Brett Ratner is producing an adaptation of beloved fairy tale Snow White for Relativity Media. Relativity bought the rights from Disney for a reported “low seven figures.” Ratner, director of Rush Hour 3 and X-Men 3, has promised that the film will be an “edgy” and comedic 3D adventure film.
“This isn’t your grandfather’s Snow White” said Ratner without a trace of shame or irony.
Ratner’s film is sticking closer to the original Grimm’s fairy tale than the classic Disney cartoon. His plan for the film includes changing the Dwarfs from miners to criminals, and adding a dragon. No word yet if his ‘edgier’ script will incorporate the pedophilia, necrophilia, and torture present in the Grimm version.
Snow is just one of many fairytale remakes in the works. Disney is planning ‘reimaginings’ of Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, and New Line, Disney, and Warner Bros. are each planning a new Wizard Of Oz film, now that Baum’s books are back in the public domain.
When asked to explain how his film could possibly improve upon one of the most beautiful and influential animated films ever made, Ratner explained that “Walt made one of the great movies of all time, but ours is edgy and there is more comedy.”
