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Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ Grammy Spot Reveals Will Smith As A Big Blue Genie

This year, Disney will be taking us to a whole new world of their live-action adaptations of their animated classics. Following up the success of such films like The Jungle Book and Beauty and The Beast, the studio will be releasing Aladdin. Expectations are riding high for this one as it is a widely beloved title and all eyes will be on Will Smith, who plays the role of Genie, who was voiced by the late Robin Williams in the original.
During the Grammy Awards broadcast on Sunday night, Disney unveiled another look at the live-action Aladdin, which reveals our first look at Smith’s genie. Watch it here below.
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Tags: Aladdin, Alan Menken, Alan Stewart, Benj Pasek, Billy Magnussen, Dan Lin, Gemma Jackson, Grammy Awards, Grammys, Guy Ritchie, Howard Ashman, John August, Jonathan Eirich, Justin Paul, Kevin De La Noy, Marc Platt, Marwan Kenzari, Mena Massoud, Michael Wilkinson, Naomi Scott, Nasim Pedrad, Navid Negahban, Numan Acar, Tim Rice, Will Smith
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‘Aladdin’ Images: Guy Ritchie Takes Us To A Whole New Modern World

It’s been weeks since we saw the teaser trailer for Disney’s live-action adaptation of their animated classic, Aladdin. Based on the Middle Eastern folktale collection “One Thousand and One Nights,” the film will see a street rat named Aladdin (Mena Massoud) finding an all-powerful magical lamp that holds a wish-granting Genie (Will Smith). Using its power, he’ll disguise himself as a prince in order to impress Princess Jasmine (Naomi Scott).
The film isn’t due out in theaters until next year, but a handful of new images have been released that give us our first looks at Princess Jasmine, Jafar (Marwan Kenzari), and, of course, Genie. Check these images out, plus a few tidbits on the film from the cast and director Guy Ritchie, below.
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Tags: Aladdin, Alan Menken, Alan Stewart, Benj Pasek, Billy Magnussen, Dan Lin, Disney, Gemma Jackson, Guy Ritchie, Howard Ashman, John August, Jonathan Eirich, Justin Paul, Kevin De La Noy, Marc Platt, Marwan Kenzari, Mena Massoud, Michael Wilkinson, Naomi Scott, Nasim Pedrad, Navid Negahban, Numan Acar, Tim Rice, Will Smith
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‘Jonny Quest’ Will Now Be Directed By ‘The LEGO Batman Movie’s Chris McKay

A film adaptation of Jonny Quest has been in the work for quite some time. Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron were poised to star in the film with Johnson playing Race Bannon and Efron as the titular character. That project fell through. Then Robert Rodriguez was attached to direct, using a script from Terry Rossio, in 2015.
However, now it looks like he is no longer involved as The LEGO Batman Movie director Chris McKay has been named the new director. More on the report, below.
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First Trailer For Disney’s Live-Action ‘Aladdin’ Released

Walt Disney Studios has released the first teaser trailer for their live-action remake of Aladdin. This follows the release of the teaser poster we saw this week.
The trailer is most definitely a teaser, not showing much at all. But we do get some familiar things in live-action (and sometimes CG) form, set to some familiar music. You can read more about the new Aladdin and check out the first trailer below.
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Tags: Aladdin, Alan Menken, Alan Stewart, Benj Pasek, Billy Magnussen, Dan Lin, Gemma Jackson, Guy Ritchie, Howard Ashman, John August, Jonathan Eirich, Justin Paul, Kevin De La Noy, Marc Platt, Marwan Kenzari, Mena Massoud, Michael Wilkinson, Naomi Scott, Nasim Pedrad, Navid Negahban, Numan Acar, Tim Rice, Will Smith
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Disney To Add Live-Action ‘Lilo and Stitch’ To Their Remake Library

It’s no secret that Disney is mining their old animated classics and turning them into live-action retellings. Most, if not all, have become box office hits for the studio. This only furthers their efforts to keep making these films. And now, it comes as no surprise, they will be continuing to do this. This time with Lilo and Stitch.
New reports say that the studio will be working with their live-action Aladdin producers Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich to develop a live-action animation hybrid of the Hawaii-set animated film. More on the story below.
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