Live Action Snow White - too far a departure from the original?

[PolymerSkywalker]

If you want any to tell a story that appeals to modern ideals, just make something new I would say. No reason to use old beloved IPs to tell stories with a modern flair when you could just make something new. The issue is though is Disney wants the fans from the original IPs to show up.

 

[BrianL]

If you want any to tell a story that appeals to modern ideals, just make something new I would say. No reason to use old beloved IPs to tell stories with a modern flair when you could just make something new. The issue is though is Disney wants the fans from the original IPs to show up.

Well, that's totally fair. I think a LOT of us are just tired of the remakes, though if they do them I prefer they change them up and try to be deliberately different. That said, the remakes generally sell - it's what the people want, whether we think so or not.

 

[Smugpugmug]

If you want any to tell a story that appeals to modern ideals, just make something new I would say. No reason to use old beloved IPs to tell stories with a modern flair when you could just make something new. The issue is though is Disney wants the fans from the original IPs to show up.

Unfortunately Disney won't do that unless people stop paying to go see these remakes. At this point I would rather have the direct to video sequels back.

 

[BrianL]

Unfortunately Disney won't do that unless people stop paying to go see these remakes. At this point I would rather have the direct to video sequels back.

You know, some of those weren't that bad. None of htem were super good or anything, but halfway decent at least and far more interesting as far as continuing the stories go. Honestly, if they had the animation budget of a theatrical feature, some of them could have been quite good.

 

[Smugpugmug]

You know, some of those weren't that bad. None of htem were super good or anything, but halfway decent at least and far more interesting as far as continuing the stories go. Honestly, if they had the animation budget of a theatrical feature, some of them could have been quite good.

A lot of them are straight up awful but at least I feel something watching them. The remakes literally suck the soul right out of my body.

Also side note but they actually were planning on making a direct to video prequel to Snow White that was canceled. That would've 100% been trash but I would rather watch that than a remake of Snow White lol

 

[BrianL]

A lot of them are straight up awful but at least I feel something watching them. The remakes literally suck the soul right out of my body.

Also side note but they actually were planning on making a direct to video prequel to Snow White that was canceled. That would've 100% been trash but I would rather watch that than a remake of Snow White lol

I mean, at least they were original stories!

Yeah, most of them aren't that good, but they are also mostly harmless. I thought Mulan II was pretty decent, and Pocahontas II is at least interesting in how they tell the rest of the history. Also, it has a bear baiting scene, which is crazy. I can respect how the teams just went for it in the story department. They suffer mostly in the animation & music department, plus they were really short due to budget constraints which hinders a few as well.

 

[TeamRiley]

If you want any to tell a story that appeals to modern ideals, just make something new I would say.

They have tried. Disney cannot make anything new that is any good. 'Turning Red', 'Strange World', 'Elemental' - all total bombs. The reason they are doing remakes is then at least they don't have to make something totally new.

 

[BrianL]

They have tried. Disney cannot make anything new that is any good. 'Turning Red', 'Strange World', 'Elemental' - all total bombs. The reason they are doing remakes is then at least they don't have to make something totally new.

Well, Turning Red did not get a theatrical release, and Elemental actually did decently and eventually got into the green (long legs). I'll give you that Strange World was a bomb, though it's actually pretty good if you ask me.

 

[PezRuth]

They have tried. Disney cannot make anything new that is any good. 'Turning Red', 'Strange World', 'Elemental' - all total bombs. The reason they are doing remakes is then at least they don't have to make something totally new

They may not have been box office hits but my girls loved all three of those. My 7 year old especially Strange World. Turning Red was a fantastic movie for our family.

 

[Evinrude21]

with streaming now I say make/remake/sequal/prequel everything and let the audience figure it out. I'll never say no to more content

 

[Evinrude21]

Also, nobody has seen a trailer or even a teaser yet. so we really have no idea how far or close to the original it is. But its a movie made in 1937 so I do hope its a bit different

 

[PolymerSkywalker]

Well if the leaked set photos I saw were legit and if the statements Ziegler made about the story are true…….it’s a pretty substantial departure from the original.

 

[Disneychick13]

I feel like it’s time for the live-action remake experiment to come to an end. Disney wants to pair a change in the stories that no one asked for with continued baffling casting decisions and all for a product that most people don’t care about. Enough.

 

[BrianL]

I feel like it’s time for the live-action remake experiment to come to an end. Disney wants to pair a change in the stories that no one asked for with continued baffling casting decisions and all for a product that most people don’t care about. Enough.

But people DO care about them. They have made a LOT of money making them - amny have been absolute smash hits. If the audience didn't show up they would stop. Now, TLM was a little softer than some of the previous ones, though that may be attributable to general post-pandemic decline in theater attendance. Now, personally, I don't care much for them, but clearly there is an audience out there.

Just for some reference:

Maleficent (2014): $758.5M
Cinderella (2015): $542.4M
The Jungle Book (2016): $966.6M
Beauty and the Beast (2017): $1.266B
Dumbo (2019): $353.3M
Alladin (2019): $1.054B
The Lion King (2019): $1.663B
Mulan (2020): $69.9M (COVID)
The Little Mermaid (2023): $569.6M

So, other than Dumbo, which didn't do that well and Mulan which was had limited release due to COVID and was released on premium streaming, those movies have all done pretty well. Three of them did over a billion dollars at the box-office, with The Jungle Book just shy. THIS is why they continue to make them!

 

[HokieRaven5]

Disney's Snow White has been pushed from March 22, 2024 to March 21, 2025. Disney also shared a first look at Snow White (Rachel Zegler) and (alphabetically) Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy.



Scott Gustin

 

[BrianL]

Disney's Snow White has been pushed from March 22, 2024 to March 21, 2025. Disney also shared a first look at Snow White (Rachel Zegler) and (alphabetically) Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy.

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Scott Gustin

So this ^ - THIS is what everyone's been complaining about? That looks like a pretty spot-on adaptation to me

 

[Smugpugmug]

So this ^ - THIS is what everyone's been complaining about? That looks like a pretty spot-oon adaptation to me

I'm just mad that we have to endure another year of discourse surrounding this movie I wanted it to come out and we all immediately forget about it like the other ones.

 

[nancipants]

So this ^ - THIS is what everyone's been complaining about? That looks like a pretty spot-oon adaptation to me

I had the same reaction.

 

[croschek05]

Hats off to Disney. 100% was going to bomb. That's not what the dwarves were going to look like. They were magical creatures. Hopefully they recasted the spoiled brat too. Smart smart move Disney!

 

[fatmanatee]

Hats off to Disney. 100% was going to bomb. That's not what the dwarves were going to look like. They were magical creatures. Hopefully they recasted the spoiled brat too. Smart smart move Disney!

I don’t think they made any changes. People overreacted to a contextless picture that probably wasn’t remotely close to production-ready.

And no, no casting changes either.