When it was first announced almost a decade ago, Disney’s big-budget, live-action remake of their beloved 1937 animated classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs looked like a straightforward money-spinner for the studio.
Following the success of Kenneth Branagh’s 2015 version of Cinderella and Jon Favreau’s 2016 adaptation of The Jungle Book, bringing Snow White back to the big screen seemed like a relatively simple way for Disney to cash in on one of their most popular pieces of intellectual property while also reviving a traditional fairytale.
