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\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tWalt Disney Studios\/Courtesy Everett Collection After the success of 2023\u2019s The Little Mermaid, Disney\u2019s next live-action project is a remake of Snow White \u2014 but not everyone is excited about the new movie. A live-action version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has been in development since at least 2016, but production didn\u2019t kick [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
To add to the drama, Zegler recently sparked feud rumors<\/a> with her costar Gal Gadot<\/strong>, who portrays the Evil Queen, though neither have publicly addressed the speculation. The West Side Story<\/em> star also angered fans of the original animated film for describing Snow White\u2019s prince as a \u201cstalker\u201d in a September 2022 interview with Extra<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s no longer 1937, and we absolutely wrote a Snow White that\u2019s not gonna be saved by the prince, and she\u2019s not gonna be dreaming about true love,\u201d she said in a September 2022 interview with Variety<\/em><\/a>. \u201cShe\u2019s dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be and the leader that her late father told her she could be if she was fearless, fair, brave, and true. And so, it\u2019s just a really incredible story for young people everywhere to see themselves in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n![\"Disney](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Disney-Pauses-Live-Action-Tangled-Amid-Low-Snow-White-Box-Office-2.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Rachel Zegler as Snow White<\/span> Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBack in February, Zegler told Vogue Mexico<\/em><\/a> that she interprets the film\u2019s criticism as \u201cpassion\u201d from fans<\/a>. \u201cWhat an honor to be a part of something that people feel so passionately about, she explained. \u201cWe\u2019re not always going to agree with everyone who surrounds us and all we can do is our best.\u201d<\/p>\nTangled<\/em> was set to be one of the latest Disney princess films to get new life on the big screen. Dwayne Johnson<\/strong> will reprise his role as Maui in the upcoming live-action Moana<\/em>, while newcomer Catherine Laga\u2019aia<\/strong> will follow in Auli\u2019i Cravalho<\/strong>\u2019s footsteps as the titular princess<\/a>.<\/p>\nWhile the new Moana<\/em> is a year away from its premiere, fans can catch the live-action Lilo & Stitch<\/em> when it hits theaters on Friday, May 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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Though the live-action Tangled<\/em> was still in the early development stages, the adaptation already faced controversy of its own when actress Avantika<\/strong> faced racist backlash for being fan-casted as Rapunzel.<\/p>\n\n![\"Disney](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Disney-Pauses-Live-Action-Tangled-Amid-Low-Snow-White-Box-Office-3_44fb82.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe Mean Girls<\/em> star, 20, addressed the aftermath of the casting rumors in a May 2024 interview with USA Today<\/em><\/a>, stating, \u201cMedia literacy is a dying art in the day and age of social media, where you can consume content in short snippets and feel like you know everything without doing even brief research on it. It\u2019s very easy for people to jump to conclusions.\u201d<\/p>\nShe added of Zegler and live-action The Little Mermaid<\/em> star Halle Bailey<\/strong>, \u201cTo get a taste of what Rachel and Halle were experiencing, on a much smaller scale, definitely did scare me a little, because it must have been so much harder for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s no longer 1937, and we absolutely wrote a Snow White that\u2019s not gonna be saved by the prince, and she\u2019s not gonna be dreaming about true love,\u201d she said in a September 2022 interview with Variety<\/em><\/a>. \u201cShe\u2019s dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be and the leader that her late father told her she could be if she was fearless, fair, brave, and true. And so, it\u2019s just a really incredible story for young people everywhere to see themselves in.\u201d<\/p>\n Back in February, Zegler told Vogue Mexico<\/em><\/a> that she interprets the film\u2019s criticism as \u201cpassion\u201d from fans<\/a>. \u201cWhat an honor to be a part of something that people feel so passionately about, she explained. \u201cWe\u2019re not always going to agree with everyone who surrounds us and all we can do is our best.\u201d<\/p>\n Tangled<\/em> was set to be one of the latest Disney princess films to get new life on the big screen. Dwayne Johnson<\/strong> will reprise his role as Maui in the upcoming live-action Moana<\/em>, while newcomer Catherine Laga\u2019aia<\/strong> will follow in Auli\u2019i Cravalho<\/strong>\u2019s footsteps as the titular princess<\/a>.<\/p>\n While the new Moana<\/em> is a year away from its premiere, fans can catch the live-action Lilo & Stitch<\/em> when it hits theaters on Friday, May 23.<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Though the live-action Tangled<\/em> was still in the early development stages, the adaptation already faced controversy of its own when actress Avantika<\/strong> faced racist backlash for being fan-casted as Rapunzel.<\/p>\n The Mean Girls<\/em> star, 20, addressed the aftermath of the casting rumors in a May 2024 interview with USA Today<\/em><\/a>, stating, \u201cMedia literacy is a dying art in the day and age of social media, where you can consume content in short snippets and feel like you know everything without doing even brief research on it. It\u2019s very easy for people to jump to conclusions.\u201d<\/p>\n She added of Zegler and live-action The Little Mermaid<\/em> star Halle Bailey<\/strong>, \u201cTo get a taste of what Rachel and Halle were experiencing, on a much smaller scale, definitely did scare me a little, because it must have been so much harder for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>
\n Rachel Zegler as Snow White<\/span> Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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