantasy action-adventure film and both a prequel and sequel to Snow White & the Huntsman (2012). As the directorial debut of Cedric Nicolas-Troyan^[a] it takes place before and after the events of the first film. The screenplay was written by Craig Mazin and Evan Spiliotopoulos and is based on characters created by Evan Daugherty.^[b] Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Nick Frost and Sam Claflin reprised their roles from the first film; the sequel also introduced new characters played by Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain and Rob Brydon.

The Huntsman: Winter's War premiered in Hamburg March 2016 and was released in the United States in April 2016, by Universal Pictures. The film has received generally unfavorable reviews from critics, with praise for the visuals and cast but many feeling the film was unnecessary. It grossed $165 million worldwide against an estimated $115 million production budget.

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