Relativity Media has made it official - Julia Roberts will get evil in their still untitled Snow White film (which we've all been referring to as The Brothers Grimm: Snow White up to this point). Roberts has committed to play the Queen in Relativity's version of the classic fairy tale, with Tarsem Singh (Immortals, The Cell) attached to direct from a script by Melissa Wallack (Meet Bill) and Jason Keller (Machine Gun Preacher).In the official announcement, Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh stated, "Julia was our first and only choice to play the Queen. She is an icon, and we know that she will make this role her own in a way that no one else could."
There's no word yet on who will play Snow White, however that news should come shortly as filming's expected to begin in April.
This Snow White will, according to the press release, "eschew the traditional story in favor of a more modern tale full of comedy and adventure. After her evil stepmother kills her father and destroys the kingdom, Snow White bands together with a gang of seven quarrelsome dwarfs to reclaim what is rightly hers."
Relativity is aiming for a June 29, 2012 release. That will put it ahead of Universal's Snow White and the Huntsman (with Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart and Viggo Mortensen all in negotiations) which is targeting a December 2012 date, and Disney's Snow and the Seven (Francis Lawrence is helming that project) that won't hit theaters until 2013.
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