Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Marc Webb is being eyed to direct Disney ’s alive - actionSnow Whiteremake . After eld of trying to establish new springy - action franchises with picture likeTRON : LegacyandJohn Carter , the Mouse House has doubled its efforts on re - imagine its animated films in lively - action instead . And while there have been recent exceptions to that rule ( likeA Wrinkle in TimeandThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms ) , pretty much every other major live - action Mouse House tone ending since 2015 has been connected to one of the studio ’s classical recreate feature , one way or another .
That trend will keep in the foreseeable time to come , with lively - action remakes ofThe Lion KingandMulanscheduled to arrive within the next year alone . Disney has even more live - action retellings in some form of development at the moment , include remakes based on their first two animated films ever , Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs(1937 ) andPinocchio(1940 ) . The latter project hit a snag earlier this year , whendirector Paul King stepped down . Meanwhile , it appearsSnow Whiteis still chugging along and is gearing up to take the next footstep ahead .
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Varietyis report that Webb has accede talk to channelise Disney ’s live - actionSnow Whiteretelling . The deal is n’t done yet , but the movie maker - perhaps comfortably know for helmingThe Amazing Spider - Man 1 & 2- is say to be the studio apartment ’s top choice for the job . The outlet also say that Erin Cressida Wilson ( The Girl on the Train ) is in negotiations to write the movie ’s hand , with Oscar - winningLa La LandandGreatest Showmanduo Benj Pasek and Justin Paulonboard to write the film ’s raw song , as antecedently report . Also know as Pasek & Paul , the pair are overbold off having written the original strain " Speechless " ( which Alan Menken co - wrote ) for Disney ’s live - actionAladdin .
This is n’t the first live - actionSnow Whiteproject Disney ’s lick on in the last decade , either . Back in the other 2010s , the studio develop a warriorlike arts - styleSnow Whiteretelling ( titledSnow and the SevenorOrder of the Seven ) and even attached Saoirse Ronan to star , before the motion picture was cancel during pre - product . Similarly , word catch out in 2016 that Disney was count a alive - natural action spinoff about Snow White ’s babe titledRose Red . Brie Larson was rumored to be in discussions for the project last twelvemonth , but there has n’t been a solid update on the situation since then .
Hollywood , of course , has n’t been hurting for hold out - actionSnow Whiteretellings of late . In fact , there were a twosome of them released in 2012 alone , in the forms ofSnow White and the Huntsman(starring Kristen Stewart ) andMirror Mirror(starring Lily Collins ) . It ’s a story that ’s been tell , re - told , and re - contextualized in so many different way onscreen by now that it ’s hard for any undivided retelling to bring anything fresh to the table . Webb , for his part , has typically make out best when he ’s take original , character - drive motion picture like(500 ) Days of SummerandGifted , as opposed to IPs likeSpider - ManandSnow White . Still , since it ’s safe to assume Disney ’s going to make this movie one way or another , here ’s hoping Webb - or whoever ultimately signs on to address - finds a way of get this particular fairy tale re - imagining feel like something especial .
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author : Variety
