"Snow White," the latest title Disney live-action remakes of one of its classics, cost the entertainment company a reported $270 million (€247 million) to make and promote, according to Forbes magazine.

Masses of reporters usually interview the film stars on the red carpet at the opening of such big-budget films. However, journalists were generally barred from the Hollywood premiere on March 15 and the European debut, three days earlier at a remote castle in Northern Spain.

It is widely assumed that the media's restricted access to the stars and creative team is linked to a storm of online comments and more substantial political debates throughout the film's production. The movie will be released on March 20 in Germany and a day later in the US.

Racist comments started in June 2021, when Rachel Zegler was first revealed as the star.

Zegler, who made her film debut in Steven Spielberg's 2021 remake of "West Side Story," is of Colombian and Polish descent. Racist commentators were outraged by the choice of a Latina to portray the title character. They had similarly decried the casting of Halle Bailey, who is Black, to star in "The Little Mermaid" (2023).

Instead of being named for her "skin as white as snow," Zegler said in a 2024 interview with Variety, the........

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