After two Wonder Woman motion pictures (and a 3rd on the best way), it’s laborious to see Gal Gadot as something however a beaming, benevolent superhero. But she’ll be placing her defend and superpowers apart for an equally juicy position with a bit extra of a toxic chew: the Evil Queen in Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of Snow White.
Deadline reports that the actor—who’s additionally a Fast and Furious collection alum; has a brand new Netflix motion film co-starring Dwayne Johnson, Red Notice, arriving quickly; and is seemingly nonetheless engaged on that Cleopatra film with Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins—is in “final negotiations” to play the enduring villain. The beforehand introduced Rachel Zegler (West Side Story, Shazam: Fury of the Gods) will co-star as Snow White within the movie, which shall be directed by Marc Webb (Amazing Spider-Man) with manufacturing starting subsequent 12 months. It’s clearly a very particular venture for Disney since it will likely be a re-do of the studio’s very first animated characteristic; after it turned successful in 1938, a barrage of fairy-tale movies adopted and, properly, haven’t let up since.
Deadline notes that “the live-action film will expand upon the story and music from the original,” with new songs composed by the Oscar- and Tony-winning staff of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen). The commerce additionally means that Gadot was all the time the best choice for the position, after related Disney turns by different Hollywood heavy-hitters like Angelina Jolie (Maleficent) and Cate Blanchett (Cinderalla), in addition to Melissa McCarthy within the forthcoming Little Mermaid—to not point out earlier live-action Evil Queen portrayers like Charlize Theron and Sigourney Weaver.
What do you consider Gadot enjoying the Evil Queen—and who do you assume Disney ought to forged because the precise finest character on this story, the Magic Mirror?
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