Viggo Mortensen, as first reported on Variety.com, is in talks to star in Universal's "
Snow White and the Huntsman," an original retelling of the Grimm fairy tale.
In this new version, the huntsman (who, in the original fairy tale, is supposed to kill Snow White but ends up letting her go) becomes her protector and a mentor of sorts as they try to escape from the evil queen who ordered her death. Charlize Theron is in talks to play the queen.