Good to see Disney is trying to be smarter with their spending in their movie business.
Disney Scales Back ‘Snow White’ Hollywood Premiere Amid Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot Controversies
'Snow White' stars Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot have faced backlash for comments about the movie's reimagining and their views on the Israel-Hamas war.variety.com
Why is it assumed that 1. this is a cost cutting measure, and 2. that any money normally spent would not be spent elsewhere to advertise the film?
Yes its unknown if its a cost saving or using money elsewhere. Some folks are saying they are not seeing any more Snow Ads than is usual, some folks are saying they are seeing more Snow Ads than usual.
I would say it actually is known this isn't for some cost cutting measure, not with this movie. So while that appears to be happening with overall budgets for other movies, this isn't related to that at least not directly. This is directly related to trying to keep people involved with the movie safe who will attend the premiere, namely Zegler and Gadot, and avoid public backlash that would ruin the premiere. Any cost savings, as minor as they might be, would just be a side benefit but IS NOT the goal of this action.
Keep them safe?
Yes, apparently from the loony-tunes who get all worked up by the YouTube ragers.
Keeping folks safe should be top priority so that's good.
Disney is likely worried about the same people who showed up to protest the Capt America premiere because Shira Haas is in it.
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No cap.
And those premiere events are usually attended by the public in viewing areas for the red carpet (across the street as I recall) who can still get close enough to do something.What "safety" issues would be involved? Movie premieres, especially in Hollywood, are already tightly controlled with blocked streets, notable police presence, invite-only list for the event, security screening for attendees and red carpet, etc.
For those not from SoCal, here's the typical premiere setup for Disney's El Capitan theater on Hollywood Blvd. The street gets shut down, police patrol on foot and incognito, and to enter the event envelope (i.e. the El Capitan theater and its nearby sidewalks/street) you need an invite and to go through a screening process.
I agree. The subject matter was going to lead to problems no matter what they did.
They are just playing into their respective characters dislike for each other.
I think it’s both these things, Cap was a “controlled” premier also and that didn’t prevent a protest. With two stars on opposite sides of a highly controversial issue allowing the press to ask questions would open the floodgates to non movie related issues for clicks… if I ran Disney I wouldn’t put on an event that let the press within 100 feet of the stars either.
Completely agree, which is why I don't know why some can't see it or want to acknowledge it. But hey it each their own I guess.
I think there were relatively easy fixes to the controversial parts, make the ages closer, add a simple line or two to establish they were existing friends rather than strangers when they sing together in the forest, have him kiss her on the forehead rather than the lips (or some other non sexualized display of affection similar to how Frozen handled “an act of true love”), style the dwarfs as obviously mythical dwarfs (LoTR style dwarfs), etc.