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After seeing its release date moved due to considerable delays from the 2023 Hollywood strikes, the latest news confirms that filming has wrapped on the live-action Snow White movie. Months after the film was mired in controversy and subsequently bumped down the Disney release schedule, star Rachel Zegler has now announced that re-shoots are finished. In a temporary story post on her official Instagram page, Zegler shared a photo of her T-mark on set with an on-screen caption saying "that's a wrap on snow white...i love these people so much", referring to the cast and crew.
The news came after much speculation on social media. The Movie was one of the big projects in Hollywood that was delayed. It seems like the studio has finally caught up and that we can expect the film to release as scheduled.
The release date for Disney's Snow White is March 21, 2025. The Rachel Zegler Snow White Remake had originally been set for a March 22, 2024, release, but this was delayed in late 2023 due to the SAG-AFTRA strikes and the need for re-shoots. With the film wrapped in June 2024, it seems highly likely that the film won't have any trouble hitting its release date, even if Snow White is a VFX-heavy movie.
The strikes happened at a time when many films were in the middle of filming. It was a tricky time for Hollywood and many wondered what would happen. The strikes are over now, but the delays in filming are still impacting some Movies.
Disney's Live-action Snow White Remake cast hasn't been fully announced, but Rachel Zegler will star as Snow White. While Zegler is still a rising name, adding some bigger star power to the Snow White cast is Gal Gadot, who is set to play the Evil Queen. Playing a villain inspired by an animated character, and being a villain, has allowed Gadot to play around with her acting style more than usual. Gadot has even explained in interviews that she's changed her voice for the role.
There has been some debate about the casting choices. Some have said that Disney should have cast a person of smaller stature to play Grumpy. Others have said that Gal Gadot would be a good choice for a villain but not for a Disney princess. But overall, the reaction has been positive for the most part.
Images that were taken by press during filming have kicked off some casting controversy as many of those who saw the pictures were less than happy. The stills, which featured what looked like Snow White and the seven dwarfs, caused an uproar among some fans. They were actually Zegler’s stand-in and seven actors of various genders and ethnic backgrounds as the seven dwarfs. The bulk of the backlash was levied at Disney for not casting people of smaller stature in the seven dwarf roles, as well as Zegler, who is of Colombian descent, being cast as Snow White.
Zegler found herself in the middle of controversy again because of her comments about the modernization in the movie. At D23 in September 2022, Zegler explained to the press that she believed the live-action movie brought Snow White out of the conventions of the past to become a woman that could be a leader and didn’t need a prince to save her. For some fans, the implication is that Snow White didn’t have value as a Disney Princess without becoming a leader, or that dreaming of true love isn’t something a young woman should do.
In Snow White, the princess is targeted by her stepmother because of her vanity. Snow White is beloved and termed "the fairest of them all" by a magic mirror. The Evil Queen sends a huntsman after Snow White, who ends up escaping into the woods and living with seven dwarfs who mine gemstones. When the queen eventually tracks her down, a poisoned apple sends Snow White into an enchanted sleep that can only be awakened by true love's kiss.
The new Snow White story will be made in line with modern sensibilities for Disney's live-action remake. Snow White will no longer be a damsel in distress needing to be saved by a handsome prince's kiss. In fact, she will go to battle alongside Jonathan, her love interest for the movie. There is not much currently revealed about the story, but many of its more iconic aspects are expected to remain largely the same. However, following the criticism of past portrayals of dwarfism in Snow White adaptations by Peter Dinklage, Disney said the seven dwarfs will be getting an overhaul.