''Snow White and the Evil Queen'' is an upcoming American
fantasy film
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written by
Jeremy Boreing and produced by the media company ''
The Daily Wire
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''.
Starring actress and ''Daily Wire'' commentator
Brett Cooper as
Snow White, the film is set to be released through
Bentkey, ''The'' ''Daily Wire''
's subscription streaming app for children.
Cast
*
Brett Cooper as
Snow White
Production
On October 16, 2023, concurrent with the centennial of the founding of
Disney
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, Daily Wire CEO
Jeremy Boreing announced the launch of a kids' content service known as
Bentkey, available that day. In the announcement, Boreing accused Disney of pushing "all the worst excesses of the
woke Left
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" and abandoning
Walt Disney
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's legacy—pointing to controversy around the Disney's own upcoming Snow White remake—and asserted that Bentkey would make "the next generation of timeless stories."
Coinciding with the release of Bentkey, Boreing announced the production of a
live-action adaptation
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of the original ''
Snow White'' story, ''Snow White and the Evil Queen''.
The announcement came after what ''
The Hollywood Reporter
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'' described as a right-wing backlash against Disney's upcoming
''Snow White'' remake.
It will be the first
feature-length production by the Bentkey brand and will star ''Daily Wire'' commentator
Brett Cooper as Snow White. Boreing said that the film would be about "a princess and a prince, about beauty and vanity, about love and its power to raise us from death to life."
Release
The film is expected to be released in 2025.
References
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Upcoming films
American fantasy adventure films
American romantic fantasy films
Films about dwarfs
Films about princesses
Films about royalty
Films about shapeshifting
Films about witchcraft
Films based on Snow White
Upcoming English-language films
Films set in fictional countries
Films set in castles
Films set in the Middle Ages
The Daily Wire films
Films about poisonings
Disney controversies
Conservative media in the United States