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Abu, Jafar and Dalia featured in new Aladdin images

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Yesterday we brought you the first-look images for Aladdin featuring Mena Massoud’s titular street urchin, Naomi Scott’s Princess Jasmine, and Will Smith’s Genie, and now Entertainment Weekly have revealed six new images from Guy Ritchie’s live-action remake of the animated Disney classic which include our first look at Aladdin’s adorable but mischievous sidekick Abu, Marwan Kenzari as the villainous Grand […]

Will Smith confirms that Genie will be blue in Aladdin

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Aladdin star, Will Smith, has confirmed that his character Genie will be blue like fans remember from the classic Disney film. Disney is lining up their next live-action remake of a classic animated tale with Aladdin. The film stars Will Smith as the iconic character Genie. The first-look images from Aladdin were released today but in typical […]

Promo images from Disney’s Aladdin offer first look at Jasmine and the Genie

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We got a teaser trailer back in October, and now Entertainment Weekly has unveiled the first promotional images for director Guy Ritchie’s Aladdin, which feature Mena Massoud’s titular street thief, Naomi Scott’s Princess Jasmine, and Will Smith’s Genie. SEE ALSO: Original Aladdin screenwriter unhappy with Disney over live-action remake Now, before you get too outraged […]

Is Disney failing at creating original live action movies?

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George Chrysostomou on Disney’s original live-action movies… The House of Mouse is one of the biggest content producers in the world. With its combination of theme parks, TV shows, toys, shops and soon to be released streaming service, Disney is ahead of much of the competition in regards to being a cultural cornerstone of our […]

Original Aladdin screenwriter unhappy with Disney over live-action remake

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Yesterday, The Walt Disney Company unveiled the first teaser trailer for director Guy Ritchie’s upcoming live-action remake of Aladdin, which – from this first look – appears to be very faithful to the classic 1992 animated movie. So much so, in fact, that the original film’s co-writer Terry Rossio is frustrated that he isn’t receiving any […]

Disney’s live-action Aladdin gets a first teaser trailer

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After unveiling a first teaser poster earlier in the week, Disney has now debuted a teaser trailer for director Guy Ritchie’s live-action remake of the animated classic Aladdin. Although there’s no sign of Will Smith’s Genie or Naomi Scott’s Jasmine, we do get a look at Mena Massoud’s title character as he enters the Cave […]

First teaser poster for Disney’s live-action Aladdin

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Will Smith has taken to Facebook to unveil the first teaser poster for Aladdin, director Guy Ritchie’s upcoming live-action remake of the animated classic which sees Smith taking on the role of Genie, portrayed of course by Robin Williams in the 1992 movie… Aladdin is being directed by Guy Ritchie (King Arthur: Legend of the Sword) and features […]

Hasbro unveils the Disney Princess Comics Collection sets

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This Fall, Hasbro is set to debut a whole new world of Disney collectibles with the Disney Princess Comics Collection line, a series of posable dolls based upon the Disney Princess comic strip series from Joe Books. The folks at Hasbro were kind enough to send us along two of these magical sets – the […]

La La Land and The Greatest Showman songwriters working with Alan Menken on live-action Aladdin

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Oscar-winning lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman) have revealed to Variety that they are working with legendary Disney composer Alan Menken on two new songs for next year’s live-action remake of the animated classic Aladdin. “We got to collaborate with one of our heroes, Alan Menken, and we collaborated with him and wrote […]