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Disney’s going back to the drawing board for their ‘Snow White’ reboot — ’cause they just delayed its release by a year … and are now promising actual dwarves, albeit fake ones.<\/p>\n
The Mouse House made the announcement Friday … instead of coming out in March, the ‘SW’ live-action film is slated for Spring 2025. Some cite the ongoing actors’ strike as the impetus for this, but others see a far more obvious reason … a helluva lot of backlash.<\/p>\n
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That seems to be confirmed with the first official publicity pic Disney released amid the delay news. You see Rachel Zegler<\/strong> (as Snow White) surrounded by the Seven Dwarfs … only here, they’re all completely animated with CGI — and they’re short, just like in the OG.<\/p>\n Why that’s taking people by surprise … earlier this year, set photos<\/strong> from this film leaked prematurely — which showed ’em doing pickup shots out in the UK, and which appeared to unveil what the “dwarfs” were going to look like in this reimagined 21st-century version.<\/p>\n Instead of using little-person actors to play the dwarves … Disney opted to cast 6 random people (or typical height) and only 1 little person — a decision that pissed off many online.<\/p>\n Of course, the whole reason they even went that route was because of Peter Dinklage<\/strong>‘s very public griping<\/strong> about the whole ‘Snow White’ story … which he found demeaning to little people and completely “backwards.” As a result, Disney promised to go in another direction.<\/p>\n Now, however, the studio seems to be backtracking yet again — ’cause here, they’re teasing actual dwarves … which appears to indicate they are, in fact, going to play up the classic.<\/p>\n Of course, if they do animate these dwarves (as is suggested in the promo pic) … that’ll undoubtedly get even more flak — ’cause it’ll make it so no little person actors can snag the coveted gigs. Plus, doing all CGI will cost a crap ton of more money … so we’ll see what Disney actually ends up doing. It’s possible these drawn dwarves are just fill-ins for now.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/d6\/16by9\/2022\/01\/25\/d6ad7cc572164c5f91b7b931d4ea3584_md.png\")
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