Just last week, we brought you the news about Chris Hemsworth (Thor) being in the midst of official negotiations to star as the huntsman, opposite Kristen Stewart as Snow White in Universal Pictures‘ forthcoming film, directed by Rupert Sanders (The Low Dweller), entitled Snow White and the Huntsman.

Snow White and the Huntsman was originally slated to hit theaters on December 21st, 2012, and as we have told you previously, Relativity Media‘s previously titled Brothers Grimm: Snow White was slated to hit theaters on June 29th, 2012.  Now, THR reports that Universal Pictures has decided shift the release date of Snow White and the Huntsman to June 1st, 2012, beating Relativity’s Snow White film in the race to theaters by almost a month, though the studio made no mention of the Snow White competition when speaking of the date shift.

Their report states:

“Universal’s Sunday announcement made no mention of the competing movie. The studio only said “adjustments to the production timeline” had facilitated the move.

“As Rupert and Joe were finalizing casting and preproduction of Snow White and the Huntsman, we realized that the ambitious and fully-formed world they had promised was blowing away all expectations,” said Universal Chairman Adam Fogelson and Co-Chairman Donna Langley jointly in the announcement.  “We’re thrilled that Universal will be bringing this singular version of a timeless story almost seven months earlier than anticipated.”

Snow White and the Huntsman is slated to hit theaters on June 1st, 2012.