Lily Collins Is ‘Snow White’ For Tarsem Singh; Will Star Opposite Julia Roberts And Armie Hammer
They cast the queen, they cast the prince and now they’ve cast their lead.Lily Collins, daughter of rock star Phil Collins, best-known for her role inThe Blind Side, has been cast as the title character inSnow White, the Relativity Media re-imagining ofthe classic tale directed byTarsem Singh(The Cell,Immortals). She’ll star alongside Oscar-winnerJulia Robertsas the QueenandArmie Hammer(The Social Network)as Prince Andrew Alcott. It’s written byMelissa Wallack(Meet Bill)andJason Keller(Machine Gun Preacher).
Originally titledThe Brothers Grimm: Snow White, this film is now being referred to simply asSnow Whiteand it looks like it’ll be the first of several competing projects to get out of the gate. Others include Universal’sSnow White and the Huntsmanstarring Kristen Stewart and Disney’sSnow and the Sevenwritten by Michael Arndt. Singh’sSnow Whiteis currently in pre-production and will begin filming in May aimed at a July 19, 2025 release. After the jump, read the official plot description and more about Collins.
The Hollywood Reporterbroke the news of the casting which was quickly followed up by an official press release. Here’s how the press release describedSnow White:
We’ve been hearing about this projectsince last summer, when producerBrett Ratnersaid the following:
This is not your grandfather’s Snow White. Melissa went back to the 500 year old folk tale and put in some of the things that were missing from Walt Disney’s film. His dwarves were miners, and here they are robbers. There is also a dragon that was in the original folk tale. Walt made one of the great movies of all time, but ours is edgy and there is more comedy. The original, made for its time, was soft compared to what we’re going to do.
That original statement also said the film would be in 3D, which doesn’t seem to be the case, so don’t take all of Ratner’s plot points as gospel. Plus, since that time they brought in Keller to rewrite Wallack. Still, Singh has assembled a nice cast here and Collins – who already has two big films scheduled for release this year,Priestand John Singleton’sAbductionwith Taylor Lautner, along with an upcoming role inMortal Instrumentsdirected by Scott Charles Stewart – seems like an actress who is primed to break big.
What are your thoughts on this combination of Collins, Roberts, Hammer and Singh teaming up for this revisionist take onSnow White?
