Disney is delaying the release of its live-action remake of Snow White, starring Rachel Zegler, by a full year to 2025 as the studio contends with widespread negative publicity that has surrounded the production in recent months.
Snow White is now slated to open in cinemas March 21, 2025. The big-budget production was previously scheduled for release on March 22, 2024.
Disney has not issued an official reason for the delay. The studio didn’t even blame the ongoing Hollywood actors’ strike, which could have been used as a convenient cover story.
Snow White has faced a deluge of negative publicity that began when unauthorized on-set photos were leaked showing the movie’s purported “seven dwarves” played by a multi-racial and gender-diverse cast of grungy hipsters. Only one of the “dwarfs” actually appeared to be an actual dwarf.
The photos set off a social media…
