Snow White and the Seven Peanuts

Prologue

Our story opens with an aerial view of PARAMOUNT PICTURES zooms into a hallway.

Fade into a dimly lit office at Paramount Pictures, Charlie Brown nervously shuffled his papers as he awaited the arrival of the CEO, Brian Robbins. The stakes were high for Charlie, as he was about to pitch his grand idea for a reimagining adaptation of Snow White featuring himself and his friends from the Peanuts gang.

BRIAN ROBBINS entered the room as Charlie's heart skipped a beat.

Charlie Brown took a deep breath and launched into his pitch, his voice filled with passion and excitement.

Charlie Brown:  Mr. Robbins, thank you for meeting with me today. I have a vision for a modern retelling of the classic fairy tale Snow White, but with a twist. Picture this - the beloved characters from the Peanuts gang taking on the roles of Snow White, the Evil Queen, the Huntsman, and the Seven Dwarfs.

Brian (raised an eyebrow, clearly intrigued by Charlie's bold proposal): Go on, Charlie. Tell me more about this unique adaptation.

With renewed confidence, Charlie began to read from his script, painting a vivid picture of a kingdom in turmoil.

Charlie Brown (mutters): Lets see, now where to begin... oh yes! Page 1 (clears throat)

We see the cover page:  Snow White and the Seven Peanuts By: Charlie Brown

Charlie Brown (reading): Snow White and the Seven Peanuts by Charlie Brown

Charlie Brown turns to the next page.

Charlie Brown:  Chapter 1.  Once upon a time – great opening, huh? –

New Scene: The office fade into a storybook where Charlie Brown continues narrating.

Charlie Brown (voice over):  Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, there lived a brave and noble king and his lovely  and kind young queen...who lacked but one blessing to make their joy complete--

The page turns and reveal Snoopy.

Lucy [annoyed and yanked the beagle of the page by his collar]:  Not you, you stupid beagle. Get out of there!

Charlie Brown (voice over): Guys, please.  I'm very sorry, Mr. Robbins.

Brian (Voice over): No, no, please continue.

The page turns to a young queen (played by The Little Red Haired Girl) sewing at her window.  Charlie Brown continues his pitch.

Charlie Brown: Ahem, as I was saying before I was rudely interrupted.... (Reading) Then one day in the middle of winter, when the snowflakes were falling like feathers from heaven, the good queen sat sewing at her window, which had a frame of black ebony wood. As she sewed, she looked up at the snow and pricked her finger with her needle. Three drops of blood fell into the snow. The red on the white looked so beautiful, that she thought, "If only I had a child with skin fair as snow, lips as red as a rose, and as hair as black as night."

Turn to the next page to see Lucy van Pelt admiring herself like a big ham but Peppermint Patty humbly dragged her off the page.

Peppermint Patty [extremely annoyed]:  He didn't mean you, Lucy.

Lucy van Pelt:  At least my hair is black as night.

Peppermint Patty:  How about I give two to match those eyes of yours, get outta there.

Lucy van Pelt [being yanked off the page by Peppermint Patty]:  Hey wait a minute, I thought I- -.  WHOA!

Peppermint Patty [to Charlie Brown]:  You may continue, Chuck.

Charlie Brown (voice over): Thank you, Peppermint Patty.

The page turns and see baby Snow White and a saddened king.

Charlie Brown (reading): Not very long after that, a beautiful baby girl was born with skin fair as snow, lips as red as a rose, and hair as black as night, and she was named Little Snow White. Unfortunately, when she was born the Queen died.  After a year had gone by the King took another wife, a beautiful woman, but so proud and overbearing that she could not bear to be surpassed in beauty by any one.

Page turns towards the EVIL QUEEN (played by Lucy van Pelt) who is glaring at her magic looking glass.

Charlie Brown (voice over): She had a magic looking-glass, and she used to stand before it, and look in it, and utter these words.

Lucy:  Slave in the looking glass , come from the deepest depths of space. Through wind and flame I summon thee... SPEAK!  Let me see thy face.

Sally Brown as the spirit in the looking glass, appear before Queen Lucy and confront her.

Spirit in the Looking Glass (Sally): What do you wish to know my Queen?

Lucy:  Looking glass upon the wall, Who is the fairest of us all?

Spirit in the Looking Glass (Sally):  Queen of loveliness, you're the fairest of them all by far.

The Queen laugh with contentment knowing that she's the fairest of them all.

Charlie Brown (voice over): Yes, she was contented, for she knew that the man in the looking glass spoke the truth.  As long as he said she's the fairest of them all everyone is safe from her wrath for now. 

The camera zoom out of the castle as Charlie Brown concludes the opening narration.

Charlie Brown (voice over): However she fails to reckoned one possible competitor for the title of fairest of them all.  Whom, even in infancy show the promise of a beauty... that would one day far outshine the queen's.  And that maiden name is...

The Peanuts Gang consists of Charlie Brown, Linus, Schroeder, Franklin, Pig-Pen, Shermy, and Rerun van Pelt with Snoopy fighting over a roast chicken.

Linus:  Come back here, you!  That belongs to me. Give it to me!

Charlie Brown (voice over):  People! People!  Not in front of the audience!

Schroeder:  No, you don't.

Charlie Brown (voice over; sighing in annoyance):  A thousand pardons, Mr. Robbins.

Rerun:  Hey, wait for us!

Page turn to reveal the Peanuts Gang greeting Snow White (played by Violette Honfleur from Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown! and Don't Come Back) as Charlie Brown finishes the prologue.

Charlie Brown (voice over):  And if by now...  you're wondering what on earth the Peanuts gang have to do with the fairy tale of Snow White?  It's very simple actually. In this version, we're telling the story of...  "Snow White and the Seven Peanuts".

Title Logo Reads:  Snow White and the Seven Peanuts.