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this movie was a life-changing experience that has held about four years of my career. the growing up you do from the age of twenty (when i was cast) to twenty-three (the age i am now) cannot be accurately described, yet they exist here on film forever. i became a real adult during the course of this film— learned hard lessons, did hard things, laughed, cried, turned 21, lived across the ocean from my family, made new friends, and completely fell in love with this group of people i got to work with for three magical summers in london. we had the greatest crew in the world on this movie. it cannot be overstated. this photo dump doesn’t even dig into the fun, the magic, and the love that was shared throughout this process. but it’s a start. ‘snow white’ is now in theaters. it’s a huge chunk of my heart and it’s now yours. i hope you enjoy and feel the magic we were lucky enough to live each day. and remember, you’re the one who can fill the world with sunshine.

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The iconic Gal Gadot thrilled fans at the Disneyland Resort this afternoon, taking her place among Disney’s classic villains
Gal also got to meet Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse previewing their new outfits for Disneyland’s 70th Celebration, kicking off on May 16, 2025

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A surprise princess appearance at a special fan screening on the legendary Walt Disney Studios Lot

"This is a movie that is so close to my heart. I auditioned for this movie when I was 19 years old and I am about to turn 24. So it's a really big chunk of my life, and about five of the seven years of my career, which is crazy. I love everybody in this movie so dearly.
Coming to the end of this road of this release feels really crazy because when you spend so much time with something, it becomes such a big part of you and a big part of your heart. Snow White has really been that way for me and to see this is really emotional for me.
I love her and I am so glad to see that so many of you love her as well. Her superpower is her heart. It's nothing supernatural. It's something that all of us have. Deep within us, there is an inherit good and belief in the kindness of humanity.
I hope that you walk away from this film understanding what the true meaning of fair is. I really hope that for the world as well. Thank you so much for allowing me to be your Snow White. It means the world to me."

/ "C'est un film qui me tient tellement à cœur. J'ai auditionné pour ce film à 19 ans et j'en aurai bientôt 24. Alors c'est donc une part très importante de ma vie, et environ cinq des sept années de ma carrière, ce qui est fou. J'aime profondément toutes les personnes de ce film.
Arriver au bout de ce chemin avec la sortie du film est une expérience vraiment incroyable, car quand vous passez autant de temps avec quelque chose, cela devient une part importante de vous et de votre cœur. Blanche Neige a vraiment été comme ça pour moi, et voir cela est très émouvant pour moi.
Je l'aime et je suis si heureuse de voir que vous soyez si nombreux à l'aimer aussi. Son super-pouvoir, c'est son cœur. Il n'y a rien de surnaturel. C'est quelque chose que nous possédons tous. Au plus profond de nous, il y a une bonté innée et une foi en la bonté humaine.
J'espère que vous sortirez de ce film en comprenant le vrai sens de la beauté. Je le souhaite sincèrement pour le monde entier. Merci infiniment de m'avoir permis d'être votre Blanche Neige. Cela compte énormément pour moi."

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What if we kissed… at the Leaning Tower of Cheeza? Send a postcard to your friends back home as you hit the road to find new POP! collectibles from Disney’s A Goofy Movie
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Gal Gadot on Her Dual Transformation in Disney’s Snow White

The opportunity to play the Evil Queen in the new live-action musical Disney’s Snow White was—like the poison apple that tempted the first Disney Princess—too delicious to pass up for Gal Gadot.

“Sometimes I pinch myself and I can’t believe I got to do all these amazing and iconic things with the character that I play. It was just a lot of fun,” Gadot shared in an exclusive interview for the Spring 2025 digital cover story of Disney twenty-three.

Glancing at a behind-the-scenes photo, Gadot says, “I am watching myself in the mirror, which we do not see [here]. I’m wearing one of the beautiful dresses Sandy Powell designed. I remember every time I went to the mirror to say the line, ‘Magic mirror on the wall.’ There’s something so powerful and humbling about it. There’s something so great about playing a character that is bigger than life.”

The striking actress was equally enthused about her character’s transformation into the old hag in the highly anticipated reimagining of the 1937 animated classic. “The next image is me dressed as the old hag when I’m getting the poison apple ready to go. It was so much fun to be able to completely transform and be completely unrecognizable and as far as one could be from the Evil Queen,” she says with a smile.

Commenting on an informal shot from production, Gadot beams, “It’s me and [director] Marc Webb and [producer] Marc Platt taking a selfie. It’s so great when you get to work with people who love what they get to do and are simply such wonderful people. I got very lucky with the Marcs. I really enjoyed working with them.”

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Rachel Zegler Shares Iconic Moments from the Making of Disney’s Snow White

Taking on the lead role in Disney’s Snow White—the live-action reimagining of the animated classic—was a dream come true for lifelong Disney fan Rachel Zegler. “We had the most incredible time making this movie. It was so magical,” Zegler told Disney twenty-three at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in Anaheim, California, last August.

In an exclusive interview for the Spring 2025 digital cover story of Disney twenty-three, Zegler shares stories inspired by a number of photos that capture some of the iconic looks and moments from the production, as well as her experience at D23.

Looking at a backstage photo from the D23 event, Zegler says, “I am wearing my best princess dress for you all—and that was right before [Gal Gadot] and I went onstage to show the first official trailer for Snow White, which was so exciting. I was very nervous!” she adds with a laugh.

“It’s such a nerve-wracking experience to show what you’ve been working on to so many people, but it was such a warm, amazing environment. To see an auditorium filled with so many people who are so excited about what Disney has coming out was an amazing experience,” Zegler says about her presentation with co-star Gadot, who plays the Evil Queen. In addition to the teaser trailer for the film, which debuts exclusively in theaters on March 21, fans were treated to the first glimpse of the “Whistle While You Work” musical sequence with Zegler, as Snow White, and the Seven Dwarfs.

Commenting on a photo from the shoot for the film in 2022, Zegler marvels, “This is me and director Marc Webb having a conversation over the wishing well. This scene changed so many times because we just wanted to get it absolutely right about introducing Snow White’s character and her relationship to wishing and her relationship to the well. Ultimately, we ended up adding some really adorable squirrels and mice into this scene where Marc is standing,” she says about the visual effects added in post-production. “This is such a sweet photo. I’m such a baby. I think I was 20 years old.”

During the filming, Zegler celebrated a milestone occasion on set, and she delights at a behind-the-scenes photo from that day.

“This was on my birthday. These are our amazing puppeteers. We named the deer head [puppet] Denzel,” says Zegler about one of the woodland creatures represented by a lifelike puppet during filming. “This is right after the scary forest scene, where the scary forest becomes the beautiful forest, and all the animals come out to help Snow White.”

“I really loved this day of shooting,” Zegler adds with a warm smile. “This was my 21st birthday. What a way to spend it.”

Read more about Disney’s Snow White in the Spring 2025 issue of Disney twenty-three, available exclusively to D23 Gold Members. Join today to access our digital publication and receive more perks year-round!

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‘Stranger Things’ Star Sadie Sink Joins Tom Holland In Next ‘Spider-Man’ Movie

EXCLUSIVE: With production set to start later this year on the next installment in the Spider-Man franchise, series star Tom Holland looks to have found a new co-star — one who is no “stranger” to popular IP. Sources tell Deadline that Stranger Things star Sadie Sink is set to join the sequel from Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios. Holland is already set to return as Peter Parker.

Marvel and Sony had no comment.

Destin Daniel Cretton is directing, with Amy Pascal and Marvel president Kevin Feige producing.

As for who Sink will be playing, the prevailing theory is she’ll be introduced as X-Men character Jean Grey, but don’t count out the idea that she shows up as another beloved redheaded Spider-Man character. What is known is that the role will be a significant one given how the most recent film, Spider-Man: No Way Home, concluded with Parker making the decision to complete Doctor Strange’s spell that erases his identity from the world.

By staying on track with that plotline, one can expect Holland’s old castmates to have reduced roles while newcomers are added to the ensemble, with Sink being the first major new role.

Holland is currently filming the Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and the plan is for him to start shooting Spider-Man once he has wrapped production on Nolan’s pic.

For Sink, the role comes on the heels of her saying goodbye to the part that helped launch her career as the final season of her the Netflix series Stranger Things recently wrapped production. The final season is one of the more anticipated premieres of 2025 and will air later this year.

Sink can be seen next in the Searchlight musical O’Dessa, which just had its world premiere at SXSW. Sink earned strong reviews for her performance and the film is set to bow next week on Hulu. Before she starts production on Spider-Man, she will first be seen in the Broadway play John Proctor Is the Villain which opens April 4.

She is repped by WME, Mara Entertainment and Peikoff Mahan.

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Le communiqué de presse confirme qu'en plus de Waiting on a Wish, Heigh Ho ou encore Whistle While You Work, les nouvelles chansons écrites par Pasek et Paul incluent le grand morceau d'ouverture et de clôture Good Things Grow, All is Fair chantée par la Reine, Princess Problems par Jonathan, et A Hand Meets a Hand pour Blanche Neige et Jonathan.

PRODUCTION INFORMATION
“Disney’s Snow White,” a live-action musical reimagining of the classic 1937 film, is directed by Marc Webb, with a screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson, and produced by Marc Platt, p.g.a. and Jared LeBoff, p.g.a., with Callum McDougall serving as executive producer. The magical adventure, which stars Rachel Zegler, Andrew Burnap, and Gal Gadot, journeys back to the timeless story with beloved characters Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy and features all-new original songs from Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. The original score is by Jeff Morrow.

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom on the edge of a magical forest where beauty and light filled the air. The kingdom was governed by a kind and virtuous king and queen, who were the parents of a daughter named Snow White. Following the queen’s untimely death, the king remarries, and while Snow White’s new stepmother is graced with poise and beauty, she has an evil heart and despises her new stepdaughter. Before long, the Evil Queen has assumed leadership of the kingdom, manifesting her cruel nature. And when her magic mirror reveals that Snow White is the fairest in all the land, she is furious, and quickly devises a scheme to get rid of the princess. Snow White flees the castle to escape the wrath of the Evil Queen, where she comes across some woodland creatures who led her to a picturesque cottage in the woods. The cottage is home to Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy, who spend their days digging for jewels in the nearby mines. It is in this magical forest that she encountersJonathan, a young man eager to defy the monarchy. Jonathan, who is captivated by her beauty and kindness, joins forces with her magical friends, empowering Snow White to find her voice and the strength and courage to face the Evil Queen.

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Inside Snow White's 'Iconic' Costumes, Including the Evil Queen's 'Glamour and Sophistication' (Exclusive)

Costume designer Sandy Powell breaks down the style inspiration behind Disney's live-action 'Snow White,' in theaters March 21

Sandy Powell is continuing to sprinkle her Disney costuming magic in Snow White.

The Oscar winner — known for her work on films like Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Aviator (2004) and, of course, Cinderella (2015) — brings her expertise to Disney's newest live-action reimagining, starting with a "direct reference" to the original 1937 animated Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

"I knew I couldn’t deviate too far from the iconic color palette of the original Snow White but wanted to create a new version nonetheless," Powell, 64, tells PEOPLE of the primary ensemble worn by the titular princess, now played by Rachel Zegler.

"When she is first given the dress by the Evil Queen, it has a blue overskirt attached to the bodice, which gets ripped off as she runs through the forest, revealing the yellow skirt and creating a similar silhouette to the animated version," Powell explains.

She continues of Snow White's costume, "I also decided to give her long sleeves to give a more period feel reminiscent of the Middle Ages."

The costume worn by Gal Gadot's Evil Queen is "inspired by the glamorous evening gowns worn by goddesses of the silver screen during the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1930s," Powell says.

"Since this was also the decade of the original animated version, it felt appropriate as an homage," she continues, adding that she wanted the costume worn by Gadot, 39, to "exude glamour and sophistication and yet be intimidating."

"It also had to have a clean silhouette without too much detail to showcase the jewels she accumulates," Powell says. "The crown was inspired by stained-glass windows and the colors of the jewelry she wears."

Gadot, meanwhile, says her experience working with the "so established and talented" Powell was "amazing," adding, "She knew what she was doing, and she took everything very seriously."

"The amount of research and all the different images she showed me was mind-blowing," she says.

For Zegler, 23, the "iconic" Powell's looks "truly make the film," which is directed by Marc Webb and will feature new songs from EGOT-winning duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.

"Her costumes for the Kenneth Branagh live-action Cinderella were so beautiful that it made perfect sense for her to do a movie like this as well," Zegler says.

While it might be difficult to put one's own stamp on a story that's close to a century old, the West Side Story actress says Powell pulled it off: "She was able to keep the class and what makes the original classic but also gives it a spin that's just incredibly Sandy."

Snow White is in theaters March 21.

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SXSW: New Details for Mando and Grogu’s Millennium Falcon Mission Revealed

A new adventure is coming your way, so prepare to jump to lightspeed. First announced at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, a new adventure featuring Din Djarin, the titular Mandalorian from The Mandalorian, is coming to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at both Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort. And yes, Grogu’s coming along for the ride, too.

During The Future of World-Building at Disney panel at SXSW, The Mandalorian creator and Disney Legend Jon Favreau was joined onstage by Imagineers Leslie Evans and Asa Kalama to talk about what’s coming soon to Batuu.

“One of the cool things about Disney is how we can tell our stories in so many different formats,” Favreau told the crowd. “We’re already taking Mando and Grogu from the TV screen to the movie screen, and at the same time, [The Mandalorian executive producer] Dave [Filoni] and I are working with Asa to bring this story to the Disney parks, too.”

It’s something that can only be done at Disney, bringing avid Star Wars fans closer to the stories they know and love via the innovative magic at Disney Parks. This update is only a parsec or two away — both the upcoming The Mandalorian and Grogu movie and this update to Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run will debut on May 22, 2026.

“Opening an attraction and such a massive movie on the same day wouldn’t be possible without the relationships we have inside Disney,” Kalama added. “Jon and Dave have shared their story with us, and now we’ve all worked together to come up with a new mission for Smugglers Run that plays into this narrative.”

Working alongside The Mandalorian team, the Imagineers captured scenes for the attraction on the movie set, and you might see some familiar (and beloved) Star Wars locations aboard the Millennium Falcon. Care for a trip to Cloud City, anyone?

“This isn’t going to retell what happens in the movie – it’s more like participating in something that’s happening just off-camera from what you see in the film,” Favreau explained.

But, that’s not the only thing making the jump from the parks to the movies, and vice versa. You might have seen the playful BDX droids puttering around Disneyland before, and soon they’ll make a trip around the world to visit Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris. And that’s in addition to the little droids appearing in The Mandalorian and Grogu film, too.

Going from Imagineering to the parks, to their feature film debut, is a lot for the droids. With all this work, they’re sure to need a tune-up eventually and don’t worry, Imagineering already has the right creature for the job.

As previously seen in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and the latest season of The Mandalorian, say hello to an Anzellan named Otto, who specializes in tuning up droids. Just maybe don’t make him too cranky.

May the Force be with you. See you onboard the Falcon, on May 22, 2026.

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SXSW: Scary-Good New Monsters, Inc. Coaster Includes Vertical Lift

When the team at Pixar Animation Studios start dreaming up new worlds and places to visit in the movies, there’s a little voice inside their head (an emotion, maybe) asking, “Is this something Imagineers could create, and we could walk into?” If the answer is no, they keep working.

But if the answer is yes… well it’s time to partner with the team at Walt Disney Imagineering to see if it’s possible to bring that space to life in one of the Disney Parks around the world.

Taking to the stage during The Future of World-Building at Disney panel at SXSW, Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter and Imagineer Michael Hundgen walked the crowd through their latest upcoming immersive space to occupy Disney’s Hollywood Studios: Monstropolis.

First announced at last year’s D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, Imagineers are hard at work bringing the world of Pixar Animation Studios’ Monsters, Inc. to life — and that includes its monster inhabitants, James P. Sullivan, Mike Wazowski, and more. While getting to walk through the streets of Monstropolis is exciting enough, the land will include a signature attraction where guests embark on a thrilling roller coaster ride through the Monsters, Inc. door vault.

“Imagineers have been itching to turn that moment into an attraction ever since we saw it for the first time,” Hundgen teased.

While many details about the attraction are still locked up in a laugh canister, the Imagineering team is ready to reveal the load area for the attraction. The upcoming door ride will feature the first-ever suspended coaster at a Disney Park, and the first-ever vertical lift. Get ready to scream — not out of fright, but fun.

Showing off a new animatic of the attraction, guests will board the vehicle before being hoisted into the air (just like in the movie!) to zoom into the door vault. It’s going to be, “an experience that’s as memorable and fun as the film,” Hundgen continued.

“I can tell you that everyone at Pixar is excited about how this is coming together,” Docter told the crowd. “It really is like a dream come true for us.”

Miss any Disney Experiences updates from SXSW? Catch up on all the exciting announcements now!
But do you want more Imagineering? We’ve got more Imagineering.

Come along as we pull back the curtain on the latest episode of “We Call It Imagineering,” and take you behind the scenes of the Ride Studio. What’s the Ride Studio? Great question — it’s the birthplace of many vehicles just seen in the SXSW presentation in a space dedicated to design and engineering.

Join us as we take a deeper dive into the evolution of some of the most beloved attractions, from Haunted Mansion to the upcoming Monsters, Inc. coaster. Catch a brand-new episode this Monday only on the Walt Disney Imagineering YouTube.

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Find your happily ever after with Regal’s #SnowWhite collectibles
Take home a piece of the movie with the Heartbox popcorn container, or show your love for these classic characters with the specialty collector’s cup and tin combo, Funko Pops, and more.
See it in theatres March 21.

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Avatar: Fire And Ash Writers ‘Split’ The Film From The Way Of Water: ‘We Had Too Many Great Ideas’

Avatar: Fire And Ash almost didn’t exist at all. James Cameron’s original plan was to follow up his 2009 mega-smash Avatar with three sequels, but when he and his writers’ room got into developing the story, there proved just too much juicy material. Hence, as Cameron tells Empire in our latest Path To Pandora dispatch, some of the story planned for Avatar: The Way Of Water got developed as a whole other film.

“In a nutshell, we had too many great ideas packed into act one of movie 2,” Cameron says, unpacking the process of the Avatar writers’ room. “The [film] was moving like a bullet train, and we weren’t drilling down enough on character. So I said, ‘Guys, we’ve got to split it.’” While The Way Of Water was epic in its own right, “movie 3 will actually be a little bit longer than movie 2”, he teases.

For both The Way Of Water and Fire And Ash, Cameron was joined by screenwriters Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, in a writers’ room that also included Josh Friedman (assigned Avatar 4), and Shane Salerno (Avatar 5). “It was spectacular. You’re talking about a character deeply for days and days, and all of a sudden there they are,” Silver tells Empire of seeing concept art for the scenes they were discussing. And the benefit of having The Way Of Water and Fire And Ash as distinct films meant allowing enough time to bring all those nuances to the screen. “The characters needed to breathe,” she says. “These movies are a lot more than just propulsive plot and gorgeous spectacle. I mean, these are real characters.”

Much of that depth was drawn from personal experience. “These characters are amalgams of us, our childhoods, our role as parents, the mistakes we made, and probably to some extent continue to make as parents,” says Cameron. “I mean, Jake is a hard-ass motherfucker. He’s very hard on his kids. Well, that’s me.” As for Jaffa, he poured much of himself into Jake’s middle child, Lo’ak – seen in all-new Fire And Ash concept art above, riding an ilu. “A good friend of mine who saw Way Of Water — a woman I grew up with — wrote to me after she’d seen it,” he recalls, “and said that the relationship between Lo’ak and Neteyam reminded her of the relationship I had with my older brother.” It’s just like Jake Sully says: ‘This family is our fortress’.

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Florence Pugh Calls Thunderbolts* An ‘A24-Feeling Assassin Movie With Marvel Superheroes’

When Jake Schreier got the job of directing Marvel’s Thunderbolts*, it came with an all-important directive from the top: “‘Make it something different’,” he tells Empire. Because, while on the surface it’s a team-up of several existing MCU characters from across various previous projects, this isn’t just an Avengers redux. The Thunderbolts are barely powered, barely heroic, and barely a team – a jumble of misfits and murderers, all looking for some kind of belonging. In the hands of a director previously behind indie favourites like Robot & Frank and Netflix hit Beef, the result is something with a tone distinct from any previous Marvel movie.

“It ended up becoming this quite badass indie, A24-feeling assassin movie with Marvel superheroes,” Florence Pugh laughs to Empire, reprising her role as Widow-trained assassin Yelena Belova, previously seen in Black Widow and Hawkeye. Schreier has form in that arena, given Beef was an actual A24 production. “There’s a certain amount of that Beef tone in it, that does feel different,” he notes. “There’s an emotional darkness that we brought to this that is resonant, but doesn’t come at the expense of comedy.”

That indie sensibility doesn’t just emerge since the Thunderbolts members are largely power-free (Hannah John-Kamen’s Ghost, who can phase through objects, comes closest to having a special ability). On a character level, they’re all a little bit lost, looking for belonging, purpose, and – perhaps – redemption. Particularly Lewis Pullman’s mysterious ‘Bob’, the unknown quantity among the team. “Bob is going through what all of them are probably, secretly, going through,” Pugh teases. “Yelena sees parts of herself in him. She’s always been someone that wants to look after people. She has a sweet spot for him, and essentially likes looking after him because he’s useless. He’s absolutely useless.” The Thunderbolts might not be the team anyone expected – but it might just be what each of them needs.

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In Thunderbolts*, Avengers Tower Is Now Val’s ‘Watchtower’: ‘A Symbol Of Things Taking A Darker Turn’

Across the MCU so far, Avengers Tower has been a beacon of hope in New York – the home of Tony Stark, Steve Rogers and co, keeping a watchful eye on the city, ready to protect its citizens from danger. It was the scene of that epic Loki-Hulk smackdown in Avengers, hosted a rockin’ party in Avengers: Age Of Ultron (until the titular AI gatecrashed and killed the vibe), and was the location for a pivotal time-heist moment in Avengers: Endgame. But in the wake of Tony Stark’s death, and with no Avengers line-up to speak of, it isn’t Avengers Tower any more. In Thunderbolts*, it has new ownership.

These days, it’s the headquarters of Val – aka Valentina Allegra de Fontaine – the mysterious and murky CIA director played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, previously seen recruiting disgraced Captain America wannabe John Walker (Wyatt Russell) for future service at the end of The Falcon And The Winter Soldier, and sending Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova on a murderous mission in Black Widow. And under Val’s reign, Avengers Tower is now known, somewhat ominously, as ‘Watchtower’. “We know what that tower means,” Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier tells Empire, teasing a portent of things to come. “Who’s the person you would least like to own that tower, that means so much to so many people? Can you use that as a symbol of things taking a darker turn?”

It’s clear Val will be integral in bringing together the mismatched group of misanthropes who come to form the Thunderbolts team – the most Avengers-adjacent among them being Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes, formerly the Winter Soldier. “It’s like the Al Pacino quote from Godfather III,” laughs Stan. “Every time I try to get out, they pull me back in. Bucky is going to come across this group, and realise that they’re quite similar, in a way, to him. So I think he feels he can contribute and be a leader.” Hopefully he can bring a dash of that old-school Steve Rogers heroism to the building that was once Avengers Tower.

Janet McTeer serait en négociations pour jouer McGonagall, tandis que Paapa Essiedu serait sur le point de conclure un accord pour jouer Rogue.

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‘Harry Potter’: Janet McTeer In Negotiations To Play McGonagall; Paapa Essiedu Near Deal To Play Snape In HBO Series

EXCLUSIVE: HBO is closing in on two more main cast members for its high-profile series adaptation of the hugely popular Harry Potter fantasy books. Oscar and Emmy-nominated actress Janet McTeer is in negotiations to play Professor Minerva McGonagall, sources tell Deadline. Additionally, Emmy nominee Paapa Essiedu, one of the first actors identified for the series, is closing his deal to portray Professor Severus Snape, I hear. They are poised to join John Lithgow, who, as Deadline reported exclusively, will be playing Professor Albus Dumbledore.

HBO declined to comment. “We appreciate that such a high-profile series will draw a lot of rumor and speculation,” the network said in a statement. “As we make our way through pre-production, we will only confirm details as we finalize deals.”

The Harry Potter series, designed to run over a decade, comes from writer/showrunner Francesca Gardiner and director/executive producer Mark Mylod. Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO of HBO and Max Content, at the time of the original announcement called the show a “faithful adaptation” of J.K. Rowling’s novels which will “dive deep into each of the iconic books.”

Speaking at a Max event in London last December, Gardiner revealed that the series will stick to the “canonical” ages of Snape, who will be only 31, as well as the Dursleys, who will be much younger than they were in the movies.

That explains the choice of 30-something Essiedu for the role of Snape, the antagonist-turned-hero played in the Harry Potter movies by the late Alan Rickman. Severus Snape is Professor of Potions at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who eventually becomes Headmaster.

Meanwhile, McTeer is a just a couple years younger than the late Maggie Smith was when she was cast as Deputy Headmistress Minerva McGonagall in the film franchise two and a half decades ago. The Transfiguration professor at Hogwarts, McGonagall also is the nurturing head of Gryffindor House and the Deputy Headmistress under Headmaster Albus Dumbledore (Lithgow). In the Fantastic Beasts prequel films, the role was played by Fiona Glascott.

With the HBO series, the Harry Potter franchise continues to build a more inclusive and racially diverse universe, an effort that started with the casting of Noma Dumezweni as Hermione in the long-running stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. It is something another popular fantasy franchise, The Lord Of the Rings, also embarked on when transitioning to the small screen with the Amazon series.

The Harry Potter TV series, which will be filmed at Warner Bros Studios Leavesden where the movies were shot, is slated to debut on HBO in late 2026 or early 2027. Some 32,000 kids sent audition tapes for the lead roles of Harry, Hermione and Ron, with the final casting choices yet to be revealed.

This would mark British actors McTeer and Essiedu’s return to HBO. McTeer played Winston Churchill’s wife Clementine in the HBO film Into the Storm, earning an Emmy nomination. Essiedu starred as Kwame opposite Michael Coel in her BBC/HBO limited series I May Destroy You, landing Emmy and BAFTA TV nominations.

In TV, McTeer most recently starred on the Netflix series Kaos and recurred on FX’s The Old Man. In features, she has received Oscar nominations for her roles in Tumbleweeds, which also won her a Golden Globe, and Albert Nobbs. McTeer will next be seen in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. On stage, she won a Tony and Olivier Awards for A Doll’s House and has earned multiple additional Tony and Olivier nominations. McTeer is repped by Curtis Brown Group, WME, MGMT Entertainment and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.

Essiedu, also a BAFTA TV nominee for The Lazarus Project, most recently did an arc on the hit Netflix spy drama Black Doves and starred opposite Saoirse Ronan in the movie The Outrun, which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. He will next be seen in the British comedy horror film The Scurry. He is repped by Curtis Brown, WME and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.

La série Tiana serait annulée... Disney abandonne la production de contenu long format pour le streaming.
Des sources affirment que malgré tous les efforts, y compris plusieurs changements dans l'équipe créative, Tiana n'a finalement pas pu arriver là où elle devait être compte tenu des coûts de production.

Un porte-parole a confirmé que le studio de Vancouver procéderait à des licenciements en raison du changement de stratégie commerciale. En plus de la série Tiana, le studio abandonne également un projet de long métrage non annoncé qui devait être directement diffusé sur Disney+.

Disney Animation aurait cependant un projet de court métrage spécial inspiré de La Princesse et la Grenouille, qui est actuellement en phase de développement. Bien que les détails du projet restent secrets, il devrait comporter une toute nouvelle histoire basée sur le film de 2009 avec Joyce Sherri comme réalisatrice et Steve Anderson comme scénariste.

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‘Tiana’ Disney+ Series Shelved as Walt Disney Animation Abandons Longform Streaming Content (Exclusive)

First announced in 2020, the Disney+ show was envisioned as a musical featuring Anika Noni Rose reprising her role as Tiana, Disney's first Black princess, from 'The Princess and the Frog.'

Walt Disney Animation Studios has officially pulled the plug on its Tiana princess series as it abandons making original longform content for streaming, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

A spokesperson confirmed there will be some layoffs in its Vancouver studio as a result of this shift in business strategy. In addition to the Tiana series, the studio is also scrapping an unannounced feature-length project that was set to go straight to Disney+.

Tiana was first announced in December 2020, and was envisioned as a musical featuring Anika Noni Rose reprising her role as Tiana from the 2009 film The Princess and The Frog, the film centering on Disney’s first Black princess.

Sources close to the streaming series say that despite best efforts, including several changes to the creative team, Tiana ultimately could not get to where it needed to be given production costs.

Still, The Princess and the Frog remains a key property for the company, as Tiana is one of Disney’s canon princesses. Last year, the Splash Mountain attraction was revamped at both of Disney’s U.S. parks and transformed into Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.

And the animation studio is said to developing a separate short-form special inspired by The Princess and the Frog, which is currently in early development. Though details of the project remain under wraps, it’s expected to feature all new storytelling based on the 2009 film with Joyce Sherri attached as director and Steve Anderson as scribe.

The decision to shelve Tiana and the unannounced Disney+ movie follows last year’s news that Pixar would no longer prioritize developing longform episodic content after the release of Dream Productions and Win or Lose on Disney+.

During the pandemic, and amid the push to grow its new streaming service, some Disney execs — including then-CEO Bob Chapek — pressed its various film silos to make original content for Disney+ in order to grow subscribers.

Walt Disney Animation’s Moana 2 was originally conceived as an animated series before being reimagined as a theatrical release. The decision that paid off in spades and led to a $1 billion-plus run at the global box office before. It debuts March 12 on Disney+, where it’s expected to do generate huge numbers (The first Moana, released in 2016, became a cult classic with kids and was the most watched streaming movie in 2024, according to Nielsen.) That, alongside with the $1.7 billion earned by Pixar’s Inside Out 2 — the biggest movie of 2024 — proved that theatrical is its animation’s greatest strength.

Insiders say that Walt Disney Animation remains committed to releasing one theatrical film per year in addition to other shorts and special projects. Zootopia 2 is slated for release on Nov. 26 with the studio’s new chief creative officer, Jared Bush, tapped to direct and writer, with Disney vet Byron Howard also directing. An unannounced feature is calendared for November 2026, while the third installment in the blockbuster Frozen franchise is set for November 2027.

Shortform is wildly popular. Bluey, which Disney+ licenses, was the most watched show in the U.S. last year, according Nielsen.

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Making Mary Poppins: The Sherman Brothers, Walt Disney, and the Creation of a Classic Film de Todd James Pierce (W.W. Norton and Company, 2025).

:The surprising story behind Walt Disney’s most successful live-action film.

When Bob and Dick Sherman―two relatively unknown songwriters―first walked onto the Walt Disney Studios lot to pitch a song for Annette Funicello, they had no idea that they’d end up meeting Walt himself, or that a few months later they’d be developing the songs and story line for the studio’s biggest live-action movie ever. In this captivating book, Todd James Pierce details the process from conception through production, including the challenges that the boys―and Disney―faced in dealing with author P. L. Travers and persuading her that their vision for the film would resonate with audiences.

While the Shermans and their songs are at the heart of the book, there are also lively anecdotes about the casting of the movie, the innovative special effects, and the relationship between “Mary Poppins” and the larger Disney world. Making Mary Poppins tells the fascinating story behind an iconic film.

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Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Returns to Theaters
Episode III will play in select cinemas for a limited time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the film’s debut.

Anakin Skywalker is about to bring peace, freedom, justice, and security to his new Empire on the big screen.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the premiere of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, the final film in the prequel trilogy, Episode III will be re-released in theaters on April 25, 2025, running in select U.S. theaters and international territories for one week only. Screenings will be available in several formats, including, for the first time, 4DX. From the exhilarating battles over the planet of Coruscant to the fiery volcanic high grounds of Mustafar, relive this pivotal chapter in the Skywalker saga; the 4DX experience features high-tech motion chairs that sync with over 21 effects, all designed to complement the narrative of the film.

Once again, renowned graphic artist Matt Ferguson created new poster art for the re-release event, his most complicated work to date. Featuring the looming mask of Darth Vader enveloping Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) on his march to execute Order 66, the sprawling piece also includes Ferguson’s artistic illustration of the life-changing lightsaber duel between Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and Anakin and the Coruscant skyline featuring warships over the burning Jedi Temple.

“The space battle and Mustafar elements are all really complicated, with way more ships and explosions than on my other Star Wars posters,” Ferguson tells StarWars.com. “It's the movie where it all really unravels for Anakin.”

Set a few years after the onset of the Clone Wars, Revenge of the Sith is the final film in the prequel trilogy, highlighting the fall of the noble Jedi Order, which forces a handful of survivors, including Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Master Yoda, into hiding. In a time when the Jedi Knights have become generals leading a massive clone army in a galaxy-wide battle against the Separatists, the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy. And as the Republic crumbles and the evil Galactic Empire rises from the ashes, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker is seduced by the dark side of the Force to become Emperor Palpatine’s new apprentice — Darth Vader.

The film stars Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Frank Oz as Yoda, Jimmy Smits, Peter Mayhew, Ahmed Best, Oliver Ford Davies, Temuera Morrison, Anthony Daniels, Silas Carson, and Kenny Baker, with Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu and Christopher Lee as Count Dooku. The film was written and directed by Star Wars creator George Lucas.

Alan Menken confirme qu'un live action et une version comédie musicale de Raiponce sont en projet.
Bien que le projet de film n'en soit qu'à ses débuts, un cameo de Mandy Moore, la voix de Raiponce, n'est pas à exclure.

Standard News a écrit:

Alan Menken gives update on Disney's Tangled live action movie and confirms stage adaptation in the works

EXCLUSIVE The legendary composer has discussed returning to the world of Rapunzel and Eugene Fitzherbert in a rare interview ahead of his first ever UK solo shows

Alan Menken has shared his excitement about working on Disney’s live action reimagining of Tangled.

The legendary American composer, 75, worked on the original 2010 animated movie which is loosely based on the German fairy tale Rapunzel in the collection of folktales published by the Brothers Grimm.

Featuring the voice talents of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, and Donna Murphy, it tells the story of Rapunzel, a lost young princess with magical long blonde hair who yearns to leave her secluded tower. She accepts the help of an intruder to take her out into the world which she has never seen.

The animated feature’s success inspired the 2012 short film Tangled Ever After and 2017 TV series Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure.

It also saw EGOT Menken earn his 19th Oscar nomination for the song I See the Light.

The House of Mouse confirmed in December that a live action film had been greenlit, helmed by Greatest Showman and Better Man director Michael Gracey.

While Menken - who is set to perform his first ever UK solo shows at the London Palladium next month - says they are “just at the starting gate”, he told The Standard in a rare interview that he’s “excited” for what’s to come.

Speculation online has seen Florence Pugh a frontrunner for the role of Rapunzel, while Kathryn Hahn is a fan-favourite pick to star as Mother Gothel.

“I’m not going to even… It’s way too early and it’s a director’s medium,” Menken deflects. “I will definitely defer to others to say, but what’s great is when you go to a new medium you have a new team and all kinds of new aspects are being explored which is really exciting.”

He also confirmed reports from last year that he’s working on a stage musical of Tangled, but caveats it with there are “no firm plans except completing a version for licensing”.

Adding: “No one should speculate on anything beyond that.”

Menken previously helped to develop a short Tangled live show for Disney Cruise Lines in 2015. This included three new songs written for the show by himself and Glenn Slater – Flower of Gold, When She Returns, and Wanted Man.

While Menken won’t elaborate on what could make it to the big screen or future stage productions, he does say a cameo by original Rapunzel voice actress Moore in the new film wouldn’t be out of the question, ala Jodie Benson in the Little Mermaid live action movie.

There was a lovely scene in the 2023 film that saw Benson, who voiced Ariel in the 1989 animation, hand a fork or “Dinglehopper” over to her live action counterpart played by Halle Bailey.

Menken also cited how much he enjoyed Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel’s “lovely cameos” in last year’s Wicked movie after they originated the roles of Glinda and Elphaba on Broadway.

Fans will be hoping to gleam some more when Menken takes to the stage in the capital for two shows on March 9 - a matinee and an evening performance - which will delve into his storied career, spanning more than 40 years,

They promise to be an unforgetable experience with the New York-native touching on his time before and at the centre of the Disney Renaissance (Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, etc) and beyond, with his other current projects including musicals of Night At The Museum, Animal Farm and Nancy Drew. Plus, two Disney musicals make their highly-anticipated West End debut this summer with Hercules opening at Threatre Royal Drury Lane in June and two performances of a specially staged concert of Hunchback of Notre Dame at the Prince Edward Theatre on August 17.

For more information and to buy tickets to see A Whole New World of Alan Menken, visit www.aegpresents.co.uk

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