The classic Brothers Grimm tale of Snow White is getting a new version from Relativity Media and they have signed on Tarsem Singh to direct.
Relativity’s Snow White will eschew the traditional story in favor of an edgier, more modern tale. After her evil stepmother kills her father and destroys the kingdom, Snow White bands together with a gang of seven quarrelsome dwarves to reclaim what is rightly hers.
The details of the storyline are being kept underwraps because of possible competition with other Snow White projects: Snow White and the Huntsman at Universal and Snow White and the Seven at Disney (in the Disney version, the dwarves are Shaolin monks).
I can’t decide which variation of this classic tale I want to see more!
While the idea of White as a figurehead that inspires rebellion against her wicked step mother, I am really curious about a version that has seven Shaolin Monks instead of Dwarves.
As for Tarsem Singh, the only thing I know of that he has done is The Cell and while visually stimulating I wasn’t a fan of the movie.
Hopefully he does better with his Snow White.
