The son of the original Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs director has blasted Disney’s ‘pathetic’ live-action ‘radical’ remake of the movie, accusing the company of having no respect for classics.
David Hand, 91, whose father of the same name directed the original 1937 animation, rebuked Walt Disney Studios for pursuing an ‘insulting’ and ‘woke‘ remake of the movie that sought to ‘destroy’ its predecessor.
He said the new adaptation would have both his father and Walt Disney himself ‘turning in their graves’ as he slammed the upcoming movie starring Rachel Zegler as the titular character.
This is just the lasted Disney remake in a long string of live-action ‘reimaginings’ that has seen 20th century classic animations rewritten for today’s audience.
It comes after several videos emerged online of Zegler, 22, trashing the original movie – saying she ‘hated’ it and thought it was ‘extremely dated’.
Mr Hand told The Telegraph that many younger people had not even seen the film and so ‘don’t know what they’re talking about’. He said their views ‘misunderstand’ the film.
He said the information known so far about the new movie, set to be released in March 2024, was proving to be a ‘whole different concept’.
‘I know my dad and Walt would also very much disagree with it,’ he told the publication, adding that the first movie was produced in ‘good taste’.
Mr Hand added that it was ‘pathetic’ that people needed to feel animosity towards the picture which is soon approaching nine decades old.
Amid the outcry about other Disney remakes – including this year’s The Little Mermaid – Mr Hand rebuked the company for feeling it needed to recreate classic movies.
He called their thoughts ‘radical’ and said he was afraid to see what they would continue to do with other early films, adding that it was a ‘disgrace’.
Mr Hand said some of the remakes had been changed so much that the characters and the original stories weren’t the same anymore.
He said they were ‘making up new woke things’ and that they have ‘no respect for what Disney did and what my dad did’.
