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[Badlucktroll]

 

[GloveSlap]

Of course Disney would deny. The last thing they would want is another backlash starting before they even start advertising the movie. I eagerly await Disney coincidentally announcing a delay and reshoots.

 

[newtypepilot]

don't worry guys, there's a lot of dIvErSiTy!!!



this is what happens when you let talentless snowflakes in charge.

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

Looks fucking hilarious. I hope it's actually real.

 

[Dural]

Not a Disney production.

So not Rachel Zegler.. maybe some shopping going on in the Zegler closeup?

It is the Disney production, there were stand ins for Zegler and Burnap. That is how the seven dwarves will look.

 

[cash_longfellow]

Well.

This looks like it's going to be doozy.

Can wait for the Gaf thread, should be and city

 

[Tertullian]

Why do the dwarves look like a bunch of losers from 1975 that somehow missed the memo that the hippie movement died?

 

[ManaByte]

It is the Disney production, there were stand ins for Zegler and Burnap. That is how the seven dwarves will look.

Except they're apparently not even humanoid in the Disney one. They've said they're creatures or something.

 

[analog_future]

Uhhhhhh wut? Only one of them is a dwarf.

EXCLUSIVE Snow White and the Seven... Politically-Correct Companions?

EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Zegler, who plays the fictional princess, has been pictured for the first time with her new companions who appear to be a mix of genders, ethnicities and heights.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I didn't know Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros were still together

 

[Putonahappyface]

 

[ManaByte]

Disney Assures Peter Dinklage on 'Snow White' Reboot: 'We Are Taking a Different Approach' on Dwarf Characters

Disney has finally responded to Peter Dinklage, who expressed concern and outrage over the studio's forthcoming remake of Snow White.

www.thewrap.com

Instead of dwarfs, Disney will fill the void with a group of what they describe as "magical creatures," according to casting sheets that TheWrap has seen. (They are currently looking for voice actors to give these creatures personality.)

 

[kruis]

Some unnamed rep at Disney denying it doesn't establish anything conclusively.

Update:

When asked by The Daily Beast for comment on the Daily Mail's article, which touts photos of what it claims is Snow White's cast, a Disney spokesperson said, "The photos are fake and not from our production. We are currently trying to have the Daily Mail issue a correction."

When reached by The Daily Beast, the Daily Mail refuted Disney's claim that the photos were fake. The outlet has since added a correction to the bottom of the article that states: "This article has been amended since initial publication to correctly identify the actress portraying Snow White as an extra who stood in for post-production photography. Disney confirm that stand-ins were used for both Rachel Zegler and Andrew Burnap in these images."

‘Snow White’ Set Pics Stir Anti-Woke Criticism

Disney initially claimed the pictures from the live-action set were “fake” but later backtracked.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[Dural]

Disney Assures Peter Dinklage on 'Snow White' Reboot: 'We Are Taking a Different Approach' on Dwarf Characters

Disney has finally responded to Peter Dinklage, who expressed concern and outrage over the studio's forthcoming remake of Snow White.

www.thewrap.com

From the Daily Mail article

'To avoid reinforcing stereotypes from the original animated film, we are taking a different approach with these seven characters and have been consulting with members of the dwarfism community,' a spokesperson said.

'We look forward to sharing more as the film heads into production after a lengthy development period.'

In December last year, sources close to the production said Snow White's seven 'dwarfs' were not going to be fully computer generated, and wouldn't be dwarfs at all.

Instead, she would be befriended by magical, forest-dwelling creatures.

A source connected with the production explained that they will be rather like the trolls in Frozen, or JRR Tolkein's hobbits. They will have two legs, two arms and a face with eyes, nose and a mouth . . . but not be actually human.

First off, what exactly are the stereotypes portrayed in the animated movie? That they're short?

The Hobbits didn't look too different from humans other than their height and feet.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

That photo has to be fake? It can't look that bad even for Disney, can it?

If it is real, wow I just have no words....

 

[mosantos]

Snow white and the seven hipsters

 

[DeafTourette]

The 7 people are stand ins for visual effects to be placed later. That's why they're so bright colored

 

[Eiknarf]

So is Rachel Zegler playing Snow White or not?

 

[jason10mm]

The 7 people are stand ins for visual effects to be placed later. That's why they're so bright colored

But wouldn't that be those green suits with the ping pong balls? These folks are wearing actual clothes, of various cuts, styles, and patterns, not something that says "I'm the talking cat, I'm the goblin, I'm the shoggoth, etc". Seems to me that whatever this is, they are supposed to look like that for the film. Not something meant to be overwritten with CGI, even a sophisticated green screen using each pattern to be replaced, as these guys are carrying rope, sticks, and their outfits have lapels, half have long hair over the clothes, and whatnot. Plus they are not wearing masks or anything to track their heads for replacement. So if they are to be completely replaced, why are they even there? The shadows, the trail through the grass?

 

[DeafTourette]

But wouldn't that be those green suits with the ping pong balls? These folks are wearing actual clothes, of various cuts, styles, and patterns, not something that says "I'm the talking cat, I'm the goblin, I'm the shoggoth, etc". Seems to me that whatever this is, they are supposed to look like that for the film. Not something meant to be overwritten with CGI, even a sophisticated green screen using each pattern to be replaced, as these guys are carrying rope, sticks, and their outfits have lapels, half have long hair over the clothes, and whatnot. Plus they are not wearing masks or anything to track their heads for replacement. So if they are to be completely replaced, why are they even there? The shadows, the trail through the grass?

Brother, I have no idea. I'm actually just guessing. LoL! But the lead woman isn't Rachel Ziegler. So I dunno.

 

[jason10mm]

Brother, I have no idea. I'm actually just guessing. LoL! But the lead woman isn't Rachel Ziegler. So I dunno.

I think this is something else entirely, or there is a surreal meta aspect to the disney film at some point, like a drug trip.

I'm going with a commercial or something like that.

 

[simpatico]

This will certainly get people to start visiting the Disney theme parks again.

 

[Shtef]

Looks like a cheap cosplay.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Snow Brown and the seven people of varying heights.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Dwarf in the front still looks like Dave Grohl.

Dave Grohl in hungry times

 

[ahtlas7]

hi ho oh no

 

[Pop]

Modern Day Disney Retelling

Truly what I expected

 

[Billbofet]

I think along with the slowing down of Marvel and Star Wars content, Disney may want to consider pumping the brakes on this too.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Looks like a cheap cosplay.

At least cosplay are cool.

 

[Aurelius]

Looks lke a cheap porn parody.

 

[NoLootBoxDev]

............................................................................................................................

 

[SJRB]

I love how even though this looks absolutely terrible as low-budget dogshit people are not quite sure if it's real or not.

Speaks volumes about the quality of Disney's output.

 

[StueyDuck]

what's that mr Igor? you aren't going to try and do better? you are going to still release all the projects set up by the team that's lost you money? aaah ok, makes sense.

 

[NoLootBoxDev]

and do not forget that this

is jealous of snow white......Terrible casting in many possible ways.

 

[AJUMP23]

and do not forget that this

is jealous of snow white......Terrible casting in many possible ways.

Cheering for the wicked queen all the sudden.

 

[MayauMiao]

Why do the dwarves look like a bunch of losers from 1975 that somehow missed the memo that the hippie movement died?

Can say the same thing about Last Jedi's casts.

 

[AJUMP23]

Old Disney dad was dead. Modern Disney mom is dead. Post modern Disney Gender is dead.

 

[TGO]

Why do the dwarves look like a bunch of losers from 1975 that somehow missed the memo that the hippie movement died?

Sounds like what I see when I walk out my door

 

[Bojji]

Looks lke a cheap porn parody.

Italian snow white porn "classic" looks much better than this.

 

[eddie4]

I wonder what the story is going to be, as they are obviously not miners, and they have 'magic.' She's gonna be knocked unconscious by her step-mothers anti-wokeness and the 'magic' crew gonna bring her back to life with Evanescence playing in the background and the Prince telling her how she's a strong independent woman? Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the wokest of them all? Yass queen, slay...

I dono, it just all seems unnecessary. The only reason they are remaking it so that they can keep the IP. They don't care at this point.

 

[Esca]

and do not forget that this

is jealous of snow white......Terrible casting in many possible ways.

Reminds me of those snow white and the huntsman movies where Charlize Theron was suppose to be jealous of Kristen Stewart lmao

 

[Banjo64]

dont use daily beast as a source.

how are they fake?

Just a perfectly normal scene in Bedfordshire.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Looks like some high school dress up drama class.

 

[Eiknarf]

Why do we gotta remake everything?????!!!

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Why do we gotta remake everything?????!!!

Easier to leverage old classic IPs redoing them instead of new ideas.

Look at Batman and Spiderman movies. Every 10 years they seem to get remade. I think Spiderman had two origins kind of movies even faster. So instead of seeing progression in a movie or new plots it's Peter Parker in high school against the green goblin and Batman seeing his parents die becoming the caped crusader for the first time again and again. And it'll be Joker again.

 

[jason10mm]

I dono, it just all seems unnecessary. The only reason they are remaking it so that they can keep the IP. They don't care at this point.

I don't think they can lock the IP, the base fairy tale is long in the public domain. What they can do is lock down the "Disney" aspects, like her appearance, the names of the dwarves, and stuff like that so when the cartoon goes into the PD in a few years those components are more firmly in their control.

Freezing the public domain for so long is one of the greatest cultural crimes Disney ever perpetuated. It stifles creativity of new folks looking to riff on an old story and encourages companies to keep mining their past instead of developing new things.

 

[Goalus]

Looks diverse and inclusive.

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

The 7 people are stand ins for visual effects to be placed later. That's why they're so bright colored

That makes no sense. This is probably for shots from afar.

 

[Yoda]

So Snow White not being White aside... Are they not dwarves either? What is the "magical creature" nonsense?

 

[chromhound]

 

[Dr.Morris79]

It's weird I'll never own a Disney sub now but they just keep on giving me so much good stuff laugh at

It feels wrong. But i'll take it.