James Newton Howard is currently scoring the upcoming fantasy adventure The Huntsman. The film is a prequel/spin-off to the 2012 feature Snow White and the Huntsman and is directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan who served as the visual effect supervisor on Rupert Sanders’ original movie and makes his feature directorial debut with the project. Chris Hemsworth returns to star in the title role and is joined by returning cast members Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin and Nick Frost, as well as new additions Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, Colin Morgan, Sheridan Smith, Rob Brydon and Alexandra Roach. No plot details have been announced yet. Joe Roth who has worked with Howard on films including Maleficent, Freedomland, America’s Sweethearts and The Great Debaters returns as the producer. The composer has previously scored the 2012 original film, on which he also collaborated with Florence + The Machine for an end titles song. The Huntsman will be released on April 22, 2016 by Universal Pictures.
Also coming up for the composer is the drama Concussion starring Will Smith, as well as the final installment in the Hunger Games series, Mockingjay – Part 2.
Oh God, yes…
Great news!!!!
Glad to see JNH getting another franchise for himself (and this time without his music being overshadowed by songs), looks like he has become the go to guy for first time directors, and according to the editor of the film he wrote a great theme for the Huntsman. I hope he brings back the brass motif for Queen Ravenna and the cello solos by Maya Beiser.