'The Huntsman: Winter's War' trivia and fun facts

Universal Pictures had originally planned to do a "Snow White and the Huntsman 2", but had dropped Kristen Stewart from the sequel. It is speculated that it was due to her indiscretion with director Rupert Sanders. However, Universal's statement in Aug 2012 emphatically denied she was being dropped from the film [for the indiscretion] but they were exploring all options which later turned out to be the prequel 'The Huntsman' starring Chris Hemsworth.

Kristen Stewart will not be returning for the sequel to reprise her role as the character Snow White. Her character is reportedly not appearing in this installment.

Chris Hemsowrth who plays the role of a Norse god in 'Thor', meanwhile Emily Blunt in this film play the role of Freya, which is the name of a Norse goddess.

Filming locations include Frensham Ponds. This was a location of the first film.

Jessica Chastain's character Sara, is mentioned in 'Snow White and the Huntsman' as being the Huntsman's late wife.

Universal's director short list for the project consists of Frank Darabont, Gavin O'Connor, and Andrés Muschietti. Darabont was eventually signed for the directorial duties for the project, but dropped out of the film. Darabont stayed on as a co-writer, he was later replaced by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan who worked on Blancanieves y la leyenda del cazador (2012) as visual effect supervisor and second unit director.

The first trailer of the film featured the song 'Castle' by Halsey.