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‘Snow White’ Announces Streaming Premiere Date

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Disney’s remake of Snow White is coming to streaming.

The unconventional reboot of Walt Disney’s initial full-length animated film faced a turbulent cinematic journey this spring, generating numerous unfavorable news articles (along with a multitude of negative critic assessments) and earning only $205 million globally. To give some perspective: Lilo & Stitch, which has been in wide release for merely a couple of weeks, has already surpassed that total threefold.

In the latest adaptation of “Snow White,” Rachel Zegler takes on the lead role as a princess who endures mistreatment at the hands of her wicked stepmother, Queen Gal Gadot. Together with her new companions, the Seven Dwarfs and a rebel named Jonathan (Andrew Burnap), she embarks on a mission to safeguard her kingdom.

Additionally, it’s worth noting that the film is a musical, which was not prominently highlighted in its trailers or marketing materials. In fact, I discovered only after taking my seat in the theater with my daughter that the latest adaptation of Snow White features characters singing to each other.

The tunes are definitely a strong point, though they don’t quite match Gadot’s exceptional acting; she seems to believe that this version of Snow White was directed by John Waters, and I must say, kudos for that. (In reality, it was Marc Webb who was at the helm.) Initially, I found myself enjoying this interpretation of Snow White, but my interest waned when the CGI dwarfs appeared. They’re just too surreal and peculiar – particularly Dopey, whose design seems to resemble what an AI might create if asked to imagine “what would Alfred E Neuman look like as a modern man named Chad.

If you haven’t watched Snow White yet, as it appears that numerous people have waited, but your interest has been piqued now, the 2025 version of Snow White will be streaming on Disney+ starting June 11 – just a week from today. Trust me, the computer-generated dwarfs in this movie are worth seeing! Quite remarkable.

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Iconic Characters Who Made Cameos in Other Franchises

Kane (Alien) in Spaceballs

Since Spaceballs is a blend of classic science fiction movies like Star Wars, it features an amusing homage to the film Alien towards the end. During a meal, the protagonists are surprised when Nostromo crew member Gilbert Kane (John Hurt) slumps onto the table, only for a baby xenomorph to burst out of him. “Oh no,” he groans, “not again!” Unlike in the original Alien, this xenomorph then puts on a straw hat and performs a delightful ragtime dance as it exits, a stark contrast to its usual exit method.

Non-Disney Toons in Who Framed Roger Rabbit

In this imaginative adaptation of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” the story unfolds within a Hollywood where humans share the spotlight with beloved cartoon characters. To make this concept more convincing, real-life famous cartoons are sprinkled throughout the film. The then-chairman of Walt Disney Studios, Jeffrey Katzenberg, envisioned that the blend of animation and live action could revive the struggling studio. He successfully convinced several competing studios to contribute some of their most iconic characters for the movie. These partnerships often came with specific conditions: for instance, Disney’s Donald Duck and Warner Bros.’ Daffy Duck are depicted as equally skilled dueling pianists in a single scene.

T-1000 (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) in Wayne’s World

The essence of ‘Wayne’s World’ lies in a whimsical touch of exaggerated unrealism, where characters might break the fourth wall to comment on events or alter scenes according to their whims. In this scenario, while driving along the highway towards his rock musician sweetheart Cassandra, Wayne Campbell encounters a police officer on a motorcycle. Upon removing his helmet and sunglasses, this officer unveils as Robert Patrick’s character, the T-1000 android from ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day.’ Just like the audience, Wayne instantly recognizes him, shrieks, and hastily accelerates away.

Link (Encino Man) in Son in Law

Following his discovery from ancient ice by two careless teenagers, the eccentric caveman character Linkovich “Link” Chomovsky, played by Brendan Fraser in the movie Encino Man, had a noteworthy career in Hollywood for an unusual paleontological find. Later on, Fraser reprised his role as Link in the 1993 comedy Son in Law. In this film, his co-star Pauly Shore portrayed the odd college student Crawl, who feigns dating a naive freshman during their Thanksgiving trip to her parents’ house. During a Halloween frat party scene, Link is shown attempting to lick a plastic toad from Crawl’s Carmen Miranda costume. Additionally, Link makes an appearance in Pauly Shore’s subsequent comedy In the Army Now, where he is depicted as a fellow soldier who believes the chicken at the barracks tastes like frog meat.

Ray Stantz (Ghostbusters) in Casper

In the supernatural comedy “Casper”, the trio of spooky entities, commonly known as poltergeists, invite several well-known personalities to their ghostly antics each night, causing quite a fright for the ghost psychologist, Dr. James Harvey. His face is transformed into likenesses of Clint Eastwood, Mel Gibson, Rodney Dangerfield, and the Cryptkeeper, all of whom make an appearance in the film. To truly demonstrate their strength, however, the movie brings in a seasoned professional, Dan Aykroyd, who briefly appears as Ray Stantz from “Ghostbusters”. When confronted by the spectral might of the Trio, he quickly exits down the mansion’s front steps, calling out to heiress Carrigan Crittenden, “Who you gonna call? Someone else!

Ray Nicolette (Jackie Brown) in Out of Sight

Prior to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there existed the Elmore Leonard Movie Universe. Following his casting as detective Ray Nicolette in Quentin Tarantino’s adaptation of Leonard’s novel “Rum Punch,” titled “Jackie Brown,” Michael Keaton was also given a minor role in Steven Soderbergh’s “Out of Sight.” Notably, both films feature Keaton’s character. Miramax owned the rights to Nicolette because “Jackie Brown” began filming first, but Tarantino successfully persuaded the studio not to charge Universal for using Nicolette in a brief scene in “Out of Sight.” In this scene, Nicolette appears to inform Karen Sisco and her father about the possible whereabouts of bank robber Jack Foley (and her dad gets a chance to tease his FBI t-shirt).

Jay and Silent Bob (View Askewniverse) in Scream 3

Due to the inherently self-referential nature of the Scream series, teeming with parodies of horror films and the movie industry as a whole, it’s not surprising that one of these movies would feature cameos from characters known for their self-reference. In Scream 3, while on a studio tour passing by the set of Stab 3: Return to Woodsboro, a couple of visitors are revealed to be Jay and Silent Bob, famously associated with Kevin Smith’s View Askewniverse, complete with their signature big coats and backward caps. They confuse Courteney Cox’s Gale Weathers with real-life news anchor Connie Chung. Perhaps it was the hairstyle?

Frank Martin (The Transporter) in Collateral

In an unexpected move for Michael Mann’s directing style, a brief Jason Statham cameo was included in the movie ‘Collateral’. During a scene inside an airport, Tom Cruise’s character, Vincent, accidentally collides with Jason Statham who is carrying a briefcase. After exchanging significant glances, they go their separate ways, and Statham’s character disappears from the film. Although he is credited as Airport Man, many fans speculate that Statham portrayed Frank Martin from the ‘Transporter’ series – a theory partially supported by ‘Collateral’ screenwriter Stuart Beattie who mentioned that these films share the same cinematic universe.

Doc Brown (Back to the Future) in A Million Ways to Die in the West

The character Doc Brown, played by Christopher Lloyd in the Back to the Future trilogy, has become so well-known that he’s made brief appearances in several films and TV shows to inject a hint of quirky madness. One such instance is in Seth MacFarlane’s Old West parody, A Million Ways to Die in the West, where MacFarlane’s character, Albert Stark, discovers Doc repairing his DeLorean secretly inside a barn. Since Back to the Future Part III takes place during the same time period as MacFarlane’s movie, this cameo makes sense. Additionally, the movie also features a well-known cameo in the post-credits scene: Jamie Foxx appears as his character from Django Unchained, aiming to prevent the townsfolk from playing an offensive game during the fair.

Annabelle (Annabelle) in Aquaman

As a dedicated fan, I couldn’t help but notice an intriguing Easter egg connecting two worlds that initially seem unrelated – the underwater realm of Aquaman and the haunting cases handled by the Warrens. The connection? Both universes share the same directorial hand, masterfully wielded by James Wan in his role as captain for ‘Aquaman’. In a delightful homage to one of his other creations, Wan subtly introduced Annabelle from ‘The Conjuring’ universe into Aquaman’s movie. The scene occurs early on when Aquaman and Mera board her ship; look closely at the ocean floor, and you might just spot Annabelle waiting for an unsuspecting Atlantean to cross paths with her, ready to unleash terror in the depths. Annabelle also makes a cameo appearance in ‘Shazam 2’, another DC superhero movie directed by David F. Sandberg, who’s previously brought ‘Annabelle: Creation’ to life. It’s fascinating how these worlds intertwine!

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2025-06-04 18:54

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