Disney to produce a Kung Fu version of SNOW WHITE! No, I’m not jerking ya off! No, Seriously! Dopey Fu!
Harry here… and the world has just gotten weirder. Way weirder. I’m talking really weirder. Walt Disney Studios has decided to make a Hong Kong Style re-telling of the SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES.
There will apparently be no dwarves in this version though. Instead there will be seven Shaolin Monks! That’s right, Princess flees evil killer queen. Dark Forest, scary things… finds Shaolin Monastery and these Shaolin Monks decide to protect her from the magical evil forces out to kill her. This ‘brilliant’ ahem idea is being produced by the genius producer behind THE COUNTRY BEARS!!! OH BOY!!! WOO HOO!!! Ahem… cough cough… Sorry, hairball there. Well, one can only imagine the saccharine everything to everyone telling of this story and Shaolin culture that Disney will mass-produce here.
I’m really curious to read a script on this one, because there is a .3% chance that it could really be something cool and vibrant and not the lowest common denominator dreck that you would expect. So, for that .3% chance… I say, WOO HOO! It’s gotta be better than that Sigourney Weaver thing… right?
Well considering the evil disney empire is taking its film production offices to Canada,
(in yet another attempt to keep all the money in Mike Eisner’s hands, and not pay the underlings a descent living wage)
I’m not surprised at all. Most of their last few movies sucked anyway, and were driven by the marketing tie-ins.
That’s lame. It would be much more bizarre if they followed the original story exactly but just sub in the monks for the dwarfs. And give Snow White tentacles.
The Snow White and the Shaolin Monks project has been rumored for years. MK had one of his famous cool deleted threads on it back in 07-05-2005. If you do a search, you’ll find offhand references to it in a few other threads.
So it’s still be rumored. Now Padme has turned it down…
Portman turned down kung-fu Snow White
03/03/2008 - 8:41:56 AM Natalie Portman turned down the chance to star as an ass-kicking Snow White in a kung-fu version of the fairytale.
Natalie Portman turned down the chance to star as an ass-kicking Snow White in a kung-fu version of the fairytale.
Martial arts movie maker Jet Li was rumoured to be directing the adaptation, with Portman in the frame play the lead.
The actress confirms she was offered the part, and loves the idea - but won’t be terrorising evil queens and dwarves anytime soon.
She says: “It (the movie) exists and it was offered. I’m not planning to do it. It is a fantastic idea. They should do kung-fu versions of every fairytale.”
