Live-action adaptation of Disney’s SNOW WHITE in development starring West Side Story’s Rachel Zegler

A live-action adaptation of Disney’s Snow White is in planning, with Rachel Zegler (breakout star of Steven Spielberg’s upcoming West Side Story film) in the title role.

Directed by Marc Webb, production is expected to start in 2022. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the inaugural animated feature film for Disney, and this film will expand upon the story and music from the original. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen) will also write new songs for the movie.

Zegler more than earned the role of Maria when she fought off more than 30,000 actresses for the iconic role in West Side Story, which is released in December 2021, also starring Ansel Elgort and Rita Moreno.