section_path: Production/Development
section_name: Development
paragraph_text: Development
  
  On October 31, 2016, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Walt Disney Pictures was developing a live-action remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, with Marc Platt, an avid fan of the original film, signed on as lead producer and Erin Cressida Wilson being in talks to write the screenplay. Callum McDougall, in his third producing collaboration with Disney and Platt, serves as an executive producer. Disney had been considering a live-action Snow White film since the early 2000s and at one point planned on adapting the story as a martial arts film set in China.
  
  On May 30, 2019, it was reported that Marc Webb was in talks to direct. In November 2021, Greta Gerwig was reported to be co-writing the screenplay. Gurinder Chadha was also strongly considered for the directing job. Wilson ultimately received sole credit for the screenplay; Gerwig, Jez Butterworth, Steven Levenson, Jeff Nathanson, Victoria Strouse and Chris Weitz each received an "additional literary material" credit from the Writers Guild of America, although they are not credited in the film itself.
  
  On October 31, 2016, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Walt Disney Pictures was developing a live-action remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, with Marc Platt, an avid fan of the original film, signed on as lead producer and Erin Cressida Wilson being in talks to write the screenplay. Callum McDougall, in his third producing collaboration with Disney and Platt, serves as an executive producer. Disney had been considering a live-action Snow White film since the early 2000s and at one point planned on adapting the story as a martial arts film set in China.
  
  On May 30, 2019, it was reported that Marc Webb was in talks to direct. In November 2021, Greta Gerwig was reported to be co-writing the screenplay. Gurinder Chadha was also strongly considered for the directing job. Wilson ultimately received sole credit for the screenplay; Gerwig, Jez Butterworth, Steven Levenson, Jeff Nathanson, Victoria Strouse and Chris Weitz each received an "additional literary material" credit from the Writers Guild of America, although they are not credited in the film itself.