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Conservative media company The Daily Wire is making its own live-action Snow White movie. The announcement follows right-wing backlash over Disney's upcoming live-action 'Snow White' film starring Rachel Zegler. The Daily Wire's film will be titled 'Snow White and the Evil Queen' and star YouTuber Brett Cooper as the princess in a film based on the original Brothers Grimm fairy tale, which is now in the public domain.
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00:00Conservative media company The Daily Wire is making its own live-action Snow White movie.
00:05The announcement follows right-wing backlash over Disney's upcoming live-action Snow White
00:09film starring Rachel Zegler. The Daily Wire's version will be titled Snow White and the Evil
00:13Queen. It will star YouTuber Brett Cooper as the princess and be based on the original
00:18Brothers Grimm fairy tale, which is now in the public domain. The company released this teaser.
00:30The film was announced alongside the launch of Bent Key, Daily Wire's new kids entertainment brand
00:34that seeks to take on Disney+. Cooper, who hosts the Daily Wire-produced show The Comments
00:39section with Brett Cooper, said,
00:40I was raised on the original Grimm's fairy tales, so I'm thrilled that we're bringing this iconic
00:44story to life for the next generation. Snow White is such a beautiful character, and I'm honored to
00:49be playing her. Like all the best fairy tales, this is a story with timeless values, like love,
00:54friendship, and kindness. And I can't wait to share them.
00:56The move comes after Disney's upcoming live-action remake of 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
01:02has generated some culture war controversy. First, conservative critics took issue with the casting
01:06of Latina star Zegler as a character described in the original Brothers Grimm story as having skin
01:11as white as snow, and the production changing the Seven Dwarfs into a diverse collection of magical
01:15creatures. Then, 22-year-old Zegler caused a stir when a flurry of comments from late last year
01:20resurfaced over the summer that suggested the new movie would take a different approach to the iconic
01:24character. She's not going to be saved by the prince, and she's not going to be dreaming about
01:28true love. She's dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be. Snow White and the Evil Queen
01:33is coming sometime in 2024. Disney's Snow White is set for theaters on March 22, 2024. The studio had
01:39no immediate comment on the Daily Wire project. For more on this story, go to THR.com. This is the
01:44Hollywood Reporter News.
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