New Cover for Snow White & the Huntsman: A Novel

We often post about films adapted from crime novels, but it's relatively rare that we come across a novel adapted from a feature film.

But that's what we have here. Universal Pictures is set to release Snow White & the Huntsman on June 1st but about two months before that a novel based on the film hits bookstores. The cover for the book is depicted right (click for larger version; it is basically a variation on the poster for the film released last year) but curiously omits the author. Amazon, which has the book available to pre-order, lists Evan Daugherty, John Lee Hancock, and Hossein Amini as the co-authors with Lily Blake as adapter. (Daugherty and Amini are credited as screenwriters of the film.)

This is not your Disney-esque Snow White. In this adventure, Kristen Stewart ("The Twilight Saga") plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen (Charlize Theron), who is out to destroy her. But what the ruler never imagined was that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth), who was dispatched to kill her.

Watch a teaser trailer for the film below. And look for Snow White & the Huntsman: A Novel on April 17th, 2012.