Rachel Zegler stars alongside seven CG dwarfs

After a turbulent few years of figuring itself out, Disney is ready to play hits with sequels, reboots and the company's patented live-action remakes. And in 2025, director Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer, The Amazing Spider-Man) will dare to remake certifiable history, when his remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, adapted from the first animated feature film produced in the United States, graces screens. The trailer for the film debuted at D23 Expo 2024 last Friday, showcasing what star Rachel Zegler brings to the classic role.

Written by Greta Gerwig (Barbie) and Erin Cressida Wilson (Secretary), Snow White aims to update the 1937 original while keeping all the iconography intact. Zegler, who Steven Spielberg plucked from obscurity for his West Side Story remake and extended his on-screen singing skills a second time in the recent The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, directs the musical film and, yes, will sing. The film is expected to be a mix of numbers like "Whistle While You Work" and new songs from the duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, best known for Dear Evan Hansen and that Hugh Jackman circus musical. Gal Gadot will reprise her role as the Evil Queen, but it's unclear if she'll sing.

The dwarves, Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy and Sneezy, will also appear in the film, but will be brought to life through the art of computer animation to bring them closer to the design of the original film. This hasn't really gone well. When the film began production in 2022, Peter Dinklage, who has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia, called out Disney on Marc Maron's WTF podcast for what he saw as supporting stereotypes.