Snow White (2025 film)
Disney's Snow White,[2] or simply Snow White, is an upcoming American musical fantasy film directed by Marc Webb, from a screenplay by Greta Gerwig and Erin Cressida Wilson. Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Marc Platt Productions, it is a live-action adaptation of Walt Disney's 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which itself is loosely based on the 1812 fairy tale of the same title by the Brothers Grimm. The film stars Rachel Zegler as the title character and Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen.
Disney's Snow White
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
by- Ted Sears
- Richard Creedon
- Otto Englander
- Dick Rickard
- Earl Hurd
- Merrill De Maris
- Dorothy Ann Blank
- Webb Smith
- Snow White
by the Brothers Grimm
- March 21, 2025
United States
English
$209 million[1]
Plans for a remake of 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs were confirmed in October 2016, with Wilson announced as a screenwriter. Webb entered talks to direct the film in May 2019 and joined the film as director in September 2019. Filming took place primarily at Pinewood Studios in England from March to July 2022, with additional filming and pick-ups taking place in June 2024. The film elicited pre-release controversies, with criticism levied against Zegler's outspokenness during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strikes, story changes, and color-blind casting, as well as actors without dwarfism playing originally dwarf characters.
Snow White is scheduled to be released in the United States on March 21, 2025.
Colin Michael Carmichael has an undisclosed role[6]
Music[edit]
Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who previously wrote the lyrics for two new songs for Disney's 2019 remake of Aladdin, are set to write new songs for the film, which is expected to also feature songs from the original film by Frank Churchill and Larry Morey, including "Whistle While You Work," which was confirmed by Zegler.[7][38]
Release[edit]
During the 2022 D23 Expo Presentation, it was announced that Snow White would be released in 2024.[50][51] On September 15, 2022, the film was announced to have a release date of March 22, 2024.[52] However, in October 2023, the film was delayed a year to March 21, 2025, with Disney claiming it was due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.[2]
Controversies[edit]
Casting of Snow White[edit]
The casting of the Latina Zegler as Snow White, a character described in the original material as having skin "as white as snow",[53] attracted some controversy.[54] While appearing on Variety's Actors on Actors series with Andrew Garfield, Zegler responded to the Snow White casting backlash with comments such as: