Julia Roberts has signed up to play the evil Queen in a new film version of Snow White.
Relativity Media’s as yet untitled project will start filming in April, with a release scheduled for 29 June 2012. That’s six months before Universal’s competing film, Snow White and the Huntsman, is due to hit cinemas.
Relativity’s script was written by Melissa Wallack and Jason Keller, and is a modern twist on the traditional fairytale.
“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,” said Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh.
The film will be directed by Tarsem Singh (The Cell) and produced by Kavanaugh, Brett Ratner and Bernie Goldmann.
