Disney now developing live-action Snow White

The studio's thirst for remakes has mutated into an unquenchable monster - but will these films actually be good?

It's become a mechanical process - every few weeks or so, Disney announces yet another live-action remake of one of its classic animated tales.

Beauty and the Beast, Mulan, Dumbo, The Lion King, and Aladdin remakes are all already slowly rolling towards multiplexes like the inevitable march of time; one more has now been added to their number, with The Hollywood Reporter announcing a Snow White live-action movie is also in the works.

Yet, though the inclination will be to grumble, Disney's plans for the film do actually sound fairly intriguing, and they at least make significantly more sense than hiring Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels' Guy Ritchie to make its Aladdin film.

The Girl on the Train's Erin Cressida Wilson is in negotiations to pen the screenplay, who has an interesting past with more mature projects such as Secretary, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, and Chloe.

The film will be a musical; intermixing both the iconic songs of the original 1937 animation and new tracks penned by songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who most recently contributed the lyrics to the critical-smash La La Land.

However, Disney's new film will be having to compete in a cinematic landscape which has already seen multiple adaptations of the Brothers Grimm fairytale hit screens of late; notably 2012's Mirror Mirror starring Julia Roberts and the Kristen Stewart-starring Snow White and the Huntsman, which debuted the same year.

Furthermore, Disney already has Ginnifer Goodwin playing the role of Snow White on ABC's Once Upon a Time, so it'll be crucial the studio lands the perfect talent to pick up the role for its own musical film.

The next live-action film on the slate, Beauty and the Beast, hits UK cinemas 17 March, 2017.