Why is Snow White coming out in 2025?

Snow White, an American musical fantasy film directed by Marc Webb and written by Erin Cressida Wilson, was delayed a year to March 21, 2025, with the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike cited as the rationale for the delay.

The film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Marc Platt Productions was announced to have a release date of March 22, 2024, in the United States.

The theatrical release will also include engagements in IMAX, Dolby Cinema, 4DX, ScreenX and D-Box while the film stars Rachel Zegler, Andrew Burnap and Gal Gadot.

The movie is a live-action reimagining of Walt Disney’s animated film Snow White and the Brothers Grimm the Seven Dwarfs, which itself on the 1812 fairy tale “Snow White”.

Snow White is a classic fairy tale adapted into various films. It is Disney’s 1937 animated feature, which has been the 2025 live-action remake.

Meanwhile, British film critics have already criticized the remake of Snow White, while US critics have been slightly more positive.

Reviewers Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an initial critics’ score of just 47%.

When star Peter Dinklage described the decision to retell the story in 2022, the debate around the dwarves began. Peter has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia.

The production company has brought some changes to the original narrative in the 2025 adaptation.

Snow White’s escape from her jealous stepmother and her alliance with the seven dwarfs.

While maintaining the core elements, the film incorporates modern themes of empowerment and independence.