<P> The cast includes Kristen Stewart as Snow White, Charlize Theron as Queen Ravenna, Chris Hemsworth as Eric, the huntsman, Sam Claflin as William, Snow White's childhood friend, and Bob Hoskins as the dwarf seer in his final film appearances . The film received two Academy Award nominations for Best Visual Effects and Best Costume Design at the 85th Academy Awards . It was a success at the box office, earning $396.6 million worldwide against a $170 million budget . Although critics praised the production design, visual effects, Theron and Hemsworth's performances, musical score, and action sequences; Stewart and Claflin's performances received mixed reviews, and the screenplay was heavily criticized . </P> <P> A prequel / sequel, titled The Huntsman: Winter's War, directed by the first film's visual effects supervisor Cedric Nicolas - Troyan, was released on April 22, 2016, with Stewart (only through the use of archive footage), Hemsworth, Theron, Claflin and Nick Frost reprising their roles . </P> <P> While admiring a rose blooming in the winter, Queen Eleanor of the kingdom of Tabor pricks her finger on one of its thorns . Three drops of blood fall onto the snow - covered ground, and she wishes for a daughter as white as the snow, with lips as red as the blood, hair as black as a raven's wings and a heart as strong and defiant as the rose . Queen Eleanor gives birth to her daughter Snow White, but soon after falls ill and dies . After her death, Snow White's father, King Magnus, and his army battle an invading Dark Army of demonic glass soldiers . Upon rescuing their prisoner Ravenna, he becomes enchanted with her beauty and marries her . </P> <P> Ravenna is in fact a powerful sorceress and the Dark Army's master . On their wedding night, Magnus, enchanted, throws Ravenna into the bed and proceeds to make love . Ravenna confesses there was a king much like Magnus that hurt her . During foreplay, she declares she cannot be a weak queen and kills Magnus before unleashing her invading army upon the kingdom . Snow White's childhood friend William and his father Duke Hammond escape the castle but are unable to rescue her, and she is captured by Ravenna's brother Finn and locked away in the north tower of the castle for many years . </P>

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