Disney’s live-action “Snow White” remake begins with a storybook opening up to tell the tale of the kindhearted princess.

“The Disney theme came about because I just ... traditional Jasmine,” Williams said. Ellis liked the princesses but liked other storybook characters as well. “My favorite was Maleficent ...

Disney’s original 1937 animated Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs starts off with a prologue in the form of a storybook, with a couple of gorgeously illuminated pages setting up the story.