Usatoday: Studio: Universal PicturesOpening: June 1, 2012; previously Dec. 21, 2012
Filming starts: The second week of August in London and Wales
Director: Rupert Sanders, a Brit known for cutting-edge video games
Tone: Swashbuckling. "It's an epic treatment of the material," says producer Joe Roth.
Plot: The evil queen hires a huntsman to assassinate her stepdaughter, Snow White, so she can rule the land. Instead, he joins forces with the fair maiden.
The dwarfs: There are eight, named after Roman leaders including Caesar, Tiberius and Nero. Special effects will be used to change the dimensions of average-height actors.
