After just a few turbulent years figuring itself out, Disney is able to play the hits with sequels, reboots, and the corporate’s patented live-action remakes. And in 2025, director Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer time, The Wonderful Spider-Man) will dare to remake certifiable historical past, when his remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, tailored from the primary ever animated function movie produced in america, graces screens. The trailer for the movie debuted on the 2024 D23 Expo on Friday, showcasing what star Rachel Zegler brings to the basic position.
Written by Greta Gerwig (Barbie) and Erin Cressida Wilson (Secretary), Snow White goals to replace the 1937 unique whereas holding all of the iconography intact. Zegler, who Steven Spielberg plucked from obscurity for his West Aspect Story remake and flexed her display screen singing expertise a second time within the current The Starvation Video games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, leads the musical movie and, sure, will sing. The film is anticipated to be a mixture of numbers like “Whistle Whereas You Work” and new songs from duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, greatest recognized for Pricey Evan Hansen and that Hugh Jackman circus musical. Gal Gadot will face off in opposition to her because the Evil Queen, however unclear if she’ll sing.
The dwarfs, Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Completely happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy, are additionally set to seem within the movie, however shall be delivered to life by way of the artwork of pc animation to deliver them nearer to the unique movie’s designs. This hasn’t precisely gone over properly. When the movie went into manufacturing in 2022, Peter Dinklage, who has a type of dwarfism known as achondroplasia, known as out Disney on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast for what he noticed as endorsing stereotypes.
“You’re nonetheless making that fucking backward story of seven dwarfs residing within the cave. What the fuck are you doing, man? Have I achieved nothing to advance the trigger from my soapbox? I suppose I’m not loud sufficient,” Dinklage instructed Maron.
The decision out prompted Disney to difficulty the next response: “To keep away from reinforcing stereotypes from the unique animated movie, we’re taking a distinct method with these seven characters and have been consulting with members of the dwarfism neighborhood. We sit up for sharing extra because the movie heads into manufacturing after a prolonged growth interval.”
Now the movie is right here, and Disney is hoping it’ll indulge in Disney magic. We’ll see if Webb pulls it off when Snow White opens in theaters on March 21, 2025.
