Disney’s Snow White is finally coming to ODEON on 21 March – so don’t be Dopey or you’ll miss out on tickets (and end up Grumpy). Here’s our guide to the iconic fairytale’s live action reboot – from Rachel Zegler’s brand-new song to Gal Gadot’s ordeal in the makeup chair as the Evil Queen!
Snow White release date: 21 March 2025
Snow White 2025 buzz – Why is everyone talking about the new Snow White movie?
Unless you’ve spent the past decade locked in a witch’s tower with patchy Wi-Fi, you can’t have missed Disney’s live action movie campaign. From 2015’s Cinderella right through to this month’s Mufasa: The Lion King, the Mouse House has rebooted no fewer than 16 of its classic animations, with human actors and photorealistic technology so cutting-edge it makes NASA look like monkeys throwing paper aeroplanes.
But there was always one glaring omission. For many Disney connoisseurs, 1937’s Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs was Walt’s finest hour, scoring an honorary Oscar, ranked as the greatest animated feature of all time by the American Film Institute and preserved in the National Film Registry for its cultural impact.
As Empire Magazine dryly noted: “No pressure”. But having pulled together a dream team – including 500 Days Of Summer director Marc Webb and Barbie screenwriter Greta Gerwig, with Rachel Zegler as the titular princess and Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen – Snow White lands at ODEON on 21 March. Whistle while you book.
Snow White 2025 plot – What happens in the new Snow White live action movie?
All credit to the Brothers Grimm. Back in 1812, the German folklorists took this obscure folk tale to the masses, and more than a century later, Walt Disney kept most of the plot points for his 1937 animation.
So here’s what will probably happen in the new Snow White movie. Rachel Zegler plays the orphaned princess brought up by her wicked stepmother (Gal Gadot). Well, we say ‘brought up’, but the Evil Queen is a properly useless guardian, forcing Snow White to toil as a scullery maid – then ordering a huntsman to cut out her heart after her magical mirror proclaims the younger woman “the fairest of all”.
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Snow White flees to the forest, where she is taken in and becomes housekeeper for a troupe of seven gem-mining little people called Grumpy, Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Bashful, Dopey and Doc. Furious to learn of her escape – and sick of the mirror’s constant negging – the Queen transforms into a hag, grabs a poisoned apple and sets off into the forest to commit fruit-based homicide. And that’s all we’re saying.
Cast of Snow White 2025 – Who’s playing Snow White?
You’ve watched Rachel Zegler in West Side Story, Shazam 2 and The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes. But if you saw the social media shots of the 23-year-old playing dress-up as Snow White in her childhood, you’ll know this role is her life’s ambition. “Never in a million years,” she told Variety, “did I imagine this would be a possibility for me.”
The cast of Snow White 2025 also features Andrew Burnap as love interest Jonathan, Ansu Kabia as the Huntsman and Patrick Page as the Magic Mirror. Meanwhile, Snow White’s pint-sized housemates are led by Martin Klebba (Pirates Of The Caribbean) as Grumpy.
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Gal Gadot in Snow White – What do we know about the Evil Queen?
As the face of DC’s mega-franchise Wonder Woman, you’d think auditions were a thing of the past for Gal Gadot. But as the Israeli actress told GQ, director Marc Webb had just one question mark. “They needed to make sure I can sing, because this is a musical. It was the first time I had to audition for a project in a while. So for a month I was working on the song, and then I auditioned, and we filmed the song and I got the part, and it was very exciting.”
Gadot’s Evil Queen is all gemstones, cheekbones and billowing cloaks – while the star says it was “delicious and delightful” coming over to the dark side for her first villain. “’When I told my daughters that I’m going to shoot Snow White for a month, they were convinced that I’m going to play Snow White,” Gadot told People. “But when I told her, ‘No, it’s the Evil Queen,’ my oldest said, ‘Oh, how appropriate…’”
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Snow White trailer – What happens in the footage we’ve seen so far?
Disney’s live action movies get more jaw-dropping every year. Check out the Snow White trailer scene where the princess befriends a menagerie of woodland animals, or the moment when the dwarves race along in a minecart, Indiana Jones-style. If this footage looks good on your smartphone, just imagine what’ll happen when we supersize it at ODEON and IMAX.
Snow White soundtrack – What songs will feature in the new Snow White movie?
There’d be a riot if director Marc Webb didn’t include all-time classics “Heigh-Ho” and “Whistle While You Work” (don’t worry, we’ve seen snippets of both songs in early footage). But it’s exciting to hear that Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (the team who worked on The Greatest Showman and Disney’s live action Aladdin) have penned a whole new songbook.
For a first taste, check out the end of the Snow White trailer, where Rachel Zegler belts Disney’s latest and greatest ‘want song’, “Waiting On A Wish”.
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Snow White age rating – Who can watch the Snow White remake at ODEON?
Since the Grimm fairytale, Snow White always had a few hairy moments. For the youngest viewers, the Evil Queen could be a little frightening (and that’s before she transforms into a hag). Plus, don’t forget that after Snow White eats the toxic apple, Grumpy and the gang watch over the princess’s body in a glass coffin. Fortunately, the Snow White live action movie never gets too dark and the joy always shines through.
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Snow White trivia – What’s a fun fact about the new Snow White movie?
As one of Hollywood’s most glamorous actresses, it’s not easy to turn Gal Gadot into a pustular crone. “I must say, for me, the transition for the old hag was incredible,” she told Variety. “Because it was all real prosthetics – it took four hours!”
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Snow White release date – When does the new Snow White movie come out and why watch it at ODEON?
Snow White is released 21 March 2025 at ODEON and IMAX – and our giant-sized cinema screen is by far the fairest of them all. Want to experience this retelling of Disney’s iconic fairytale with maximum magic? Heigh-ho! Heigh-ho! It’s off to ODEON we go!
