“Disney’s Snow White” is a live-action musical reimagining of the classic 1937 film. The magical music adventure journeys back to the timeless story with beloved characters Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy. “Disney’s Snow White” is directed by Marc Webb, written by Erin Cressida Wilson, and produced by Marc Platt, p.g.a., and Jared LeBoff, p.g.a., with Callum McDougall serving as executive producer, and features all-new original songs from Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
Rachel Zegler as Snow White in Disney’s live-action SNOW WHITE. Photo courtesy of Disney.
Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen and Rachel Zegler as Snow White in Disney’s live-action SNOW WHITE. Photo
Disney’s Snow White,[6][7] or simply Snow White, is a 2025 American musical fantasy film directed by Marc Webb and produced by Marc Platt Productions for Walt Disney Pictures. It is a live-action reimagining[8][9] of Walt Disney‘s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which was based on the 1812 fairy tale “Snow White” by the Brothers Grimm. The film stars Rachel Zegler as the title character, a noble princess who escapes assassination by her stepmother, the Evil Queen (Gal Gadot), and joins with seven magical characters[a] and a rogue bandit named Jonathan (Andrew Burnap) to reclaim her kingdom.
Plans for a Snow White remake were confirmed in October 2016, with Erin Cressida Wilson announced as a screenwriter. Webb entered talks to direct in May 2019 and was announced as director in September. Principal photography took place in the UK from March to July 2022, with additional reshoots took place in June 2024. The film was initially set to be released in March 2024 but faced delays due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.
Prior to its release, the film generated significant controversy regarding its color-blind casting, changes to the story, and the reimagining of the Seven Dwarfs. Additional backlash stemmed from lead actress Zegler’s public critiques of the original film and Donald Trump, as well as her and Gadot’s opposing views on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, leading to calls for boycotts.
Snow White premiered at Alcázar of Segovia in Segovia, Spain, on March 12, 2025, before its theatrical release in the United States on March 21. It received mixed reviews; Zegler’s performance was consistently praised, while critics took issue with some of the film’s stylistic choices. It has grossed $171.1 million worldwide. With a production budget of $240–270 million, it is one of Disney’s most expensive films.
Plot
A benevolent king and queen welcome their daughter during a snowstorm, naming her Snow White to honor the day. Years later, the queen falls ill and passes away. The king hastily remarries before mounting a campaign against an encroaching threat. When he does not return, the new queen usurps the throne, revealing herself as an enchantress whose vanity surpasses her beauty.
Under the Evil Queen‘s rule, subjects are either left destitute or conscripted into the royal guard. Snow White, meanwhile, is confined to the palace as a scullery maid. The Queen, fearing that Snow White’s beauty will outshine her own, consults a Magic Mirror daily, asking it to name “the fairest one of all”. The Mirror always responds in her favor, pleasing her.
One day, Snow White sees Jonathan, the cynical leader of a band of bandits, raiding the pantry. When he is sentenced to be tied to the gates, she frees him and gives him food. That same day, the Magic Mirror declares that Snow White is now the fairest. Enraged, the Queen orders the Royal Huntsman to take Snow White into the forest, kill her, and bring her heart back in a jeweled box. The Huntsman instead warns Snow White of the Queen’s intentions. At his urging, Snow White flees deep into the forest.
Woodland creatures lead Snow White to a secluded cottage, where she falls asleep. Later that night, she awakes to find herself confronted by the cottage’s owners, seven “magical beings”—Doc, Grumpy, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, Happy, and Dopey—who work in a diamond mine. They take pity on her and agree to let her stay. Meanwhile, the Queen, having learned from the Magic Mirror that Snow White is still alive, imprisons the Huntsman before ordering a manhunt.
Snow White and Jonathan meet again in the forest and fend off the guards alongside the bandits. The two realize their feelings for each other before Jonathan departs to find the king, whom Snow White believes may still be alive. Jonathan is captured by the guards and imprisoned by the Queen, who deduces Snow White’s whereabouts. Retreating to her secret chambers, she transforms into a peddler woman and creates a poisoned apple to curse Snow White with the Sleeping Death.
After Snow White’s friends leave for work, the Queen finds their cottage and tricks Snow White into eating the apple by saying she is an ally of Jonathan’s. She then reveals to her stepdaughter that she killed her father. Snow White falls into the “Sleeping Death,” and the Queen retreats to her castle. Snow White’s friends find her sleeping body upon returning. Having escaped, Jonathan arrives to discover her dead and mournfully kisses her. Snow White awakens and rallies her friends and Jonathan’s bandits to overthrow the Evil Queen.
Snow White confronts her stepmother, who forcefully goads her to take the throne, placing a diamond dagger into her hand. Snow White refuses to hurt her, reminding the people what the kingdom used to be like under her parents’ rule. Moved by the memories and the princess’ kindness, the guards stand up to the Queen and join Snow White’s friends, the bandits, the Huntsman, and the civilians. The Queen tries to attack Snow White, but the dwarfs and bandits defend her. The Magic Mirror tells the Queen that Snow White will always be fairer than her due to her kindness and justness. Snow White arrives to see the Queen destroying the Mirror, which is revealed to be the source of her powers. As a result, she turns into glass herself and disappears into a vortex while the Magic Mirror repairs itself.
Having been named the new queen at a grand celebration, Snow White rules the land justly.
