10 Upcoming Movies That Are Causing Huge Controversy

10. Snow White

Disney's next live-action remake of one of their animated classics is Snow White, which immediately sparked division online when Rachel Zegler, a Latina actress, was cast in the lead role.

Some purists complained that Zegler's casting fundamentally changed a character who is typically described as having skin "as white as snow," while others praised her casting as a step forward for diversity.

That was just the tip of the iceberg, though: Zegler's feet were held to the fire when she openly criticised aspects of the 1937 original animation while discussing how the remake would update the story, prompting many of the usual suspects to decry the new Snow White as "too woke."

And then there's the matter of the dwarfs, who are conspicuously not name-dropped in the title of the remake.

Peter Dinklage vocally criticised Disney for remaking a "backwards story" in regard to the animation's depiction of dwarfs as cave-dwellers, to which the studio replied that the film would be offering a revised approach to the seven dwarfs in collaboration with the dwarfism community.

More recently, images from the set appeared to show the dwarfs reimagined, with only one of the seven actors actually being a dwarf - a decision which many prominent members of the dwarfism community criticised as taking acting opportunities away from dwarf actors.

Needless to say, the filmmakers certainly have a tough fight on their hands battling a tidal wave of controversy here, enough that even audiences interested in the movie might feel exhausted by the discourse long before it releases.