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  • Rachel Zegler’s ‘Snow White’ slated for March 2024 release

    By Express News Service

    The upcoming Disney live-action film Snow White—filming has been wrapped—will release in March 2024.

    Featuring West Side Story star Rachel Zegler in the titular role opposite Gal Gadot, this film also has Martin Klebba playing Grumpy and Andrew Burnap playing a character named Jonathan.

    Directed by Marc Webb, Snow White’s screenplay is written by Erin Cressida Wilson and Greta Gerwig, who is also penning Barbie starring Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie.

    Reports state that Snow White is similar to a fairy tale. The film is centred on a beautiful-orphaned princess who lives with her stepmother, the Wicked Queen. When Snow White becomes the fairest of all, the queen gets jealous.

    When a prince falls in love with Snow White, the Queen orders her loyal huntsman to kill Snow White. Snow White then escapes into the wild, where she meets the dwarfs. Disney is said to make a feature that resonates with modern times.  

    The upcoming Disney live-action film Snow White—filming has been wrapped—will release in March 2024.

    Featuring West Side Story star Rachel Zegler in the titular role opposite Gal Gadot, this film also has Martin Klebba playing Grumpy and Andrew Burnap playing a character named Jonathan.

    Directed by Marc Webb, Snow White’s screenplay is written by Erin Cressida Wilson and Greta Gerwig, who is also penning Barbie starring Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie.

    Reports state that Snow White is similar to a fairy tale. The film is centred on a beautiful-orphaned princess who lives with her stepmother, the Wicked Queen. When Snow White becomes the fairest of all, the queen gets jealous.

    When a prince falls in love with Snow White, the Queen orders her loyal huntsman to kill Snow White. Snow White then escapes into the wild, where she meets the dwarfs. Disney is said to make a feature that resonates with modern times.  

  • Disney announces ‘The Lion King’ sequel, ‘Snow White’, ‘Inside Out 2’ release dates

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: American production house Disney announced the official release dates of some of its most awaited projects at the D23 expo.

    According to Variety, Disney’s ‘Snow White’ starring Rachel Zegler is all set to release on March 22, 2024, Pixar’s ‘Inside Out 2’ is to hit the screens on June 14, 2024, and director Barry Jenkins’s ‘The Lion King’ sequel ‘Mufasa’ is slated to release on July 5, 2024.

    Apart from them, Disney also announced release dates of director Taika Waititi’s next sports comedy film ‘Next Goal Wins’ which is set to hit the screens on April 21, 2023, and the theme-park ride adaptation ‘Haunted Mansion’, which was earlier slated to release on March 10, 2023, will now hit the screen on August 11, 2023, Variety reported.

    ALSO READ | Chadwick Boseman, ‘Frozen’ stars, Ellen Pompeo honoured with Disney Legends Awards 

    Meanwhile, Disney has now removed director Patty Jenkins’s ‘Star Wars: Rogue Squadron’ from the release calendar, which was earlier slated to release on December 22, 2023.

    ‘Rogue Squadron’ was expected to be the first ‘Star Wars’ movie to hit the theatres since 2019’s ‘The Rise of Skywalker.’ Disney and Lucasfilm are currently busy developing separate ‘Star Wars’ films, first with the ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ helmer Waititi, another with ‘The Last Jedi’ filmmaker Rian Johnson and a third with Marvel chief Kevin Feige, but there’s been little-to-no information available about any of those endeavours, so it’s unclear which of those will be the first to hit the theatres, as per Variety.

    WASHINGTON: American production house Disney announced the official release dates of some of its most awaited projects at the D23 expo.

    According to Variety, Disney’s ‘Snow White’ starring Rachel Zegler is all set to release on March 22, 2024, Pixar’s ‘Inside Out 2’ is to hit the screens on June 14, 2024, and director Barry Jenkins’s ‘The Lion King’ sequel ‘Mufasa’ is slated to release on July 5, 2024.

    Apart from them, Disney also announced release dates of director Taika Waititi’s next sports comedy film ‘Next Goal Wins’ which is set to hit the screens on April 21, 2023, and the theme-park ride adaptation ‘Haunted Mansion’, which was earlier slated to release on March 10, 2023, will now hit the screen on August 11, 2023, Variety reported.

    ALSO READ | Chadwick Boseman, ‘Frozen’ stars, Ellen Pompeo honoured with Disney Legends Awards 

    Meanwhile, Disney has now removed director Patty Jenkins’s ‘Star Wars: Rogue Squadron’ from the release calendar, which was earlier slated to release on December 22, 2023.

    ‘Rogue Squadron’ was expected to be the first ‘Star Wars’ movie to hit the theatres since 2019’s ‘The Rise of Skywalker.’ Disney and Lucasfilm are currently busy developing separate ‘Star Wars’ films, first with the ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ helmer Waititi, another with ‘The Last Jedi’ filmmaker Rian Johnson and a third with Marvel chief Kevin Feige, but there’s been little-to-no information available about any of those endeavours, so it’s unclear which of those will be the first to hit the theatres, as per Variety.

  • Disney unveils first look of its ‘Snow White’ live-action remake at D23 Expo 

    By PTI

    ANAHEIM: The first look at Disney’s upcoming live-action retelling of “Snow White”, starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot, was revealed at the D23 Expo on Friday.

    The maiden glimpse of Zegler as Snow White, Disney’s first-ever princess, and Gadot’s Evil Queen, the iconic villain, was shared in a 30-second teaser of the film.

    Zegler and Gadot were present at the teaser reveal.

    “It was very different from anything I’ve ever done before. I’m used to playing the other end of where the heart should be,” Gadot, known for essaying DC superhero Wonder Woman, said.

    The new film is based on 1937’s ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,’ Disney’s first feature film and the world’s first full-length animated movie.

    The story revolves around Zegler’s Snow White, a beautiful young princess orphaned at a young age who lives with her cruel stepmother, the Queen (Gadot).

    As somebody who has been a Disney fan, Zegler said essaying the role of Snow White was a “dream come true”.

    The actor made her film debut in the 2021 adaptation of the musical drama “West Side Story”, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for best actress  motion picture comedy or musical.

    “Snow White” features Andrew Burnap as Snow White’s love interest and Martin Klebba as Grumpy, one of the seven dwarfs.

    Marc Webb, known for “The Amazing Spider-Man” films and “500 Days of Summer”, has directed the movie.

    The script is written by playwright Erin Cressida Wilson and ‘Lady Bird’ director Greta Gerwig.

    Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul have penned new songs for the remake.

    ANAHEIM: The first look at Disney’s upcoming live-action retelling of “Snow White”, starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot, was revealed at the D23 Expo on Friday.

    The maiden glimpse of Zegler as Snow White, Disney’s first-ever princess, and Gadot’s Evil Queen, the iconic villain, was shared in a 30-second teaser of the film.

    Zegler and Gadot were present at the teaser reveal.

    “It was very different from anything I’ve ever done before. I’m used to playing the other end of where the heart should be,” Gadot, known for essaying DC superhero Wonder Woman, said.

    The new film is based on 1937’s ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,’ Disney’s first feature film and the world’s first full-length animated movie.

    The story revolves around Zegler’s Snow White, a beautiful young princess orphaned at a young age who lives with her cruel stepmother, the Queen (Gadot).

    As somebody who has been a Disney fan, Zegler said essaying the role of Snow White was a “dream come true”.

    The actor made her film debut in the 2021 adaptation of the musical drama “West Side Story”, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for best actress  motion picture comedy or musical.

    “Snow White” features Andrew Burnap as Snow White’s love interest and Martin Klebba as Grumpy, one of the seven dwarfs.

    Marc Webb, known for “The Amazing Spider-Man” films and “500 Days of Summer”, has directed the movie.

    The script is written by playwright Erin Cressida Wilson and ‘Lady Bird’ director Greta Gerwig.

    Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul have penned new songs for the remake.

  • Disney’s ‘Snow White’ set catches fire in UK

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: A fire broke out on the set of Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of ‘Snow White’ at Pinewood Studios in the UK on Tuesday afternoon. 

    According to Variety, the stage had been under construction for the movie when reportedly a tree caught alight, leading to a huge blaze. “No filming was underway,” a Disney source confirmed.

    Photographs show enormous flames next to a mock thatched cottage, with thick smoke all the way up to the ceiling. The fire is believed to have broken out on Pinewood’s Richard Attenborough stage. Image clicked outside the production facility also showed smoke billowing around the outside of the building.

    “A set made up of a lot of wood, and trees etc was currently being built in the Richard Attenborough stage. Rumour is a piece of set that has caught alight and spread across the rest of the set. Some crew in the studio were shaken but evacuated without injury,” an unnamed source told a local news outlet.

    No casualties have been reported and it is not believed any actors were on set when the fire broke out. The live-action version of the animated classic is set to star Rachel Zegler as the Disney princess and Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen.

    As per Variety, previously, Pinewood sets have caught fire on at least two other occasions: on Ridley Scott’s 1984 film ‘Legend’ and in 2006 during a shoot for Bond film ‘Casino Royale’. 

  • Rachel Zegler didn’t expect to land Snow White role

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Actress Rachel Zegler has revealed that she was never expecting to land the role of ‘Snow White’ in Disney’s live-action remake of the classic story.

    The 20-year-old actress will play the titular role in Disney’s live-action remake of the iconic fairytale.

    In a conversation with Andrew Garfield for Variety’s ‘Actors on Actors’ series, she said: “Never in a million years did I imagine that this would be a possibility for me.

    “You don’t normally see Snow Whites that are of Latin descent. Even though Snow White is really a big deal in Spanish-speaking countries. ‘Blancanieves’ is a huge icon whether you’re talking about the Disney cartoon or just different iterations and the Grimm fairy tale and all the stories that come with it.

    “But you don’t particularly see people who look like me or are me playing roles like that.”

    Zegler’s casting as the classic character sparked a backlash from some users on social media but the ‘West Side Story’ star says she is determined to win over them with her performance in the film, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

    She recalled: “When it was announced, it was a huge thing that was trending on Twitter for days, because all of the people were angry. We need to love them in the right direction. At the end of the day, I have a job to do that I’m really excited to do. I get to be a Latina princess.”

    The live-action remake of ‘Snow White’ has also caused controversy after criticism from actor Peter Dinklage, who suffers from a form of dwarfism known as achondroplasia, which took him at the story’s “f**ing backwards” depiction of dwarfs.

    He said: “Literally no offence to anyone, but I was a little taken aback when they were very proud to cast a Latina actress as Snow White. But you’re still telling the story of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’. Take a step back and look at what you’re doing there. It makes no sense to me.

    “You’re progressive in one way but then you’re still making that f***ing backwards story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together, what the f*** are you doing, man?”

  • Gal Gadot to play evil queen in Disney’s live-action ‘Snow White’

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Actor Gal Gadot will be seen playing the role of the evil queen in Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation of ‘Snow White’.

    As per Deadline, Gadot will star opposite ‘West Side Story’ breakout Rachel Zegler in the project, with Marc Webb directing and Marc Platt producing.

    Based on the Brothers Grimm fairytale, ‘Snow White’ follows an orphaned princess living with her evil queen stepmother who attempts to poison her. With the help of seven dwarfs, Snow White escapes the queen and eventually finds love, living happily ever after.

    The upcoming project is expected to go on floors in 2022.

  • Disney sets Rachel Zegler as lead for ‘Snow White’ live-action remake

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Newcomer Rachel Zegler is set to play the lead role in Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of animated classic “Snow White”.

    The 20-year-old actor will be making her film debut with veteran filmmaker Steven Spielberg’s upcoming remake of “West Side Story”.

    She will also feature in Warner Bros/DC Films’ “Shazam! Fury of the Gods”, co-starring Zachary Levi.

    Described as a fresh take on the 1937 classic, the new movie will be directed by Marc Webb, the filmmaker behind 2009 hit “500 Days of Summer” and two “Amazing Spider-Man” films, reported Variety.

    “Rachel’s extraordinary vocal abilities are just the beginning of her gifts.

    Her strength, intelligence and optimism will become an integral part of rediscovering the joy in this classic Disney fairytale,” Webb said in a statement.

    The original movie, titled “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves”, was based on the Brothers Grimm fairytale and released in 1937.

    It was Disney’s first animated feature film.

    It presented the story of a princess who is fed a poisoned apple by her stepmother, the queen and then falls into a deep sleep that can be broken only by a kiss from the prince.

    Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the songwriting duo behind “La La Land”, “The Greatest Showman” and “Dear Evan Hansen”, will write new music for the film.

    Songs such as “Heigh-Ho”, “Someday My Prince Will Come” and “Whistle While You Work” will be included in the soundtrack list.

    The film is expected to go in to production in 2022.

    Besides “Snow White”, Disney is also working on live-action remakes of “The Little Mermaid”, “Pinocchio”, and “Lilo and Stitch” as well as a prequel to its 2019 reimagining of “The Lion King”.