More "Snow White" Cast Members

Three more cast members were added to SWATH's IMDb cast list. Although their status is described as "uncredited" they are part of the cast just the same.

The cast members are Duncan Casey, Jimmy Pethrus and David Verne.

Duncan Kasey will be playing "Dark Army soldier"

Jimmy Pethrus will be playing "Dark Army soldier"

David Verne will be playing "a shadow soldier"

SWATH: Are dark fairy tales more authentic?

There's long been a "survival of the fittest" aspect about folklore. Just as animals evolve and become better adapted to their environments over time, stories such as "Snow White" and "Beauty and the Beast" have weathered many centuries, improving -- and becoming better suited to contemporary audiences -- over the course of their many reimaginings.

These stories have entertained and comforted, spooked and delighted audiences for countless generations. Many who are alive today find Disney's adaptations of these tales -- from "Cinderella" to "The Little Mermaid" -- familiar; children reared on the animation giant's brightly-colored, upbeat and music-saturated films may view the glut of live-action fairy tale film adaptations headed our way -- three new "Snow Whites," two "Sleeping Beauties," a "Beauty and the Beast" and a "Little Mermaid," among others -- with a curious sort of caution.

A number of these films (which are in various stages of planning and production) have been pitched as "dark" retellings of familiar tales. At this year's Comic-Con, Charlize Theron likened her "Evil Queen" character in "Snow White and the Huntsman" to a "serial killer" (not a total departure for Theron); the new "Little Mermaid" is based on Carolyn Turgeon's novel "Mermaid," which Booklist reviewed using words and phrases like "dark," "foreboding," "heartache," "misery," "constant pain," "catastrophic consequences," "brooding," "tragic" and "not exactly a cozy bedtime story."

Does this "dark turn" in fairy-tale filmmaking represent a return to older, more forbidding versions of stories Disney gussied up for 20th-century kids? Or are these new movies simply cogs in the wheel of folk tale re-telling?

New Fan Pics 'Breaking Dawn' & SWATH Panels from Comic Con 2011

'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Panel -- Comic Con 2011

'Snow White And The Huntsman' Comic Con 2011 Panel

Awesome Photos: 'Snow White and the Huntsman' filming in the woods (No Kristen).

Comic-Con Cast Pic Of SWATH

Here’s a brand new promo photo featuring Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron and the cast of the upcoming film “Snow White and the Huntsman” by director Rupert Sanders and starring Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, On The Road, The Runaways), Chris Hemsworth (The Avengers, Thor, Red Dawn, The Cabin in the Woods), Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road, Prometheus), Ian McShane (Jack the Giant Killer, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides), Sam Claflin, Bob Hoskins (Hook) and Ray Winstone (The Departed).

SWATH Set Photos

VictoriaMaule "Many shootings are taking place in Bourne Woods, the Snow White movie with Kristen Stewart, worth being # Farnham. Although I'm not sure who is in the set, could not see any huge trailer. # Farnham

DarrenPStone massive film set in Bourne Woods # farnham after set of "the dark shadows" has been dismantled for # apparently this is snow white

Links to images of Bourne Woods (Old movie sets) MovieCastle Robin Hood in September