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published by the Daily Mail, featured Snow White accompanied not by seven little men but by actors of different “genders, ethnicities, and heights.” The Mail headline — “EXCLUSIVE: Snow White and the Seven … Politically-Correct Companions?” — quickly made waves online as conservatives criticized the “woke” update.Then, a Disney representative told the Daily Beast that the photos were “fake and not from our production.”Disney later reversed the claim and told the Daily Beast that the photos were from the set of “Snow White,” though they were not “official” photos. EXCLUSIVE Snow White and the Seven… Politically-Correct Companions? https://t.co/gOantUJDEQ pic.twitter.com/Gn8NpFIEKPAdding to the confusion, the original Daily Mail article erroneously reported that actors Rachel Zegler — slated to portray the fairest of them all — and Andrew Burnap were pictured.

declared on X, formerly Twitter. Other fans mocked Skarsgård’s appearance in the first look photos, saying, “They casted The Crow reboot by asking pedestrians from Miami if they’d like to be in a movie,” and that Skarsgård was “hotter as Pennywise,” and “Getting Jared Leto Joker vibes off this.

casting Halle Bailey as a black Ariel, the new live-action remake of Disney’s 1989 animated classic will find the mermaid heroine having a “more grown-up and mature” relationship with Prince Eric, according to his portrayer Jonah Hauer-King.That includes an update of Alan Menken’s “Kiss the Girl” lyrics so that it wouldn’t seem as if Eric was forcing himself on Ariel.“My understanding is that there were some feelings around consent and asking to kiss someone, which makes total sense to me,” Hauer-King, 27, told the Hollywood Reporter.Having witnessed the racist backlash that Bailey faced for playing Ariel, the London native said he does “not really understand what to make of it.”“Rob [Marshall, the director] and the producers and Disney didn’t approach this film and this casting with any kind of agenda — they just wanted to cast the person who was best for the role,” said Hauer-King.“Ultimately, you want someone who has the best voice and the best spirit and the most charisma, charm and humor and best acting talent, and that’s Halle,” he concluded.Hauer-King — whose credits include the 2019 film “A Dog’s Way Home” and the BBC drama “World on Fire” — initially auditioned for “The Little Mermaid” as just a “fun experience.” But after seven months of auditions, he scored his own casting coup, beating out none other than Harry Styles for the coveted role.“He’s pretty cool and amazingly talented, so yeah, it was cool to be mentioned in the same breath,” he said of the “As It Was” singer, who talked with Marshall about playing Eric.But it was Hauer-King who ended up going through three months of rehearsals for the part, learning to ride horses, work with dogs, scuba dive, row and operate a horse carriage“I’ve never done so

addressed the backlash that has spread across the Internet about his character’s appearance.Jacob Tremblay defended Flounder’s portrayal at the world premiere of the movie in Los Angeles on Monday, saying that it “works out perfectly.”“I was shown the design when I went in for the audition and I saw the movie last night and, I have to say that I think it really, really worked,” the 16-year-old actor told People. “I think that they were geniuses and they knew exactly what they were doing.”“And I think it works out perfectly.

upcoming live-action remake after solo character posters from the Halle Bailey-led film were released Wednesday. The new version of the originally plump yellow and blue animated fish — who despite his name is actually a tropical fish — appears mostly silver with dark blue stripes and only some yellow trickling down his scales.

upcoming live-action remake to emphasize consent and female empowerment. In an interview published Tuesday, Vanity Fair asked Alan Menken, the 73-year-old prolific Disney composer, if any changes needed to be made to the music from the 1989 animated flick.

Deadline confirmed on Tuesday.The sci-fi flick was based on Jean-Claude Forest’s French comic book series and starred Fonda, now 84, as a glamorous futuristic space astronaut as she battles evil across the cosmos.Roger Vadim directed the picture over 50 years ago and while the movie originally wasn’t a box office hit, it became a cult classic over the years.The film earned much praise in the United Kingdom, and it became the year’s second-highest-grossing film. A director, writer and a full cast list have yet to be announced. John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O’Shea, Marcel Marceau and Claude Dauphin also starred alongside Fonda in “Barbarella.”The “White Lotus” star is currently has several projects under her belt, including a supportive role in the “Spider-Man” spinoff, “Madame Web.”Sweeney, who just launched a production company of her own, also recently finished shooting the movie “National Anthem” with singer Halsey.The Washington-born actress caused a stir earlier this year when she claimed “they don’t pay actors like they used to” — despite her Emmy nomination, starring roles in upcoming movies and her first $3 million mansion.However, in August, she spoke to IndieWire at length about her growing career and that she feels that she has an array of options when picking her roles.

¡Qué bueno!The two Latino icons will co-star in a Latinx remake of the classic rom-com “Father of the Bride.”A new teaser for the upcoming family comedy dropped on Monday, showing the two actors as a couple headed for divorce just as their oldest child is about to tie the knot herself. The story takes viewers into 2022 Miami and revolves around a Cuban-American family led by Garcia, 66, as Billy, and Estefan, 64, as Ingrid. The pair-on-the-rocks are in for a wild ride when their daughter Sophie (Adria Arjona) marries into a very rich Mexican-American family, helmed by her fiancé Adan (Diego Boneta).

Entertainment Weekly reported.“I’m just like, what are you doing?” the 52-year-old Emmy winner told Maron of the reboot, which will star “West Side Story” actress Rachel Zegler, who recently called herself a “white Latina,” as Snow White.Dinklage, who has achondroplasia, a type of dwarfism that results in him being 4-foot-5, found the movie especially hypocritical as they were “very proud to cast a Latina actress as Snow White.”“You’re progressive in one way, but then you’re still making that f–king backwards story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together, what the f–k are you doing, man?” the “Station Agent” actor spluttered. “Take a step back and look at what you’re doing there.

Hollywood Reporter. Legendary — which has previously produced blockbusters including “Godzilla vs. Kong,” “John Wick” and “The Dark Knight” — will be working with Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber of 2018’s psychological memoir-based thriller “Cam” for the flick.When “Faces of Death” was released over 40 years ago, it was promoted as a documentary — similar to 1999’s “The Blair Witch Project” — successfully inciting outrage at its gruesome content.

according to a Deadline report. The film from New Line will be directed by Nicole Kassell of HBO’s popular “Watchmen.” Here’s an idea for her: Drive down to Ace Hardware, buy a jackhammer and rip up the Yellow Brick Road so nobody can ever access it again.

trailer for the remake of “The Witches,” a beloved 1990 dark comedy about a convention for witches, has dropped, giving a first look at the updated tale directed by Oscar-winner Robert Zemeckis (“Forrest Gump,” “Back to the Future”).The star-studded cast also includes Oscar winners Anne Hathaway (“Les Misérables,” “The Devil Wears Prada”) and Octavia Spencer (“The Help,” “The Shape of Water”), as well as Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci (“The Hunger Games,” “The Lovely Bones”), Kristin Chenoweth (“Glee” and “BoJack Horseman”) and comedy legend Chris Rock.Hathaway, 37, assumes the role of the Grand High Witch, a part Anjelica Huston played in the original which required her to spend two hours in the makeup chair daily before shooting, according

reported Variety. This time around, a teen girl, who’s an influencer, turns a dorky boy into prom king.The 19-year-old, who is the second-most followed star on the platform, will take on the cool kid role played by Freddie Prinze Jr.

coronavirus has delayed many of the productions, so it might be a while before any of them hit the small and big screens. But here’s an exhaustive list of everything slated to make a comeback soon, whether we asked for it or not.Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer called this sequel “one of the worst kept secrets in Hollywood,” after rumors first swirled in July.

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EXCLUSIVE: Treehouse Pictures has set in motion what it’s describing as a diverse remake of 1991 coming-of-age comedy, “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead,” which is being written by Chuck Hayward with Bille Woodruff attached to direct. Hayward’s take is a present-day retelling centered on a black family.