After raiding the crown jewels for just about every live action reboot imaginable, Disney has finally gotten around to the one that started it all, the 1937 classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
The film represented Walt Disney’s first-ever full length animated feature. Originally the studio plan was to re-release their animated vault treasures every seven years for a new generation of kids, but they got the bright idea to instead remake them as live action features.
Thus we have had versions of Sleeping Beauty reimagined around evil Maleficent; Peter Pan; Fantasia; Dumbo; Pinocchio; even three variations on 101 Dalmatians including Cruella; The Lion King; Jungle Book; Aladdin; Mulan; Alice In Wonderland; The Little Mermaid; and an unfortunate attempt to meddle with my favorite, Lady And The Tramp, among others.
The best in the live action genre to date remains Bill Condon’s blockbuster Beauty And The Beast; and Kenneth Branagh’s splendid Cinderella.
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