Snow and the Seven is a retelling of the classic fairy tale with some decidedly exotic twists. British Snow White returns to Hong Kong for her father’s funeral, only to find out that her (evil?) stepmother has it in for her, so she flees to China where she is taken under the wing of seven warriors. The prospect of a live action fairy tale clearly influenced by Kurosawa‘s Seven Samurai sounds pretty damn enticing. Here’s to hoping Disney continues to take their time getting this one right.

Natalie Portman has long been attached to this project as Snow White, but execs are wondering if her pregnancy will leave her in any condition to negotiate the film’s numerous fight scenes. At the risk of editorializing, HEY NATALIE: INDUCE LABOR AT THE END OF THE FIRST TRIMESTER SO YOU DON’T SCREW UP THE SHOOTING SCHEDULE. THIS MOVIE LOOKS AWESOME.

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What do you do when your movie about guys sucked into a computer lacks character and believability? You throw it to the wizards at Pixar. If they can turn a trash compactor into one of the most endearing characters in modern film history, they’re certainly up to the task of making Garrett Hedlund seem like more than an angular haircut. That was Disney’s line of thinking when they invited a core group of Pixar’s finest to polish up the script for Tron Legacy before it went into six days of reshoots.

Brad Bird and Toy Story 3‘s Michael Arndt worked together with original scribes Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz to do what Pixar does best. No, not wear sneakers to work. They were brought in to beef up the character, emotion, and theme. Sounds awesome. Now send them over to Seltzer and Friedberg‘s offices. I want my Kardashian jokes to effect me on an emotional level, dammit. (EW)