How Strange is This? A Pulitzer Winning Writer Scripting Kung-Fu Retelling Of Snow White and the Se

Posted by Todd Brown at 8:56am.

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When I first heard that Disney was funding a kung fu based retelling of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves it struck me as one of those rumors that was so strange it had to be true. Well, it is, and by the time it was originally announced it had already attracted big name Asian talent in the form of director Yuen Woo Ping - fight choreographer of the gods - and stars Chow Yun Fat and Kwan Sang Soo.

There’s still no word on who will be playing the Snow White role - she will be white and most likely British - but the project now has a writer: Michael Chabon. Que? The man won a Pulitzer for his last novel - The Adventures of Kavalier and Klay - and huge critical raves for Wonderboys. Sure, he’s done some writer-for-hire work, notably on Spider-Man 2, but what’s a Pulitzer winner doing working on a project like this? I like it but it’s leaving me awfully confused ...

The full Hollywood Reporter story is here.

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crazybee 10/29/2004 @ 2:52pm

Not crazy at all, actually. What’s crazy is that 2 years ago I wrote a short story in one of my film classes that was - whaddayaknow - a martial arts version of Snow White. I rule!
Bryant 10/29/2004 @ 6:26pm

Chabon is a big genre fan—he loves him some superheroes, and he wrote a stellar baseball/fantasy book. (Summerland.) So, hey, he’s into kung-fu? I can see that.
Todd 10/29/2004 @ 6:33pm

Sweet site, crazybee ... I just signed myself up ...

And, yeah, I knew Chabon was a genre fan (you can’t miss it if you’ve read Kavalier and Klay) but you have to admit that seeing the phrases ‘Pulitzer winner’ and ‘kung fu Snow White’ next to each other is a bit odd ...
Bryant 10/29/2004 @ 7:20pm

Oh yeah. It’s not exactly what you expect.
Scott 10/31/2004 @ 2:42am

Not to pick nits, but Chabon’s latest novel was Summerland, not TAAoKaK.

Regardless, I’m looking forward to this film
Todd 10/31/2004 @ 9:45am

Well, it’s the last one I read. That counts for something, yes?