Spec Script Sale: “Snow White and the Huntsman”

THR reports that Universal won a bidding war for an action retelling of the “Snow White” fairy tale by writer Evan Daugherty:

As evidenced by the title, the new take sees an expanded role for the Huntsman — in the fairy tale, he is ordered to take Snow White into the woods and kill her, but instead lets her go — and according to sources the two are chained together for part of the movie as they make their escape.

The Huntsman is not a love interest (fear not, the prince is still in the story) but acts more as a mentor, teaching the teen girl to fight and survive.

Sometimes the best way to do ‘similar but different’ is the most direct route: Take a preexisting story and switch Protagonists. Paid off handsomely for Daugherty as the reported sale price is $1.5M against $3.25M.

Daugherty is repped by UTA.

By my count, this is the 34th spec script sale in 2010.

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