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It looks like Snow White is moving forward at Disney.   Deadline is reporting that Rachel Zegler, who landed the role of Maria in the upcoming West Side Story remake from Steven Spielberg, has signed on to play the title character in the live-action remake. Zegler is supposedly the next big thing in Hollywood, despite the fact that her big break will not happen for the next six months — word out there says that she is outstanding in the upcoming musical. If it had come out last December like it was planned, she would be a familiar name by now.   Disney execs saw some footage from the movie and were blown away. Not only that, but her auditions for the role of Snow White were supposedly outstanding. This is not the first time we hear something like this from the actress, as a few months ago, she got a key role in the upcoming Shazam! Fury of the Gods (which is filming right now ahead of its 2023 premiere).   Marc Webb will direct the upcoming live-action movie, which enlist...

New Regency’s upcoming sci-fi feature  True Love is growing and adding some impressive names to its cast.   We have wondered about Gareth Edwards’ future in Hollywood for too long after the troubled post-production  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story  (2016) went through. While negative buzz surrounding the director was pretty much non-existent and the film proved to be a success, many wondered if the rookie filmmaker (his only previous Hollywood gig was  Godzilla ) had been engulfed by the pressure that Hollywood studios often put on many newcomers’ shoulders. It now seems like he was just taking a rest and carefully setting up his next project: True Love , an original sci-fi story which he has also written.   John David Washington, who is one of the biggest rising talents in Hollywood right now, was the first reported actor to jump on the project, and now the Edwards-directed production is adding Danny McBride ( Alien: Covenant ), Gemma Chan ( Eternals ), and Benedict Wong ( Do...