Snow White (2024)

"This article is about an alternative version of the upcoming Disney's Live Action."Snow White is an upcoming live-action musical/fantasy adaptation of Walt Disney's 1937 animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which was based on the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. Production in the film began on March 1, 2022 in London, England and ended on July 8, 2022. The film is scheduled to be released on March 22, 2024. The film stars Billie Eilish as Snow White, Lady Gaga as The Evil Queen and Michael Cimino as Prince Ferdinand. The ensemble cast that includes Joseph Fiennes, Sarah Jessica Parker, Gerard Butler, Billy Eichner and Jack Black.

Plot
Snow White lives in her grand castle in her beautiful kingdom, surrounded by people who love and admire her. In fact, Snow is known as the most altruistic and cheerful princess by the vast majority of the kingdoms, and many are surprised by her endless dose of smiles and perseverance, rumors running that she is bewitched with the gift of happiness by word of mouth.

All this happiness is put to the test when Snow's mother passes away and she finds herself in a moment of indifference with the world, making her question the meaning of the things around her. Her father, apparently not shaken by the loss of his wife, decides to marry again, more for political reasons, this time with Grimhilde, a snobbish and vain queen who was interested in unifying the kingdoms and forming a bigger and more powerful one. Proving to be kind even in the face of adversity, Branca tries to approach the queen, without success, learning that her new stepmother is pure narcissism.

A little over a year later, after months of a passive aggressive relationship between stepmother and stepdaughter, the girls' father is found dead in his room, with everyone thinking it was suicide. Snow mourns her father's death with regret and finds herself trapped in the queen's clutches, at the same time trying to understand why he would do that. Believing she has lost her smile, Snow decides to go out and wander in the neighboring kingdom of her childhood friend, Prince Ferdinand. The two go to different parts of the kingdom and discuss the future, with Snow being melancholy but hopeful about what she can do.

Meanwhile, the Queen consults her magic mirror about her beauty and discovers that "there are people in your bloodline with more beauty to offer", realizing that Snow White is taking her place as the fairest of all. Determined to put an end to this, the queen sends a huntsman to find and murder her stepdaughter.

Back in the kingdom, Snow remains in the woods, a little afraid to return to the castle she once called home. The huntsman then finds her and tries to assassinate her, but ends up retreating and sending her to flee as far as it was because the queen was smart and would find a way to locate her. Desperate with her painful situation, Snow runs into the wild and dark forest and reflects on how absurd her life has become.

Snow, inert to his current state, disassociates himself from reality and has countless thoughts in that forest clearing. She then tries to sing to get her smile back and tries to get out of apathy, finding several animals on the way that lead her to a small house further on. She enters the empty house and is shocked by the dirt, deciding to clean everything as a way to ward off bad thoughts and as a favor to be able to be a tenant there. Later, a family of seven dwarf brothers arrive and find Snow asleep in their beds. Soon recognizing that it was the princess, they understand when the girl explains her situation, because much is said about the malevolent character of the monarch.

The Queen discovers that Snow White is still alive and breaks her mirror in a rage, deciding that she will execute the Princess with her own hands. The witch queen produces a potion according to her book that promises to take away a person's reason for living. She applies it to an apple and then turns into an old woman as a disguise, and heads towards the dwarfs' house.

Snow White is alone in the dwarfs' house, singing while working on pie production with the help of her animal friends. Surprise appears as the shape of the disguised queen in the window, scaring the girl. The elderly woman asks for a glass of milk and a chair to rest from her journey. Snow helps her and listens to the stranger talk about how the last days of her life have been difficult and miserable, and how she no longer sees the fun in existing. Snow reflects on herself and the old woman offers her a solution for this, being her enchanted apple that promises to make dreams come true and make everything as perfect as possible. Seeking meaning for her life, Snow accepts to try the apple and feels strange, soon feeling that she has completely lost her ethereal joy. The queen complains that the girl has not died and tastes the apple too, soon finding herself in the reality she was in: she had become old and unattractive. The animals set out to attack her and chase her through the same haunting forest that Snow went through the first time.

The princess is found morose and apathetic by the dwarves, who learn of the spell. They tell that the way to break any bad spell was through true love's kiss. The plan then is to take her to Ferdinand's kingdom, which Snow claims to like.

Once there, she talks about her condition to the prince and he kisses the girl, who doesn't look any different. He then assumes that he likes her a lot, but that he honestly doesn't love her that much and that it was difficult. Snow recognizes the same and in the end understands that, even though she is not the happiest and smiling princess of all the kingdoms, she can still have a good life and finds a meaning for her existence: helping other people.

Cast

 * Billie Eilish as Snow White
 * Lady Gaga as The Evil Queen
 * Michael Cimino as Prince Ferdinand
 * Joseph Fiennes as The First King
 * Sarah Jessica Parker as The First Queen
 * Gerard Butler as The Huntsman
 * Billy Eichner as Sneezy
 * Jack Black as Grumpy
 * Bowen Yang as Dopey
 * Matt Rogers as Sleepy
 * Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Bashful
 * Michael Sheen as Doc
 * Keegan Michael Key as Happy